Here are some driving factors for this change:
- tenants have asked for it because they never seem to have the right amount of change
- banks are declining to accept unrolled coins
- better accounting between owners and property managers
- tenants have asked for it because they never seem to have the right amount of change
- banks are declining to accept unrolled coins
- better accounting between owners and property managers
Personally I would have welcomed anything that freed me from rounding up quarters. Though would prefer tap to pay on the machine over an app.
A laundry near me costs £4, which is $5. Feeding 20 coins into a machine is unappealing, so I can see why apps and so on might be more popular in the USA.
Requiring a smartphone and network connectivity to wash laundry is crazy. It should at best be an option.
But I suppose people have less loose change in their pockets these days.
I have a couple old change buckets that probably still have a fair number of quarters buried in them, but I don't get given coins in the US more than a few times a year. If I didn't have old change at home, I'd have to go to a bank.