I was looking for the coin wrappers to roll up my jar full of changes to go up to Reno for our friend's bachelor party. My first instinct was to go to the dollar store. So I went to the Dollar Tree on Winchester first, but no luck. Then I found this Dollar Tree on Camden, so I drove there.
WOW, this one is much bigger than the Winchester one, so my hopes were high. I walked up and down each isles, finding stuffs along the way that I "could" use someday but no immediate need for them. 1 hour later, still no coin wrapper.
By this time I was so desperate that I didn't mind paying more than $1 for the coin wrappers. So I went to Walgreens nearby, and ahhh.... so close! I found the product description on the shelf but no actual wrappers!Doesn't anyone roll the change anymore? I gave up for the night and went home empty handed.
But by the next day, I was totally obsessed with getting the damn coin wrappers. No matter how much it was I am going to get some. I knew what I was looking for and I've seen them before! Agh! It was so frustrating.
So I hit the CVS and another Walgreens location. Nothing. At the Target, I asked the store clerk and they said they used to but don't carry them anymore. AGGGGGGGH! Not to mention that this whole trip was costing me too much time and money as I stop at other stores along the way and buy things that were not in my agenda!
As the last result, I went to my bank. I heard they give out some but they only give you so many. I walked up to the teller and she totally hooked me up! I counted 120 penny, 40 dime and 50 quarter wrappers. Ahhhh! Why I didn't stop here first!?
So, I am guessing I traveled about 50 miles in the past 2 days. A gallon of gas now is now about $2.89 and my car is averaging 13 miles/gallon in the city driving so this coin wrapper exploration cost me about $11.46.
If I fill all the wrappers that I got from the bank it will be $760. And if I brought all of them to the Coinster, they will take 7% cut, which will be $53.20 (and that is if I had all $760 in change). So after all I could say that my trip was worth a while, instead of utilizing the Coinster service.
So back to my Dollar Tree review, I saw some useful stuff such as 3M brown shipping papers, pack of pens and seasonal items such as Christmas ornaments, gift bags, papers, ribbons and plastic cups, papers etc. Just go walk around and see what you can find. But you will not find the coin wrappers! read more