Talk:The International Yippie Currency Exchange

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Thanks for fixing the misspell! I updated the linked pages and other instances of the "Yippe". --firsty 11:26, 5 July 2006 (PDT)

practical?

While in theory this sounds great, taking down the corporate nasties one quarter at a time. But how practical is it? How much time would you have to spend to get these coins? Is it worth the time? If you're short on cash, I strongly recommend not buying overpriced crap from vending machines. Doctormatt 11:13, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

it's small, but it's valuable, possibly very valuable to some, particularly those in college who rely on vending machines for laundry, food, etc. also not bad for making phone calls. if you can find a good resource for these coins, it's worth it. --firsty 16:16, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

As you say, "if you can find a good resource". How much time will be wasted by people trying to find one? Time is not cheap... Doctormatt 16:40, 7 October 2006 (PDT)

Guys,

These ideas that I've shared are very practical and there are some very good and easy resources to obtain the coins. One of these is any local coin shop that sells and buys collectible coins. Another good resource for this is E-Bay as one can buy a bag of several pounds of assorted foreign coins for just a couple of dollars a piece. Not to mention that it is possible to get them at the International Currency Exchange of any major bank. I've done this several times and to obtain an amount in number of foreign coins that will spend like $12 took me about 30 minutes to obtain at my local coin shop and cost me only about $3. To me spending 30 minutes to quadruple my money was well worth it. Not to mention the new quarter roll gambit on this is turning out to be priceless. I've managed to turn over a 200% profit from this in just the last few days. Well you can keep it if you want to or not. But I think it's well worth it especially to those low on money with plenty of time on their hands. Thanks, (El Almirante)

great add, el a! the personal experience writing is wonderful. firsty 09:16, 6 April 2007 (MDT)

Questions

Is there an equivalent to the US dollar coins?

Does this work in coin star with any foreign coins?--filthy_swine

• I bet it would work and would give you a credit slip, but how much you wanna bet the machine has a camera that takes a few frames of video every time it is used like at the ATM machine? Look at the machine for pinholes or windows (maybe black plastic to us, but IR transparent so it will take an infared black and white shot) or cameras nearby watching the machine.

Answers to questions

So far I've not successfully found an equivalent to the U.S. dollar coins. El Almirante

Also on the coin star machine front, it seems somehow they have rigged their machines to reject foreign coins. El Almirante

The Coin Star machines have similar circuits to slot machines and will only accept coins that fit within certain boundaries. Anything that it does not recognize as a USA coin will be rejected. Unidyne 02:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)