BELLEVUE, Wash. — Coinstar Inc. announced in a news release the addition of Borders Books & Music and Waldenbooks stores to its selection of gift cards in the Coin to Card program. Launched earlier this year, the program allows consumers to convert loose change into gift cards from national retailers and pay no coin counting fee at thousands of Coinstar Centers across the United States.
The Coin to Card program is available at more than 4,500 select Coinstar Centers located in supermarkets and drug stores. Users take advantage of a no fee coin counting transaction by simply choosing their desired gift card or eCertificate and then depositing their loose, unsorted change or bills into the machine. Once the change is counted, Coinstar converts the full value of their deposit to a gift card or eCertificate. Approximately 2,000 Coinstar Centers will offer Borders and Waldenbooks gift cards by the end of 2005.
