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Non-Tech : Outerwall (OUTR), formerly Coinstar (CSTR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mongo2116 who wrote (99)	1/19/1998 12:40:00 AM
From: Dave Jones	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 351

Gene, thanks for your excellent report. I understand that the Ralph's grocery store in San Dimas a while back set a Coinstar record where somebody brought in over $6,000.00 worth of coins. The grocery store had to contact a bank to pay that person for their haul. By the way, I strongly suspect that CSTR's competitor's machines aren't as reliable as CSTRs.

To: Mongo2116 who wrote (99)	1/27/1998 2:30:00 PM
From: Tor Van Dyke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 351

Reading the mention about the '43 steel penny gave me an idea. How difficult would it be for CSTR to devise a way to identify rare or uncirculated coins?? Most persons are oblivious to the true value of a coin other than its face value. CSTR could notify the customer of his coin's value and return it if requested. OR CSTR could hold on to the coin and sell it to a coin collector/trader. Either method is beneficial to CSTR. Customers with a hope or hunch that they possess valuable old coins would now consider using the Coinstar machine. On the other hand, unsuspecting customers would be practically giving away valuable coins. Comments?