Hwo does coinstar work?

Question

does it rip me off?

Answer 1

You empty out your coins in the machine and you can either choose to:

1. Donate the money

2. Receive a gift card to certain stores w/ 0% commission taken from you.

3. Receive cash w/ 8.9% commission taken from you.

Example: You have $10 worth of change, you will receive $9.11 cash

Answer 2

no it charges a small amount  to count it out for you,but it winds up only being a couple of bucks

its like 8 cents on a dollar