Fastlane Game - Win An iPod Nano

[Scout]

Go Coinstar, i'm at $500 and will need help keeping at the low end of the range....

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

I should be getting results today ... stay tuned!

 

[qwerety]

Cool.

BTW MJ for next time since you seem to be collecting change so much, you should get this thing I just saw earlier today. Its this little hopper and it will automatically sort your change by denomination and when it gets to the right point it wraps all the coins in the paper wrappers ready for the bank. So you wont have to worry about counting or wrapping yourself. Saw it cost 20 bucks. I think it was called Money Mill or something

 

[wildambitions]

OK OK OK... You're killing us here. (I know, all good things come to those who wait.)

And the winner is ?????

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

The bank hasn't put the credit in my account yet. I turned the bag in on Friday and they said it takes a few business days. I won't know until I see some random deposit in my account.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I can't believe how small the count was. I would have expected at least $800 since the tub was so heavy.

FINAL TALLY: $467.15 (Guess was 480)

WINNER: KURT YORDY!

Second place: JLAW @ 450 (Sorry no prize!)

Kurt, please PM me your address.

Thx for playing!

 

[kurtyordy]

Thanks MJ. My wife will be very pleased.

 

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[qwerety]

Congrats Kurt

wow only 467

 

[biophase]

I decided to bring my coins to Coinstar today. They charge 9%, but if you get the money in an Amazon Gift Card they don't charge anything. So here is my coin jar. Feel free to guess if you want, I'll post the result tomorrow.

I usually toss pennies into the tip charge so my coin jar contains more big coins that usual.

The ratio of coins in the jar:
Quarters: Dimes: Nickels: Pennies
10:12:7:7

 

[kurtyordy]

So here is my coin jar.

I hate to be the barer/bearer (sp?) of bad news, but somebody stole your coin jar and replaced it with a wooden box.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

$109.14 -----

 

[czach41]

$111.35 FTW! (Bio's Box)

 

[Sparlin]

Bob Barker voice "We have $89.13"

 

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[kurtyordy]

$170

bio can the prize be 5 hours to pick your brain?

 

[Rawr]

77.77

why not

 

[PaulRobert]

Congrats Kurt! Hope your wife enjoys the Ipod! :welldone:


Biophase's Jar/Wooden Box- $95.98

 

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[biophase]

$170

bio can the prize be 5 hours to pick your brain?

I don't think that it would last 5 hours. There'd be nothing to pick after 20 minutes.

I'll post the results at 12am Pacific Time. Most of your guesses are low. Remember the quarter/dime to penny/nickel ratio!!

These were the percentages in coins, not currency.

Quarters 29%
Dimes 35%
Nickels 18%
Pennies 18%

I was really suprised at how low MJ's coin jar was. MJ do you just collect pennies? :smug2:

 

[biophase]

I guess I'll turn this into a math word problem. I know most of us loved word problems in grammar school right?

I had $3.49 in pennies...

 

[qwerety]

$223 for bios change box

 

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[Jonleehacker]

$229.24

 

[nipsid]

$165.00

 

[biophase]

$229.24

Close enough due to percentage rounding!

Yes, I had $226 in that wooden box. Got an Amazon Ecert and spent it all today.

 

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[Jonleehacker]

qwertey's guess is just as close due to rounding, so I guess we'll have to split the prize.

10 minutes each?

btw, what'd you buy at Amazon?

 

[biophase]

Actually,

Given the data I gave to you, the answer should have been $229.34.

1939 total coins
562 quarters - $140.50
679 dimes - $67.90
349 nickels - $17.45
349 pennies - $3.49

Jon, you win a free golf lesson from me next February when you come down here.

I bought a bunch of crap that I needed anyway that added up to $226. One of these days I need to treat myself to stuff.

Toner cartridges
Inkjet cartridges
Mouse/Touchpad for my desktop
Bluetooth earpiece
Remote control switch for my digital SLR

Doesn't sound like much right? The most expensive stuff was the toner cartridges.

 

[Jonleehacker]

Actually,

Given the data I gave to you, the answer should have been $229.34.

Damn keypad on the iPhone calculator, must have typo'd .10

Jon, you win a free golf lesson from me next February when you come down here.

Looking forward to it. I am tentatively booked for Jan 1 in Scottsdale!

One of these days I need to treat myself to stuff.

As Grandma would say, practice makes perfect

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

I was really suprised at how low MJ's coin jar was. MJ do you just collect pennies? :smug2:

So was I. I'd say 40% of the can was quarters. I would have bet it was near $1,000 ... I wonder if I am getting screwed by Bank of America. I mean how would I know?

 

[Rawr]

So was I. I'd say 40% of the can was quarters. I would have bet it was near $1,000 ... I wonder if I am getting screwed by Bank of America. I mean how would I know?

Bio's is half of yours?! Man, that seems way off.

You know BoA really needs all the money it can get...

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I don't think BIO cashed his yet ... his # was based on an estimate calculation.

 

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[biophase]

I don't think BIO cashed his yet ... his # was based on an estimate calculation.

No, my number was the exact amount according to the coinstar machine.

 

[wildambitions]

WINNER: KURT YORDY!

Congrats Kurt!!! :banana: