Coin shortage
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Quote: WizardAs an update, I returned to the Red Rock today with my 50-cent voucher from August 26. They honored it at the cage without fuss. I also found that the redemption machines will not pay out coins, but give a voucher for the change. The machines do accept these vouchers of 99-cents or less.
Had I known I would have bought you lunch.
On my last visit, in less than five minutes, I found three one-cent vouchers, one for 16-cents, and a jackpot of 36-cents on the cash out machines or the tops of disinfectant dispensers next to them.
One day they'll help me round up to a full dollar.
Quote: Viper21I'm sure it varies per state and jurisdictions but wasn't there a case with an old lady who cashed out a abandoned nickel voucher and was then backroomed and she sued and got $600,000. Then in that case it set the precedent that taking abandoned vouchers from machines wasn't theft. Also i thought I heard abandoned vouchers go to the state.
That did happen but it didn't set any precedent.
It just proved to casinos it's not always best to have a zero tolerance policy.
Backrooming an old lady over a nickel.
Quote: DRichIn Nevada prepared food is taxed. Groceries at the market are not taxed unless you are buying prepared food, all restaurants do tax because the food is prepared.
Along the same line but food stamps instead of taxes, a weird thing in PA is that you can use food stamps on prepared food as long as it’s not hot.
So at Wawa you get get a ham hoagie with food stamps, but not if it was toasted.
In would think that rule would apply to rotisserie chickens in grocery stores, which is kinda ironic considering they are one of the most economical ways to eat.
Which means the casino has the coins at the cashier for redemption.
Which means yes, it's a whole crock of crapola.
They just are doing a money grab hoping people are too lazy to get on line at the cashier
Quote: gamerfreakAlong the same line but food stamps instead of taxes, a weird thing in PA is that you can use food stamps on prepared food as long as it’s not hot.
So at Wawa you get get a ham hoagie with food stamps, but not if it was toasted.
In would think that rule would apply to rotisserie chickens in grocery stores, which is kinda ironic considering they are one of the most economical ways to eat.
That's new York as well.
(And no I am not on food stamps. There are signs at every store that serves prepared food and accepts benefits)
Quote: darkozThat's new York as well.
(And no I am not on food stamps. There are signs at every store that serves prepared food and accepts benefits)
Here, the rule is that you can buy food that "requires" preparation but not food that has been prepared to completion by others. So a fully cooked fried chicken that is in the deli cold case and requires heating is in, but a hot fried chicken is out. When I was a grocery store manager, that was often the same bird a couple hours apart.
Edit: reason for quotes above - who hasn't eaten cold fried chicken? Who actually heats those pre-packed cold-cut sandwiches that say to microwave for 20 seconds?
...which means you're wrong. Try again. Class, don't help him.Quote: darkozIf every single person with a coin voucher actually spent the time to redeem at the cashier the EXACT SAME AMOUNT of coins would be redeemed, correct?
Which means the casino has the coins at the cashier for redemption.
Which means yes, it's a whole crock of crapola.
They just are doing a money grab hoping people are too lazy to get on line at the cashier
It's not new, I know some of the dollar stores did this a year ago and maybe 711. Plus think cash limit was $10-$20.Quote: LovecompsThe whole thing is just a crock. Merchants are trying to take advantage of it too. The supermarket tried to charge me a $1 fee to get cash back at the the register. It’s not even metal...
Quote: onenickelmiracle...which means you're wrong. Try again. Class, don't help him.
I'm not wrong.
You are going to suggest the cashier combines multiple tickets so that ten tickets under a dollar are cashed out for a few paper dollars and some loose change thereby eliminating some of the coinage.
But that's assuming people are waiting and saving up their coin receipts.
I'm talking about normal circumstances where everyone cashes whatever coin voucher they are left with after gambling.
If everyone went to the cashier with their single change voucher the casino would have to have the coins to pay out same as the redemption machines
People aren't idiots to wait minutes to break even. The line would be outrageous if people waited for the change from 1 ticket. I suppose if it got really bad, the cashiers could round every person's tickets to the nearest dollar.Quote: darkozI'm not wrong.
You are going to suggest the cashier combines multiple tickets so that ten tickets under a dollar are cashed out for a few paper dollars and some loose change thereby eliminating some of the coinage.
But that's assuming people are waiting and saving up their coin receipts.
I'm talking about normal circumstances where everyone cashes whatever coin voucher they are left with after gambling.
If everyone went to the cashier with their single change voucher the casino would have to have the coins to pay out same as the redemption machines
Quote: onenickelmiraclePeople aren't idiots to wait minutes to break even. The line would be outrageous if people waited for the change from 1 ticket. I suppose if it got really bad, the cashiers could round every person's tickets to the nearest dollar.
Agreed.
But that was my original point.
The casino is using the fact people won't wait on the line to pocket the money themselves but they must actually have all that change at the cashier as they cannot be certain how many people will wait.
I truly hope if they did run out of change they would round up to the nearest dollar but my experience with casinos is they penny pinch. More likely they would give you another receipt for a cash credit upon your next visit lol
Quote: darkozThat's new York as well.
(And no I am not on food stamps. There are signs at every store that serves prepared food and accepts benefits)
This was true in West Virginia when I worked at a grocery store, of course, that was over fifteen years ago.
I bought a years worth of quarters at the start of this thread, and I was getting down to halfway empty, so I thought I'd top up some more.
Stores will be out of coins in 3..2..1...
Quote: ChumpChangeI noticed a couple cars in my town that somebody spray painted the license plates with a silver spray paint. What would that be about?
The license plates were defective and peeling. We're getting newer license plates for the toll readers, but since the prisons and the mail and DMV's are backed up, I wasn't required to to get new plates at registration renewal time. I notice I get hit with a laser radar when I hit certain deactivated toll booths. There's signs everywhere saying your registration will be suspended if you aren't properly billed for the tolls. I'm not sure their computers are catching the EZ Pass so they catch the license plates too and work out the discrepancies days later sometimes. I see traffic slows down for these over the road toll structures, like people going 65 instead of 75.
Quote: ChumpChangeThe Federal coin shortage is back. My local bank would only give me $40 of quarters.
Meanwhile, I told both my banks I have about $1,000 in loose change and would happily deposit it to my account if they counted it. Both said a firm "no."
However, the Red Rock said they would take a reasonable amount and pay me face value. I have yet to bother to take them up on it.
Me and MaxPen had a bet regarding some of your change.Quote: WizardMeanwhile, I told both my banks I have about $1,000 in loose change and would happily deposit it to my account if they counted it. Both said a firm "no."
However, the Red Rock said they would take a reasonable amount and pay me face value. I have yet to bother to take them up on it.
Quote: WizardMeanwhile, I told both my banks I have about $1,000 in loose change and would happily deposit it to my account if they counted it. Both said a firm "no."
However, the Red Rock said they would take a reasonable amount and pay me face value. I have yet to bother to take them up on it.
At risk of getting political, it's time for change!
Here are the facts:
Weight = 37.0 pounds.
Volume of coins = 197 cubic inches.
Total money = $471.31 (plus an Argentine peso and four arcade tokens).
Ratio of money to weight = $12.71 per pound
Ratio of money to cubic inches = $2.39
The Suncoast cashes in loose change for free. They did seem a bit annoyed with the arcade tokens.
I also cashed an expired TITO from 2019, which they accepted, so a thumbs up to the Suncoast for that too.
Quote: rxwineThe grocery store has change cups, on their self-checkout machines. When I start seeing too many coins at home I drop a fistful in my pocket. Then when I check out, I drop the whole handful in the machine and it counts it out towards my purchase. If it's way more than the purchase, it converts it to bills.
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These are low speed, low volume automatic counters, and I have had inaccurate results putting in more than a few coins at a time (not in my favor).
They're really not designed to handle more than a dollar in coins at once.
Your mileage may vary, but I'd suggest not dumping in a whole pig bank at once.
Quote: DieterQuote: rxwineThe grocery store has change cups, on their self-checkout machines. When I start seeing too many coins at home I drop a fistful in my pocket. Then when I check out, I drop the whole handful in the machine and it counts it out towards my purchase. If it's way more than the purchase, it converts it to bills.
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These are low speed, low volume automatic counters, and I have had inaccurate results putting in more than a few coins at a time (not in my favor).
They're really not designed to handle more than a dollar in coins at once.
Your mileage may vary, but I'd suggest not dumping in a whole pig bank at once.
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I will check on that. Yes they are low speed, but you need to wait around. Extra change takes awhile to return. Sometimes 10-15 seconds in between the last change returning. And this may go on for 2 minutes, or so.
(I don't do it when it's busy)
I probably lost $2 due to the mechanism jamming.
20 coins at a time would probably have been fine.
They're really designed to take around 4 coins at once, as fair as I can tell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfLneUMVb8o
