Reply #37: I'm neutral on this.

[JVS]

Yeah, it could be bad press. On the other hand, if I had to stand behind people and wait for change to be counted, I'd be annoyed and I would favor stores that have more prompt customer service and policies against bringing in a lot of change. Then again, I quit shopping at Aldi's because I got sick of always waiting behind people who were either running a restaurant or hoarding food (seriously, who buys 12 gallons of milk at a time plus a bunch of other shit?) I also doubt that the woman in the article was surprised to learn they wouldn't take so much change. Most people learn that lesson as kids after scrounging up a bunch of coins for some toy or special item. Also the reason that the store doesn't want her money is the same reason that she and her family were able to have it as savings: spare change is a pain in the ass to do transactions with and that's why it was in that jar in the first place.