One man's decade-long Star Wars coin quest ended with a Forceful lesson: Coinstar's fees are strong with this one. But savvy hacks could save your credits from the dark side. Pormezz - stock.adobe.com

One man really felt the force of his accumulated coins when he finally cashed in his Star Wars piggy bank .

In a viral Threads post , Eli Piatt (@jsun4hees) shared a photo of his Coinstar receipt from a grocery store in Portland, Oregon, showing he walked away with $597.45 after dumping a decade of collected coins (4,945 to be exact) into the machine — however, he would’ve earned even more if he didn’t get hit with a sneaky fee that supposedly could’ve been avoided.

“It took ten years, but I finally filled my Star Wars piggy bank. Just cashed it in,” Piatt captioned the post along

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