Non-customer coin changer usage

[kbc747]

Does anyone have a problem with people dropping by just to use the coin changer? I don't mind when they take a little change out of the machine but I get ticked off when they take $100 or $200 out in change. I have signed the machine for Customer Only but it has not stopped the practice. Any suggestions would be helpful, maybe I should just stop letting it get to me and accept I'm just going to be some peoples change machine because they are to lazy to go to the bank themselves.

[ajay]

unfortunately there's no easy way to do this unless you're willing to go either in the direction of tokens or card system. I too am feeling the same pain when the car wash owner chooses NOT to keep a change machine KNOWING that he doesn't really have to for his vacuum customers.

[pete f]

Change mongers! How to rip them as they rip you;
go to radio shack and get a remote light/apliance kit for about $30
This is a kit, you plug your appliance/light into the remote plug, and you have have the remote key in your hand. Press the buton, the remote makes your light go on, or off. By applying this to your changer, as the coin monger sticks a $10 in your changer, to use that change at his/her apartment building laundromat, you press your remote and ZAP, the monger bill stay in the changer, and nothing comes out! So much fun. almost worth the time. I had one stupid monger wait, mess with and finanlly STICK ANOTHER BILL IN! Sure, fool me once, but fool me twice? SO much fun! Sometimes I wish I had more time to mess with the mongers. I always have the unit ready when I am working on the place.

[kbc747]

Pete I think you were born to late you should have been writing for the I Love Lucy Show. I can just see it now.

[Von Hef]

Pete I think you were born to late you should have been writing for the I Love Lucy Show. I can just see it now.

LOL ... you guys made me laff today!!

[Anonymous]

Mix tokens with your quarters so they get both. We always take quarters to the bank so I dont mind selling a few quarters to non customers . My other store is a token store so we dont have that happen there.

[Winston]

I have to get $500 in quarters from the bank about every 3 weeks. When I catch a non-customer getting change, I ask them to return the quarters. Also, I ask why they need the quarters. One person was very honest: He said "The laundromat I go to doesn't have a change machine!"

[ajay]

Mix tokens with your quarters so they get both. We always take quarters to the bank so I dont mind selling a few quarters to non customers . My other store is a token store so we dont have that happen there.

I wouldn't blink twice before switching to tokens, only if I knew they wouldn't create more problems for me .....if you don't mind, could you share what type of tokens you have and what's your experience has been with them.

ajay

[goingtoarizona]

I'm buying a laundromat, but needed a second changer, we only have one. It showed up, I went to the local Mat, ignored the sign, the cleaning lady just glaered at me as I walked out with fourty bucks in quarters to test out my new changer...LOL

[Mungo Spike]

When people come looking for quarters, I explain that we use smart cards and it would have been easier to just bring their laundry with them than go on a hunt for quarters.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't blink twice before switching to tokens, only if I knew they wouldn't create more problems for me .....if you don't mind, could you share what type of tokens you have and what's your experience has been with them.

ajay


When I bought the token store removeing the tokens was the first thing I was going to do. They work really well and you dont have a lot of cash around your store. They work just like quarters in every way without the value of money. Plus there is a float like a card store you never get them all back people lose or forget them. We buy 40,000 tokens a year for one store( The float ) They cost about 7-8 cents ea. And people dont rob your changers or buy all the quarters

[ajay]

I was told by dexter distributor to not switch to token - "nothing but problems"........what types of machines do you have and what type of tokens?

tx

ajay

[Anonymous]

I was told by dexter distributor to not switch to token - "nothing but problems"........what types of machines do you have and what type of tokens?

tx

ajay

I have all dexter machines and you cam make the switch without buying new coin drops its an adjustment on the drop. there are many different sizes of tokens you can use I would stay with one thats heavy like a quarter. Mine work fine and have for 18 years. I think your distributor just wants to sell you a 30,000 dollar card system