Coin counting machine - where in Dublin?

otron

Apologies if this has been posted before, or is in the wrong forum.

I'm looking to find a coin counting machine somewhere in Dublin city centre. One of those ones where you dump in a bucket of coins and it prints out a receipt redeemable for cash would be perfect. Does anyone know of such a machine available for public use?

Also interested in any info on where to buy a cheapish & reliable home model...

fletch

otron wrote:

Apologies if this has been posted before, or is in the wrong forum.

I'm looking to find a coin counting machine somewhere in Dublin city centre. One of those ones where you dump in a bucket of coins and it prints out a receipt redeemable for cash would be perfect. Does anyone know of such a machine available for public use?

Also interested in any info on where to buy a cheapish & reliable home model...

I know a lot of the Supervalus have em....not sure if you're lookin to buy one or use one

BolBill

Theres one in the Centra in Ranelagh. They charge you 10% for using it though, a f-ing joke really.

DaBreno

Same as Spar in Lucan. 10% rip-off charge must be standard through out the city. Do any of the Banks do em...?

MorningStar

BolBill wrote:

Theres one in the Centra in Ranelagh. They charge you 10% for using it though, a f-ing joke really.

In fairness shops have to pay banks to take change. Add the cost of the machine and the electricity to run it you will find they don't make much money if anything.

uberwolf

securicor took money from us once and counted. It was a charity gig though so not sure about charges. Also she assured as she drove off that they rarely took money from charities :eek:

Blisterman

You can buy coin sorting machines. They're about £30 here, but thats for sterling. Dont know how much euro ones cost.

BolBill

MorningStar wrote:

In fairness shops have to pay banks to take change. Add the cost of the machine and the electricity to run it you will find they don't make much money if anything.

Yes they do, cop on, the electricity to run it :rolleyes: Jaysus man wake up !!!!!

Blisterman

Well that time i put one cent into it for fun, maybe they lost money that time.

steveland?

Centra in Drumcondra have one with the ridiculous charge for use. Not too far from the city centre

DMann2006

A new Coin Counter machine has been installed in North Dublin in Dublin 7.

There's parking available outside.

Location details as follows:

SPAR - Collins Avenue
39 Collins Avenue
Whitehall
DUBLIN 7

Current charge rate at 9.3%.

Regards:
DMann.

johnnyrotten

BolBill wrote:

Theres one in the Centra in Ranelagh. They charge you 10% for using it though, a f-ing joke really.

I fairness they have to empty the machine ( heavy coins) and bring to bank who charge too.

So you bring your large jar of loose change to the local Centra. Throw in the coins any up comes a total of €30. the machine issues you with a ticket which you bring to the till and exchange for €27.

To me thats better than looking at a large jar of coins doing nothing;)

zuutroy

2 threads about coin counting machines at the same time by different people...WTF?

Miguel_Sanchez

zuutroy wrote:

2 threads about coin counting machines at the same time by different people...WTF?

Oh hush you. Coin counting is all the rage these days. You don't know what's going on with the young folk at all!

rannerap

dunnes do a home version,got one in there around x mas

mp3guy

You could count yourself? Then bring them to the bank. It's what I did once, got all the spare change I could get my hands on, came up to €90

Sarn

zuutroy wrote:

2 threads about coin counting machines at the same time by different people...WTF?

Thank DMann2006 for resurrecting both of them. Sounds like someone is looking for commission.

zuutroy

Oops....I never looked at the dates.

ruprect

MorningStar wrote:

In fairness shops have to pay banks to take change. Add the cost of the machine and the electricity to run it you will find they don't make much money if anything.

I would imagine most people are putting in at least €100 at a go, any smaller is worth counting yourself. Shops will usually use the change themselves, they are the ones that are refused change from banks. Coins cost more to make than they are worth (i.e. it might cost 50cent to make a 20 cent coin). So the central bank wants it back in circulation. In the 80's I remember mcdonalds giving free burgers if you brought in £5 in coins, superquinn also had a similar deal with free donuts. Back then the shops were begging to get coins, I think banks charged them to get them.

These machines can be compared in price to any coin operated machines, but the user in this case is paying an average of €10 for "a go", far more profitable than arcade, sweet, coke or condom machines.

Supermarkets are losing out on a simple oppertunity, pay the few grand for a machine to take in coins, and then print out vouchers only usable in the shop- everyones a winner, and the shop doesnt even have to go to the bank for coins. I was hoping the self service aisles in supermarkets would get toll bridge style funnels where you just lash it in- similar idea.

The central bank should certainly offer the service free of charge, it is the taxpayers who foot the bill for replacing all of these hoarded coins at huge cost. If they got a machine for a few grand in the central bank it would pay for itself within a day easily, disgraceful that they don't

The_Minister

Count them yerselves, that's what I do.
It's relaxing, like doing a jigsaw.

Jumpy

Guys, count the €2 €1 and 50c yourself. Then machine the shrapnel. 10% of the total is actually less than the value of the time spent counting it yourself. If you take out the high coins that is.

SligoBrewer

Jumpy wrote:

Guys, count the €2 €1 and 50c yourself. Then machine the shrapnel. 10% of the total is actually less than the value of the time spent counting it yourself. If you take out the high coins that is.

we have one of these machines out here in the sticks:eek:

9.5% charge as well...

missing million

Hi All,

I work for one of the coin machine companies. I just get sick of people giving out about the fee......Do you work for nothing? Why should I have to justify getting paid for my working week?

ronano

ah sure you're worse than them civil servants

missing million

Circulation of Coin is a very complicated business, some of you have touched on some of the issues.

The shops mostly don't own and run the coin machines. It is a seperate and complicated business.

You put your money into the machine....what happens to it? How does the shop get back the cash they give you?
IF you can't be bothered to count a relatively small bag of coin, what makes you think that the shops are dragging out the extremly heavy vaults and counting it...have you any idea how long that would take?

The money must be counted and deposited to a bank account so that the shops can be reimbursed for the money they have given you. However the banks won't take coin, so it must be counted and credited by a company who has the gear.
The machines that do this are owned by big security companies like securicor or brinks, they count the coin, and out of their money they credit the bank accounts. Then they store it...because aswell as being heavy coin takes up alot of space, and then they sell it to the banks or shops. And you know what? they charge for doing all that!

Add to that the cost of the machine in the store, the servicing of it and all the back office stuff, the service charge is not all that high.

Sorry for being so annoyed it is just that common guys, I have to make a buck!

Run_to_da_hills

missing million wrote: »

Hi All,

I work for one of the coin machine companies. I just get sick of people giving out about the fee......Do you work for nothing? Why should I have to justify getting paid for my working week?

But are you not paid by the NWO to help remove cash from society and lure us into the cashless society?, These machines will soon be topping up our smart cards. We should be paid for using these machines.

This is a map from their web site with machines located in Dublin.http://www.coinstar.com/us/html/a-home

DJ_Spider

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This is a map from their web site with machines located in Dublin. http://locator.coinstar.com/Map.aspx?page=IE&language=EN&country=IE

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Tescos have them, I know Artane Castle, Clare Hall, and the Jervis do. Also Dunnes in Dunnamede.

Odysseus

Bank only charge if you change the coin directly into cash. I never spend change, it pays for the things I like to do in my spare time, whether than be skydiving or MA. I change it every couple of months. Bag it, go to bank, lodge it into personal account. Then go to cash machine and withdraw it, simply no charges.

Years ago when I was a student BOI charged two euro for every hundred changed at the counter, so I used to change 95-99e each time. No charge and it used to p!ss of one of the teelers no end for some reason.

Run_to_da_hills

Odysseus wrote: »

Bank only charge if you change the coin directly into cash. I never spend change, it pays for the things I like to do in my spare time, whether than be skydiving or MA. I change it every couple of months. Bag it, go to bank, lodge it into personal account. Then go to cash machine and withdraw it, simply no charges.

Years ago when I was a student BOI charged two euro for every hundred changed at the counter, so I used to change 95-99e each time. No charge and it used to p!ss of one of the teelers no end for some reason.

A lott of banks seperate the coins and weight them rather than count them.

Odysseus

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A lott of banks seperate the coins and weight them rather than count them.

That's what I meant, only takes a few minutes to bag it.

Ace2007

depends how much money one has got in coins, for example i had over 150 in change, i'd say close to 75 of that was in coppers, i got charged nearly 15 quid such a rip off....

Run_to_da_hills

Odysseus wrote: »

That's what I meant, only takes a few minutes to bag it.

Not unless some idiot hands in a bag of mixed coins

What are you people so busy doing that you can't count your own coins? I counted out 90 euro at the weekend in under an hour.

Now I need to know, what way do those little bags you get at the bank work? I haven't brought change to the bank in ages. When I lived in the north it used to be that you needed a pound in pennies in the bag, a fiver in 10p pieces, a tenner in pound coins or something like that.

Run_to_da_hills

Alternatively you could bring all your loose coins down to the local amusement arcade

BlitzKrieg

there's one on north king street in the centra

Lady

Saw one in Tesco in Clarehall the other day but imo best do it yourself, bank will give you money bags for free, at least you know you are gonna get the right amount [thats if you can count ]

shenanigans1982

Tesco in Artaine hae it....think they take nine or ten percent of the total though. Every time I use it though it attracts a group of Chinese ppl who seem to be fascinated with it. I think they hide amonst the vegtables waiting for some to use it.

Run_to_da_hills

Those poor guys begging with their paper coffee cups on the M50 ramps are the real losers on these cash gobbling machines.

shenanigans1982

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Those poor guys begging with their paper coffee cups on the M50 ramps are the real losers on these cash gobbling machines.

They were already replaced by Romanians.

EVGR

Could someone please explain to me why banks don't have the automatic coin counting machines? What year are we now - 2008?

Run_to_da_hills

EVGR wrote: »

Could someone please explain to me why banks don't have the automatic coin counting machines? What year are we now - 2008?

They probably have them out of site so they can charge you excessive commission for "manually" counting them.

_feedback_

EVGR wrote: »

Could someone please explain to me why banks don't have the automatic coin counting machines? What year are we now - 2008?

Yes, it's 2008.

This thread however, belongs to 2005.

EVGR

elviscostello wrote: »

Yes, it's 2008.

This thread however, belongs to 2005.

Yes I know the thread started then. But could you point me to a newer thread which answers my question?

jaxy999

Our local church has a coin counting machine & our neighbour who is the chapelwoman bring's Mam into the sacristy on the quiet & lets her use the coin counter!

not yet

mp3guy wrote: »

You could count yourself? Then bring them to the bank. It's what I did once, got all the spare change I could get my hands on, came up to €90[/q

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Get a fcuking life wiil you.........

Fiend-Foe

The good food store in Smithfield has one, just across from the big chimney with the bar at the top.

Fiend-Foe

I just replied to a thread from 2005 with a nice informative answer.

Why?