Comments on: Guess That Amount! The Results Show http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robb http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/comment-page-1/#comment-38912 Robb Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:48:11 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=38716#comment-38912 I had a very scientific method of coming up with my amount ($100.78) but it made an apparently incorrect assumption that it was only 50% pennies by weight. Seeing the breakdown, I was obviously way off. I had a very scientific method of coming up with my amount ($100.78) but it made an apparently incorrect assumption that it was only 50% pennies by weight. Seeing the breakdown, I was obviously way off.

]]> By: Jamie http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/comment-page-1/#comment-38911 Jamie Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:15:04 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=38716#comment-38911 Yay! I am second place! We save our change all year and then turn it in as mad money for vacations so...I have some experience in this arena! Now I am off to pick out my sticker! Fun post! Thanks! Yay! I am second place! We save our change all year and then turn it in as mad money for vacations so…I have some experience in this arena! Now I am off to pick out my sticker! Fun post! Thanks!

]]> By: cybele http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/comment-page-1/#comment-38910 cybele Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:43:38 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=38716#comment-38910 Will - I went back and forth with Coinstar about the donation - they usually withhold a 7.5% fee for their donation partners (basically they process all the kids' coins for Unicef donations). Finally yesterday morning they emailed that they were going to forgo the fee for the first half million in donations to the special Haiti relief ... so of course after all that fuss I made, I HAD to go do it right away. (That's $37,500 more that UNICEF gets to work with ... that will go far in Haiti where they need the most basic necessities.) Hopefully I can get them to match the donation at work - everyone who works for a big corp should call their HR department & find out of they're doing a donation match. Will – I went back and forth with Coinstar about the donation – they usually withhold a 7.5% fee for their donation partners (basically they process all the kids’ coins for Unicef donations). Finally yesterday morning they emailed that they were going to forgo the fee for the first half million in donations to the special Haiti relief … so of course after all that fuss I made, I HAD to go do it right away. (That’s $37,500 more that UNICEF gets to work with … that will go far in Haiti where they need the most basic necessities.)

Hopefully I can get them to match the donation at work – everyone who works for a big corp should call their HR department & find out of they’re doing a donation match.

]]> By: WILL CAMPBELL http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/comment-page-1/#comment-38909 WILL CAMPBELL Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:35:19 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=38716#comment-38909 Way to go Cybele! Fewer coins maybe, but $135 to help Haitian quake victims! I almost selected to donate the amount to a Haitian quake relief organization, but I wasn't clear if Coinstar was going to keep their cut or put 100% to the charity. So instead I selected a gift card. PS. I've had that half dollar for several years. I can even remember the point of exchange. It was given to me as change at a taco truck near Vermont and Wilshire during a group bike ride. I almost kicked it back, but opted not to. Way to go Cybele! Fewer coins maybe, but $135 to help Haitian quake victims! I almost selected to donate the amount to a Haitian quake relief organization, but I wasn’t clear if Coinstar was going to keep their cut or put 100% to the charity. So instead I selected a gift card.

PS. I’ve had that half dollar for several years. I can even remember the point of exchange. It was given to me as change at a taco truck near Vermont and Wilshire during a group bike ride. I almost kicked it back, but opted not to.

]]> By: cybele http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/comment-page-1/#comment-38908 cybele Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:24:34 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=38716#comment-38908 I threw mine in yesterday ... far fewer coins. (But I had no half dollars - where'd you get that?) http://www.flickr.com/photos/typetive/4279685564/ I threw mine in yesterday … far fewer coins. (But I had no half dollars – where’d you get that?)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/typetive/4279685564/

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2010/01/17/guess-that-amount-the-results-show/comment-page-1/#comment-38907 frazgo Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:30:14 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=38716#comment-38907 wow...that's a lot of coinage! Great guess work. wow…that’s a lot of coinage! Great guess work.

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