Microsoft and Coinstar partner to turn your coins into gold, Xbox Live Gold!

[Chief Legend]

Microsoft and Coinstar have partnered to allow to turn in all the change you have laying around the house, and under your couch cushions, and turn it into gold, Xbox Live Gold! Head over to your local Coinstar location, dump your coins in and turn it into Xbox Live Gold memberships or Microsoft Points. Once you get the pin number from the kiosk, go to www.redeemxbox.com/coinstar and redem it for an online code. It's as simple as that.

Wondering what to do with all that spare change? Now, you can trade in your cash and coins for Xbox LIVE Gold Memberships and Microsoft Points at Coinstar®! It's easy and there’s never a fee.

1. Trade in your spare change.
Simply bring your cash and coins to your nearest Coinstar kiosk, select the eCertificate option, and select Xbox. Then, deposit your cash and coins and take your printed eCertificate. There are no fees and your eCertificate never expires! Find your nearest Coinstar location

2. Redeem your eCertificate Today!
Once you have received your printed eCertificate from the Coinstar kiosk, visit www.redeemxbox.com/coinstar. Enter the PIN from your eCertificate, select Xbox LIVE Gold Memberships and/or Microsoft Points, confirm your selection, and get your digital codes. Join Xbox LIVE with a 3-month or 12-month Gold Membership and use Microsoft Points to buy or rent movies, TV shows, and games. Find out more.
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[AdultInTheRoom]

thats awesome. I use coinstar every couple of months.

 

[SevenDead1ySinz]

So this is for people without a CC or Paypal?

 

[AdultInTheRoom]

So this is for people without a CC or Paypal?

or people like me who every couple of months dump all their pocket change in to coinstar only to take two steps to the left and rent something from Redbox. Much rather dump it in to my XBL account.

 

[amigaengine]

Very good idea

 

[SevenDead1ySinz]

or people like me who every couple of months dump all their pocket change in to coinstar only to take two steps to the left and rent something from Redbox. Much rather dump it in to my XBL account.

Ahh ok, never heard of CoinStar before today

 

[aceattorney]

Hmm I don't see anything about how much the points/subscriptions will cost.

Coinstar usually takes a good fee for cash value.

 

[the_slayer]

Very cool, wonder if it'll come to the UK?

 

[Mr. Titan]

I never used a coinstar machine, my bank does the same thing without a fee.

But if it doesn't charge a fee for an ecertificate, I guess this could be interesting, though probably not too relevant for a person with a Credit Card/Bank Account. Seems like this may be targeted more towards kids/teens?

Doubt I'll ever use it though, its still more convenient just to pay with the credit card I have on file, or look for points deals at Amazon/Best Buy. Plus I feel with this, I would always have an awkward number of points/$ in my Microsoft Account.

 

[Plainview]

I never used a coinstar machine, my bank does the same thing without a fee.

But if it doesn't charge a fee for an ecertificate, I guess this could be interesting, though probably not too relevant for a person with a Credit Card/Bank Account. Seems like this may be targeted more towards kids/teens?

Doubt I'll ever use it though, its still more convenient just to pay with the credit card I have on file, or look for points deals at Amazon/Best Buy. Plus I feel with this, I would always have an awkward number of points/$ in my Microsoft Account.

I've never seen a bank accept loose coins and sort them for you. I haven't stepped inside a bank in a couple years but I would see them turn people away with unwrapped coins.

 

[GordoSan]

Did anybody here know that Coinstar owns Redbox? Somehow, that makes this a bit more interesting of a partnership.

I've never seen a bank accept loose coins and sort them for you. I haven't stepped inside a bank in a couple years but I would see them turn people away with unwrapped coins.

Lol. Welcome to present day. The bank is the ONLY way to change out your coins nowadays, IMO. I used to bring in rolled coins until 1 day they said they would not accept the rolls anymore. I had to undo all my hard work! Anyway, I'm pretty sure all banks worth a darn have change sorters now. Bring in your jars and the machine will sort it out in seconds to minutes. Coinstar charges a fee, banks do not! At least, not if you drop that money into your acct.

 

[Mr. Titan]

I've never seen a bank accept loose coins and sort them for you. I haven't stepped inside a bank in a couple years but I would see them turn people away with unwrapped coins.

Citibank and Chase do it for anybody with an account there. I have never been nor seen anyone be turned down there with change. I do it once every 3-6 months. Never had a problem. I remember my parents doing it to when I was a kid too, so it's definitely not a new occurrence or perk either.

It's pretty much the only reason I ever go inside the bank.

 

[Intellivision]

What a crock of BS! I just dumped all my coins a month or two ago in a coinstar kiosk as us Canucks don't have pennies anymore. LOL. All in all, I got a solid $50-60 worth from pennies, nickels, dimes and the occasional quarter I missed.

Every time I do this, I end up spending half of it on groceries at the store (when I really should just pocket it and run). But a Xbox Gold would be a good use of funds.

 

[BDaddyK]

I've never seen a bank accept loose coins and sort them for you. I haven't stepped inside a bank in a couple years but I would see them turn people away with unwrapped coins.

TD Bank also takes loose change too, they have a coin star type machine in their lobbies, of course you have to have an account to use it for free.

The coin star idea is cool, however I'm not forking over 10% of my change to coin star for the service

 

[sharkboy1200]

I was just about to go to a coinstar today actually. Cool news.