A vast amount of people shop online for the seemingly endless
selection of goods, and for the convenience of buying what you want
from your own home. However, those without access to a credit card
are often unable to enjoy these benefits. The set of instructions
below outlines a very simple way to enjoy online shopping without
having to use a credit card.
Steps
- Get the amount of money you need to what you want in cash.
- Now somehow get all of this cash in change. Some ways to do
this are to use a quarter machine at a laundromat or arcade, go to
the bank, or ask for ten dollar rolls at a supermarket.
- Find a Coinstar machine. These machines usually take your
change and exchange it for cash for a small fee, but they also have
another function. You can give it your change and it will exchange
it for a gift certificate to Amazon.com for no counting fee.
- Go to Amazon.com and use the search function to find what you
want. Once at the checkout screen, just enter the code from your
certificate in the designated space and click "apply".
- If Amazon doesn't have exactly what you want, just purchase an
e-certificate off of them and use it on the desired website. They
will send your e-certificate code via email, so it is very
convenient.
Tips
- If you don't know where to find a Coinstar machine, just go to
their website and punch in your zip code and they will tell you
where the closest one to you is.
- this should work for UK too.
Warnings
- Before you go to the Coinstar machine, make sure you have ALL
the money you need, for both the item itself, shipping, and maybe
sales tax.
