Coinstar - Change $40, get an extra $10, exp. 12/6/09

[kori]

http://www.coinstar.com/us/html/2009Promo

Official Rules
To get your free $10 gift card by mail, follow these instructions carefully.
Obtain an official claim form when you convert in a single transaction at least 40 U.S. dollars (in coins only) into a gift card or eCertificate at participating Coinstar Centers (http://locator.coinstar.com/). The claim form will be displayed at the end of qualified Coinstar® receipts.
Valid Dates are 12:00AM on 11/9/09 – 11:59PM on 12/6/09
Complete the claim form in its entirety.
Submit the completed claim form. Claims must be postmarked by 1/6/09 and received by 1/13/09. Claims postmarked after the applicable date, incomplete submissions, and illegible submissions will be returned as ineligible.
Mail toCoinstar Holiday 09 Bonus Offer, Department D, PO Box 6112 Douglas, AZ 85655-6112
Receive the $10 gift card via mail. Allow 6–8 weeks for processing. If terms and conditions are not met, the $10 gift card will not be sent. Coinstar is not responsible for any claims lost, damaged, or delayed in transit.
General terms and conditions: the $10 holiday bonus offer ends 12/6/09. Offer valid in the U.S. only and excludes Puerto Rico. Offer good on qualified coin transactions made between 11/9/09 and 12/6/09. Transactions occurring before or after these dates are not eligible for this offer. Limit 1 per name, address, or household. Void where prohibited. Not valid with any other offer. No cash substitutions. Valid on coin transactions only. Failure to follow the above rules may result in disqualification. PLEASE RETAIN A COPY OF ALL SUBMITTED MATERIALS FOR YOUR RECORDS, ORIGINALS WILL NOT BE RETURNED
Coinstar reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the operation of the Rebate program, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this program will be ineligible and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Coinstar reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this program should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond its control corrupt the proper administration or security of the Rebate.
Coinstar reserves the right to modify the rules of the program in any way or at any time, as long as reasonable notice is given.

[ILv2Shop]

Oh this is sweet. Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention.

[sofiamama]

Assume these are errors on their part?

"Claims must be postmarked by 1/6/09 and received by 1/13/09."?

[MommyMoneybags]

I've never done the CoinStar machine before. What are the gift cards? Is it a gift card to the store that the machine is located in or do you get to choose from a list or something.

[Coupon Crazy Lady]

What are the fees on these machines?

[FlaminGOgirl]

:smile:Great find OP!

What are the gift cards? Is it a gift card to the store that the machine is located in or do you get to choose from a list or something. They have a variety of gift cards to choose from ~ Lowes, amazon.com, i-tunes, etc. If you go to the coinstar web site, click on "machine locator" & plug in your zip code, you'll get a list of coinstar locations near you. Each location will have icons indicating whether they have gc's or e-certificates. If you click on the icons it will give you a list of what gc's/e-certificates they have.

What are the fees on these machines? No fees if you exchange the money for gift cards :BigHand:.

I did this deal last year & it came through with no problem ~ bought a Lowes GC since that's one place we always spend money at!

[rocksolid64]

Do I have to use coin or can I use cash to purchase the gift card?

[lbrown1618]

has to be coins to qualify for this promo.

I did this last year, looooved it!!

[anaj06]

Is there a way to put $40 coins in and get 4 different $10 GCs and still qualify for the extra $10. I am thinking about Christmas gifts...but $40 is too much in one GC.

Anyone know?

[kori]

Is there a way to put $40 coins in and get 4 different $10 GCs and still qualify for the extra $10. I am thinking about Christmas gifts...but $40 is too much in one GC.

Anyone know?


No, it has to be $40 at one time.

[kori]

Do I have to use coin or can I use cash to purchase the gift card?


Last year I used 2 $20 bills and it worked just fine. I don't know about this year. Anybody willing to try it? :wavehi:

[cintinative]

so, is this one of those--go to the bank, get $40 worth of coins, and then go to Coinstar? LOL.

[TerryTerrific]

What are the fees on these machines?In the U.S., the fee for our coin counting service is 8.9 cents per dollar counted (9.8 cents Canada).

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How It Works ...

You Give Us Coins, We Give You Cash™

Coinstar's patented self-service kiosk is easy and fun to use.

Just pour in your jar of mixed coins and watch them add up.

The Coinstar Center accurately counts up to 600 coins per minute, saving you the time and effort of counting, sorting, or rolling.

When you cash in at a retail store you'll get a voucher to redeem for cash at the store checkout or apply to your purchases.

When you cash in at a bank or credit union, you'll get a voucher to redeem for cash at the teller or deposit into your account.

Check your voucher for special promotions or sweepstakes that Coinstar may be offering.

In the U.S., the fee for our coin counting service is 8.9 cents per dollar counted (9.8 cents Canada).

Retailers or financial institutions may choose to discount this fee.

Coinstar : Our Products : Coins to Cash^™ (http://www.coinstar.com/US/webdocs/A1-0-1)

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So, if you end up depositing $100.00 in loose change, you will be charged 8.9% or $8.90 in the form of a coin counting service fee.

$100.00 = amount of coins you brought in
$008.90 = coin counting service fee
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$091.10 = amount that you will take home

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For a while I used CoinStar but with $200.00+ worth of coins, that coin counting fee really added up.

I now count and roll my own coins every three months.

The only coins I now take to CoinStar are pennies.

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Terence in Brook Park, oHIo

[TerryTerrific]

I've never done the CoinStar machine before. What are the gift cards? Is it a gift card to the store that the machine is located in or do you get to choose from a list or something.Visualize major gift cards.

Similar to the ones sold at grocery stores, etc.

More like major retail stores and not as much as grocery store chains.

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Terence in Brook Park, oHIo

[danas_mom]

so, is this one of those--go to the bank, get $40 worth of coins, and then go to Coinstar? LOL.

Sounds like a plan to me! :wavehi:



Is there a way to put $40 coins in and get 4 different $10 GCs and still qualify for the extra $10. I am thinking about Christmas gifts...but $40 is too much in one GC.


You could try what I do with mypoints at the end of each year for Christmas - cash them in for one big GC and then have the store the GC is for split it up into smaller ones. Obviously this only works if all the GC's are to the same place. :giggle2:

Or........hmmmm, if one of the places you can get a GC to thru the coinstar is somewhere that sells other GC's (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger all do I know) you might could pick up smaller amt GCs and pay for them with the larger GC you got from coinstar.

Or you could always put it up for trade here on the boards. YMMV on getting exactly what you need in a 1-4-1 trade though.

There are ways, is all I'm sayin'. :wink7:

[tiger_fan3]

What are the fees on these machines?

There are no fees when you put your coins onto an e-certificate or gift card, which is what the promo is for.

[ilovearedtag]

Did this tonight and it worked perfectly! Cashed out my coins, got a GC (printed on receipt), and on the bottom of the receipt was the form to mail in for the $10 GC. :BigHand:

[biggins]

Did this tonight and it worked perfectly! Cashed out my coins, got a GC (printed on receipt), and on the bottom of the receipt was the form to mail in for the $10 GC. :BigHand:

Do you have to send in the entire receipt or just the bottom? If just the bottom then the top half could be submitted for the Coors buy $100 worth of gc get a $10 check or buy $25 gc & get $5 check


anyone know if they have gc to Kmart, Target, wawa, or walgreens

[sarah4770]

What store is the $10.00 gift card to?

[ilovearedtag]

Do you have to send in the entire receipt or just the bottom? If just the bottom then the top half could be submitted for the Coors buy $100 worth of gc get a $10 check or buy $25 gc & get $5 check


anyone know if they have gc to Kmart, Target, wawa, or walgreens


You just mail in the bottom half of the receipt.

[ilovearedtag]

What store is the $10.00 gift card to?


The $10 GC is to the same store you chose your $40 GC to.