sheepdog_tx
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- Aug 4, 2012
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Earlier today I go to a Krogers to dump my zincoln box for a nice amazon code card. This was not my normal location but what the heck. Visibly the outside was significantly more worn that the one in my neighborshood. So I get to pouring..
As I'm around buck 13 the machine stops and says call a store attendant. Slapping my forehead I do so and summon this spunky young kid with a key, seemingly very much familar with this machine and the issue at hand. On opening I see the ramp leads to a hopper which in turn leads to comparitor that dump into a left and right tank, locked from the store gaining access. However there is a small clear bucket, about 24 oz in volume that catches "odds" as he calls them. He wouldnt let me see all that was inside but one such object he pulled out was a clad quarter bent almost at a 90 degree angle. I didnt get the idea it was a silver cull, just a place to dump things that won't go through the reject path. He did say with a cat-got-the-canary grin that eisenhower dollars are too big to feed and will drop in there. Anyway to the warning..
When the machine jams you don't lose your cash in but you can't resume and the balance in the machine is rang out as cash voucher regardless if you selected gift cards. He said there was no way to fix it, you get cash. Now as I was doing pennies I took a $2 hit on the processed part but if say you were dumping a few boxes of dimes... you're talking some serious fees. Consider yourself warned.
As I'm around buck 13 the machine stops and says call a store attendant. Slapping my forehead I do so and summon this spunky young kid with a key, seemingly very much familar with this machine and the issue at hand. On opening I see the ramp leads to a hopper which in turn leads to comparitor that dump into a left and right tank, locked from the store gaining access. However there is a small clear bucket, about 24 oz in volume that catches "odds" as he calls them. He wouldnt let me see all that was inside but one such object he pulled out was a clad quarter bent almost at a 90 degree angle. I didnt get the idea it was a silver cull, just a place to dump things that won't go through the reject path. He did say with a cat-got-the-canary grin that eisenhower dollars are too big to feed and will drop in there. Anyway to the warning..
When the machine jams you don't lose your cash in but you can't resume and the balance in the machine is rang out as cash voucher regardless if you selected gift cards. He said there was no way to fix it, you get cash. Now as I was doing pennies I took a $2 hit on the processed part but if say you were dumping a few boxes of dimes... you're talking some serious fees. Consider yourself warned.
