GStar Technology Money Counter With UV/MG W/Counterfeit Bill Detection

Piece of junk. Does not work at all. Counts two bills and jams every single time.

I got this because a friend is running his small business and is in charge of counting money, so I got this as a gift.It is very useful and efficient when he needs to count bills, and it even detects a counterfeit bill he once had, or damaged bills. It is also relatively silent. A little on the heavy side, but that much should be obvious to you.A note of caution: this does NOT read the bill, it just reads a bill, meaning that if I put one $20 bill, the machine will display "1" instead of "$20", if I put two $20 bills, it reads "2" and not "$40", and so on.So you know, this machine was built to last, because I bought this on 2016 and to this date, it is happily counting away.I've been an Amazon customer since 2015, and in that time, I've discovered that I rely mainly on reviews from the Amazon community when I'm deciding what to buy, so I always try to give my honest and unbiased review of anything I buy, so that people like me can make decisions based on their needs. That being said, if this review was helpful to you in any way, please click on the "helpful" button below.Thanks for reading!

Unfortunately I couldn't use it even for once that way I bought another one from Amazon again and it's cheaper and works great

Okay, well, maybe that's a bit much, that it's a life changer, but, seriously, when you have to do deposits frequently, and people often decide to pay with a pile high stack of one dollar bills or whatever, it can get pretty frustrating, doing it by hand.So, I took a chance on this one, despite it being much lower in price than other ones -- which kind of breaks the rule of "you get what you pay for" because, in this case, it leaves me wondering why other companies charge so much?This works GREAT! I bought the "Deluxe" version, because I liked that it had a front facing display, and, considering it is only twenty dollars more than the basic model, it seemed worth it. Once up to paying a hundred bucks, another twenty isn't a deal breaker.There's not much to say in terms of "reviewing" a range of features or whatever, because it just brilliantly does what it does -- feed it a stack of bills, and it will tell you how many bills you have! So, it's much easier to match the receipt to the bills, because you don't have to hand count the bills anymore, and of course, for the overall deposit, it's a breeze to know how many of each denomination you have.As others have said, no, it does not "add up" the currency values for you, and doesn't read different denominations, but those are features that cost at least three or four times more, at minimum, and in fact mostly run well over a thousand bucks for a machine like that, so we're really happy at this price point and all we really need are the bills counted. We already have software that does the rest anyway, so this takes care of what was once the most time consuming part of the job.What really floored me was the speed! It's faster than the one used at the bank! It was so fast it actually startled me, haha, the first time I ran a stack of bills through it. I didn't expect it to fly through the counting so fast!The machine is solid, heavy, well built, yet doesn't take up a lot of space. Even came with a replacement belt and a cleaning brush. All in all, I am extremely impressed and very happy with this purchase.If you have money counting needs, this will most certainly make your life a whole lot easier!HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Does not do new Canadian plastic currency unless you turn off the counterfeit sensors