chips to cash

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>are garnet bucks the same thing as using the cash to chip machine to put $ into your account or is there a difference?</p>

2

<p>No. Garnet Bucks are for buying food or similar things while Cash to Chip is where you load a few dollars onto your multifunctional FSU ID card to pay for things like laundry machines and copy machines on campus.</p>

3

<p>does chips to cash stay on your card for your four years or do you have to use it up by end of semester/year?</p>

4

<p>It stays on forever BUT if you loose your card or someone walks with it, you loose the money on the chip. So most folks don’t put more than $20 on at a pop. It is easy to fill, with reload machines all over campus. You can use it also for soda and snack machines and for printing at the library, computer labs, etc.</p>

5

<p>Can one use garnet bucks for laundry as well? Flex didnt work for vending machines so I put all my money($20 haha) on there as garnet.</p>

6

<p>No, garnet bucks don’t work for laundry.</p>

<p>Garnet bucks and flex bucks are similar. Flex bucks come with meal plans, and they expire at the end of their use year. Fall rolls over to spring if you renew your mean plan, but then you have to use them up by the end of the school year. Garnet bucks are for when you run out of Flex bucks, or if you don’t have a meal plan. They never expire, and you have until graduation to use them up. Garnet bucks and Flex bucks can be used at food locations on campus, and at the Trading Post. They are purchased via SeminoleDining.com.</p>

<p>The smart chip on the front of the FSU card is loaded with cash via the cash to chip machines on campus. The chip is used at machines that take it–laundry machines, soda and food machines, copiers and printers…</p>

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<p>think of it this way, garnet and flex bucks use the “Swipe” portion of your cards, you can use them at various eateries on campus</p>

<p>the cash to chip is used for laundry, copying, printing, vending machines (If equipped) and uses the gold chip on the face of your card, this can only be loaded using a cash to chip machine</p>