Among the customer amenities at WalMart West, where I shop if and when I shop, is the money corner against one wall in the customer service department. All automated for your convenience. There's only one problem, a problem of language and meanings: take a close look at the CoinStar. Now tell me when coins ceased being cash. Heavy, yes, if you're hoarding nickels and dimes; might even wear a hole in your pocket. But the last I heard, a quarter was cash quite as much as a Cnote. Both legal tender backed by the feds, unlike, say, a check or a credit card which is only as good as your credit.
Of course, the CoinStar will take your jar full of coins, tote up the value and give you bills in their stead. All for a horrendous fee -- something like 10%. If the piggy bank is a kid's stash, the young'un should get experience of the grownup world by stopping at a bank to get those nifty kraft paper roll gizmos, making the rolls and turning them in at the bank for folding money. Last time I heard, no charge.
Among the customer amenities at WalMart West, where I shop if and when I shop, is the money corner against one wall in the customer service department. All automated for your convenience. There's only one problem, a problem of language and meanings: take a close look at the CoinStar. Now tell me when coins ceased being cash. Heavy, yes, if you're hoarding nickels and dimes; might even wear a hole in your pocket. But the last I heard, a quarter was cash quite as much as a Cnote. Both legal tender backed by the feds, unlike, say, a check or a credit card which is only as good as your credit.
Of course, the CoinStar will take your jar full of coins, tote up the value and give you bills in their stead. All for a horrendous fee -- something like 10%. If the piggy bank is a kid's stash, the young'un should get experience of the grownup world by stopping at a bank to get those nifty kraft paper roll gizmos, making the rolls and turning them in at the bank for folding money. Last time I heard, no charge.
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