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Treasury Prints Less Money As Credit Card Use Climbs
Last year, the Treasury Department didn't even bother printing any new $10 bills. More Â»

Redbox Sales Dive, Possibly Due To 28-Day New Release Delay
Redbox rental kiosks apparently aren't as appealing when its "new releases" are no longer so new. Thanks in part to an agreement not to stock new discs from major studios until 28 days after release, Redbox sales are down despite kiosk traffic remaining consistent. More Â»

TD Bank Charges Non-Customers 6% Fee For Coin Counting
Sad day. TD Bank's coin counter machines used to be free to all, but within the past month they've changed it so now non-customers will get levied a 6% transaction fee. More Â»

Redbox Will Stream Movies Next Year
Not content to beckon to you subliminally from its kiosks planted in heavily trafficked areas, Redbox's corporate parent Coinstar announced it will launch a streaming service next year. Teaming with an unannounced partner, the instant rental service will go head to head with the Netflixes and Hulus of the world. More Â»

Coinstar Lets You Use Change To Buy Farmwars, Mafiaville Junk
Coinstar, which has more than 60,000 change-converting kiosks around the world, is offering an alternative to cash and gift cards by serving up Facebook Credits to spend on games and applications on the social networking site. More Â»

Coinstar Calls Cashing In Change 'Recycling'

—>Douglas writes, "Coinstar wants you to 'recycle' your coins in their machines, and save the environment! Minus their 8.9% fee of course." They even have a little wizard on their website that estimates how many parts of the environment—water, energy consumption, and geological waste—you save by putting those coins back into circulation, instead of hoarding them like the polar bear murderer you are. They don't provide any source for these estimates, though, and we're not convinced you're doing anything "green" other than lining Coinstar's pockets.  More Â»

Coinstar's $2.49 Check Comes Through!

Sweet sweet resolution. Karen griped about Coinstar jacking her for $2.49, a Coinstar rep wrote in wanting to help, and now Karen sends this love note:  More Â»

Coinstar Wants To Give Karen Her $2.94 Back!

When Karen griped about Coinstar, I came clean: I love those guys. Without the chipper green Coinstar machine at my local Stop 'N' Shop, I never would have managed to keep my brain pickled with booze through pretending to earn a philosophy degree at a major ivy league school. Any service that allows me to empty the contents of my vacuum cleaner bag into a slot and walk away with cold, hard cash gets kudos from me.  More Â»

Petty or Not? Karen's $2.94 Coinstar Complaint

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