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Carol liked to give all her spare money to charity, but she never knew which one deserved it most. One day she would see a TV programme and want to donate to a wildlife charity, the next she would read about the developing world in the newspaper and would want to give to an aid charity. Coinstar is her solution, Carol now collects up all the loose change in her house and when her jar is full she takes it down to her local supermarket, and puts it in to the Coinstar machine. She has a choice of five charities to give to and alternates between them all. She no longer has to wait for the door to door collections and is satisfied she is doing her bit for a broad range of charities.
Carol Hart, Pensioner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2
Tom, a high - flying PR Consultant, has a problem. Every evening he comes home (late) and deposits a pile of change on the kitchen table, at his desk, on top of the TV, in fact any flat surface he can find. Due to the long hours he works all he can ever do is scoop the money up and pour into a three foot high whisky bottle he was given many years ago. He always promised himself that he would count all the money and take it to the bank, he just never seems to have the time. The solution he recently found out is in his local supermarket, a friend at work had told him to look out for the big blue Coinstar machine. So he went and poured his jar of coins into the machine and was astounded that when the machine had counted the coins, at a rate of 600 per minute, he had £126. With the voucher printed out he paid for his weeks shopping and brought a DVD player with rest.
Tom Rothery, PR Consultant, London SW7
Chloe and Jack have developed a cunning ruse to bolster their pocket money. Once a month when their mother gives them their allowance; they ask if they can search around the house for all the loose change. Their parents, foolishly, think there won’t be much lying around and let the kids have it all. Chloe and Jack scour the house, paying particular attention to the back of the sofa, and collect all the change. With their hoard collected they then take it down to the Coinstar machine— they love the noise the coins make as they tumble through the machine— and always try and beat the machine to guessing the total. It’s often more than they think. With the voucher they like to choose something special in store, Jack buys PlayStation games, Chloe prefers Disney videos.
Jack 12, Chloe 8, Manchester M10
Jim’s kids were sick of hearing him complain about the amount of change he brought home every evening. Jim is a black cab driver in London and before he, through his kids, discovered Coinstar, he would spend hours every week counting his change, bagging it up and trooping down to the bank. His wife would complain about the smell on his dirty hands from the copper coins and he was thoroughly fed up with the time he wasted. Jim’s kids had seen the big blue machine at their local supermarket and had seen lots of people pouring their jars of coins and getting a voucher they could exchange for cash at the checkout. They dragged their dad down to the supermarket with his week’s takings and watch as in a matter of minutes the Coinstar machine had counted the lot— Jim had only one problem, the kids knew you could pay for shopping with the vouchers and they wanted treats for their help.
Jim Williams, Black Cab driver, London E14
Tina has a young family and finds that keeping control of the family finances can sometimes be hard. With her three kids all under five she has her hands full looking after them. To make the money she receives go further, she collects up all the spare change she has and stores it in an old fashioned biscuit tin (the kids love shaking it, because it makes a racket – Tina is less keen, as you might imagine!). Once a month she takes her tin down to the Coinstar machine and before she does her shopping she pours her hoard into the big blue machine. When she comes to pay for her shopping she is always surprised how much she had in the tin and how much she has now saved on her shopping – which is lucky as nappies seem more expensive every time!
Tina Hampton, Mother, Glasgow G7
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