My Coin Jar.

[Grapes]

It's weighty! Weighty and cumbersome. It's coming up on 2/3 full, and since it is a bear shaped jar that long ago was used to store peanut butter, the last third (the head) will fill up faster than the body!

I'm running out of time here, these coins need to be turned into paper money to be used at bars... in exchange I will receive alcohol and a few coins, which go in the emptied jar and.. you see how the cycle goes.

Safeway used to have Coinstar counting machines, but the two companies parted ways. Apparently the nearest coinstars are now in effing Bellingham, which doesn't do me much good because these coins are CANADIAN YO.

Does anyone know of any other machines around the GVRD that will count my coins for me and keep me from having to fuck around with rolling them myself?

... ewww.. coin hand.

[robyn]

I will roll said coins for you at the cost of 10% of the entire contents of the jar. Also, vanilla stoli is needed.

[Grapes]

A few of my patented StoliNCokes and you'll be mixing denominations, spilling drinks and, eventually, just rolling around in the coins and declaring yourself the richest noblewoman in the land.

[rawb]

the lynn valley safeway had a machine in there last week. the dt one on davie had one a few months ago.

ill let you know.

[cubed]

the safeway on commercial and broadway has one in it.

[frogprincess]

you'd probably be best off buying your own machine

http://user.chollian.net/~sekyung1/viewproduct_1_e.html

[Grapes]

The thing is, my safeway at 4th and Vine has a machine in it. But that machine has a big fat "Out of Order" sign on it (which is bullshit, coinstar just isn't allowing them to use the machine)

If someone can confirm that one of these works, I'll start plotting to head over.

[rawb]

you seem to know a startling amount about the workings of the coin to cash industry.

[Grapes]

I have a continuous influx of a startling amount of change, due to my startling.. no, let's say staggering.. amount of drinking.

[sNyx]

They are recalling all these coin machines, been there done that.

[Grapes]

So you're calling jim and rawb liars then?

[rawb]

yeah motherfucker. fuck you. you wanna talk shit then lets start something.

[Grapes]

I've rescued this post from waaay back in early September (remember when rawb used to post?!) in order to let you FnKers in on some exciting news, and an exciting contest!

The coin counting machines are BACK! I had just left the checkout at my local Safeway, on my way out the door, when out of the corner of my eye I notice... could it be... a coin counting machine.. and it's OPERATIONAL!

Apparently they company in question was Coin Master, not Coinstar, which would explain why management at Coinstar seemed so puzzled when I asked why they weren't at Safeway anymore. But anyways the guy there said that they'd resolved their dispute or some shit, and yes, the machines work again.. as long as some asshat doesn't jam them up by putting things that aren't coins in them.

*DON'T STOP READING, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY!*

So on Wednesday night, before I head to this:

Big Trouble!

.. I'm going to cash this heavy son of a bitch. By which I mean, my teddy bear coin jar that sits on my desk and is filled (FILLED) with sweet sweet change. That's right kids, this is why you look straight ahead and keep walking when those people on the street ask you for money.

Payoff!

I'm so excited that I've decided to share the wealth. Guess closer than anyone else to the $$ amount that the CoinMaster machine will tell me I have in my jar, and you will win $20 of it! The only qualifications are that I must have met you at least once. No random weirdos: only weirdos with whom I have at least a passing acquaintance can win this contest. And you must post your guess in this thead. I'm not writing shit down, people.

So go on, reply to this thread and guess! I'll even help you out with some clues:

- There are plenty of twonies and loonies
- The jar measures 7 inches high, and 6 and 1/2 of those inches are filled solid
- The jar has an average diameter of just over 4 inches
- I reckon it weighs about 20 lbs.. maybe a little less
- The jar used to be filled with peanut butter
- The bear the jar is shaped to resemble was likely of the black variety, not grizzly
- He is also wearing a bow tie

Good luck!

[frogprincess]

100 DOLLARS and 99 CENTS

[frogprincess]

what color is the bow tie?

[Grapes]

Glass.

duh?

[cubed]

$89.35

[Akeel]

i wanna know where u got said teddy bear jar.

[Moon]

$101.82

[vesperstina]

127.5

[Grapes]

i wanna know where u got said teddy bear jar.

Me too! I've had the fucking thing for well over 10 years. Damned if I can remember.

It occurs to me that having the betting in a public forum allows for a certain amount of strategizing.. for instance, if I was guessing and I really wanted to fuck over K-pryde, I would bet 100 bucks. Unless the total ended up between 100.98 and 100.01, he's dead. For this reason I'm adding the rule that you can CHANGE YOUR GUESS at any time leading up to the moment of truth. The moment of truth is the time at which I return home with the Coinmaster receipt in my hand and bring up this thread.

One qualification to this rule: It only works if you edit your original guess, not if you add a new post. I don't need 18 different guesses by one person to sort through. If someone does that I'll just take their 1st guess, and they remain screwed.

Cheers!

[Grapes]

Who would have thought it would be this hard to give away $20 =(

Maybe I should just throw it out my window.

For the record, you're all guessing way way too low.

[Akeel]

must be a pretty big jar!

356.42 cents

*edit*
i dont think we've ever met, i just wanna guess anyway.

[BongMan]

I have a good idea you could buy me a beer mmmm beer I love beer

[Grapes]

^That's exactly what Stringbeans said. I reckon you have to put in a bare mininum of work for it!

Guess Jeff.