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Here are some driving factors for this change: - tenants have asked for it because they never seem to have the right amount of change - banks are declining to

by dano 3y ago

Here are some driving factors for this change: - tenants have asked for it because they never seem to have the right amount of change - banks are declining to accept unrolled coins - better accounting between owners and property managers

ghaff 3y ago
>- tenants have asked for it because they never seem to have the right amount of change I have a couple old change buckets that probably still have a fair number of quarters buried in them, but I don't get given coins in the US more than a few times a year. If I didn't have old change at home, I'd have to go to a bank.
cogogo 3y ago
It was a huge hassle to have enough quarters 20 yrs ago when I last used coin laundry. These days when many people don’t use cash at all it’s far harder to find them. During the peak of the pandemic restrictions in the US there was a massive shortage of quarters because of limited commerce. There are a lot of people where I live in the Boston area who depend on coin laundry who had a hard time getting any done. Personally I would have welcomed anything that freed me from rounding up quarters. Though would prefer tap to pay on the machine over an app.
- _delirium 3y ago
  My apartment building’s laundry uses quarters and just has a change machine in the laundry room. It is almost a closed loop token system since people tend not to use the quarters for anything besides laundry. You stick a bill in the change machine to get quarters, put the quarters in a laundry machine, then every few days the staff empties the quarters from the laundry machines and uses them to refill the change machine.
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    What is a typical cost? A laundry near me costs £4, which is $5. Feeding 20 coins into a machine is unappealing, so I can see why apps and so on might be more popular in the USA.
    - _delirium 3y ago
      $1.75 in my building! Most standalone commercial laundromats do cost more, in the $3-4 range, and those almost always take credit cards. I don’t think I’ve ever had to use an app though, just a card.
- unethical_ban 3y ago
  Did banks not exist in 2021? Did laundry rooms not have change machines? Requiring a smartphone and network connectivity to wash laundry is crazy. It should at best be an option. But I suppose people have less loose change in their pockets these days.
twodave 3y ago
Why an app, though? Could easily implement this via NFC

by dano 3y ago

ghaff 3y ago

>- tenants have asked for it because they never seem to have the right amount of change I have a couple old change buckets that probably still have a fair number of quarters buried in them, but I don't get given coins in the US more than a few times a year. If I didn't have old change at home, I'd have to go to a bank.

cogogo 3y ago

It was a huge hassle to have enough quarters 20 yrs ago when I last used coin laundry. These days when many people don’t use cash at all it’s far harder to find them. During the peak of the pandemic restrictions in the US there was a massive shortage of quarters because of limited commerce. There are a lot of people where I live in the Boston area who depend on coin laundry who had a hard time getting any done. Personally I would have welcomed anything that freed me from rounding up quarters. Though would prefer tap to pay on the machine over an app.

_delirium 3y ago
My apartment building’s laundry uses quarters and just has a change machine in the laundry room. It is almost a closed loop token system since people tend not to use the quarters for anything besides laundry. You stick a bill in the change machine to get quarters, put the quarters in a laundry machine, then every few days the staff empties the quarters from the laundry machines and uses them to refill the change machine.
- Symbiote 3y ago
  What is a typical cost? A laundry near me costs £4, which is $5. Feeding 20 coins into a machine is unappealing, so I can see why apps and so on might be more popular in the USA.
  - _delirium 3y ago
    $1.75 in my building! Most standalone commercial laundromats do cost more, in the $3-4 range, and those almost always take credit cards. I don’t think I’ve ever had to use an app though, just a card.
unethical_ban 3y ago
Did banks not exist in 2021? Did laundry rooms not have change machines? Requiring a smartphone and network connectivity to wash laundry is crazy. It should at best be an option. But I suppose people have less loose change in their pockets these days.

twodave 3y ago

Why an app, though? Could easily implement this via NFC