At this time of the year, Girlawhirl's finances are stretched pretty thin. While she's pretty good about sticking to her budget the rest of the year, with the holidays approaching, she finds herself with an overwhelming number of people on her ‘what's a Girl to Give' list…
As she prepares lists of who gets what, she can mentally calculate her budget busting. It's time to start bringing her lunch to work, taking buses instead of taxis and curtailing her coffee-for-coworkers habit. And luckily, she's got a jar full of coins that's headed to her local Coinstar®.
With Coinstar's Coin to Card™ program, Girlawhirl gets even more dollars for her cents. If she chooses to request or refill a gift card from the machine's main menu, she won't be charged counting fees which usually eat up 8.9% of her money. Sometimes, she takes a couple of handfuls of coins and uses them to refill her own Starbucks® card, so she can still have a treat or two during the weeks leading up to the holidays. Then, after checking her lists, she might choose an Amazon.com®, Pier 1®, or Linens ‘n Things gift card.
There are also iTunes, Hollywood Video® and Virgin Digital card and eCertificate options, which makes holiday shopping a little easer on her and her wallet.
And there's something even more spectacular in the works at Coinstar. It's direct deposit of her coin counting total into her checking or savings account with the swipe of her ATM card. This one might take a while for banks to get up to speed on, but Girlawhirl truly can't wait!