It absolutely is a ridiculous amount of money they take. And yet I’ve resorted to it because my bank is a jerk and they won’t take coins unless I roll them. (Like the Seinfeld episode) so in the end I have to decide - do I waste hours doing that or do I give coin star a cut. I hate it, but I’ve done it. My old small hometown bank used to do it for free and I think I recall that I saw a commerce bank that would do it free with a machine in their lobby, and believe me I’ve considered changing banks for just this reason. But if I was a down and out drug addict I probably wouldn’t have a bank account at all I’m guessing…
(I’m trying to drop most of my pocket change in tip jars these days rather than hoarding it which is my general habit. I still seem to be accumulating it in spite of myself)
(And I’m obviously talking about non valuable coins here. Not supposedly valuable ones… which is probably even more of a pain in the ass to get rid of without looking really suspicious.
