Best days of week/month to check coin counting machines?

Has anyone thought about, or noticed, a pattern to when people "dump" their change into coin counting machines?

I have not noticed yet. I *wish* I had kept track since I've been doing this over the past year.

Do you think the beginning of the month, when older folks get their Social Security/pension checks, etc.? Or would it be the opposite, towards the end of the month?

For Clueless Jr. who cashes in his grandfather's collection for drugs, alcohol, or the newest video game, there is obviously no pattern.

Thoughts?

 

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I don't think that Social Security pay dates factor into this so much any more now that those payments are staggered throughout the month. They used to all be paid on the 3rd, and some still are, but most are now paid on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Wednesday, based on what day of the month the recipient was born.
Welfare and payroll dates may have some effect on when you find a peak of mid and end of the month.

 

I would think the middle of the month before the second payday.

 

Surely virtually any activity would be more rewarding than snuffling around coin machine reject slots. MacDonalds throws out lots of unsold burgers, the money you'd save not buying food would allow you to BUY much better coins.

 

But it's fun. And stop calling me "Shirley". ;-)

 

Hey, we don't mock your compulsions, er, hobbies.

 

Ah, Airplane!

My favorite movie, ever!

 

I don't think a pattern exists. People wait until they have a fair amount of coins to make machine counting necessary. There isn't any systematic approach to saving change other than the end of the day, every day.