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Melbernai
I am a lucky Momma!
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Melissa
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What do you do with your loose coins?
ETA - I save the stuff in my car to cash in every few months....
and also save some of it in my daughter's room in her piggy bank and eventually we'll cash it and put it into her account...
Message edited 8/3/2006 2:35:54 PM.
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Stacey1403
Where it all began....
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
We cash them in at the bank of my FIL
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:36 PM |
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Sassyz75
Turning a new page
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I put them in a piggy bank and then I cash them and either use them towards a vaccation or something DH and I really wanted but didn't want to spend on- like couples massages or something.
Lately though- i've been saving all spare change for the baby to kick start her bank account.
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:36 PM |
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MikesWife
Wanting...........
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Karen
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
DH and I have a big UTZ pretzel container that we put our coins in. We cash it in before a vaca and take the $$$ with us........
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:38 PM |
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MrsPorkChop
Twinning!!
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Missy
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
you need mucho change to live in stamford where i live...parking meters galore...
but the pennies- what the hell is the point of pennies???
just round it up for chrissakes!
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:38 PM |
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Karen
Just chillin'!!
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
save it and cash it in every few months!
drives hubby insane that I use the Coinstar machine, but I am not wrapping all that change! my time is worth 8 cents per dollar!
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:40 PM |
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Melbernai
I am a lucky Momma!
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Melissa
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
IMO there is no need for coinstar machines anymore. Just go to commerce bank. you don't have to be a member and they do free coin counting in thier machines. i did that for a few years even before I joined the bank.
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:42 PM |
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Wendy
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I spend mine and DH saves his which we deposit into our Commerce acct whenever it seems to be overflowing ...
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Elbee
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I have an "other" response. DH & I have one of those old, thick glassed water jugs.
We put all of our change in it - pockets, wallets, $1's left over from delivery dinners ....
It has a lot in it already, but we're not going to touch it until we buy a house ... we figured it will be good to wait to see how much we have.
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:45 PM |
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jilmadison
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
Posted by Melbernai
IMO there is no need for coinstar machines anymore. Just go to commerce bank. you don't have to be a member and they do free coin counting in thier machines. i did that for a few years even before I joined the bank.
I agree coinstars are such a rip off!
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| Posted 8/3/06 2:56 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
Posted by MikesWife
DH and I have a big UTZ pretzel container that we put our coins in. We cash it in before a vaca and take the $$$ with us........
We keep our coins in an old Utz pretzel container too! Although we will usually roll it every $200 or so and deposit it into our kids 529 accounts.
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:00 PM |
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amarto
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I save it then put it in our ING account. I also save my singles, I used to keep spare change in a jar, but I like it to earn some interest.
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:09 PM |
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coopersmom
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
Posted by Elbee
I have an "other" response. DH & I have one of those old, thick glassed water jugs.
We put all of our change in it - pockets, wallets, $1's left over from delivery dinners ....
It has a lot in it already, but we're not going to touch it until we buy a house ... we figured it will be good to wait to see how much we have.
We are doing the same thing! Our old water jug has about 5" of coins and bills and I can't lift it!! I can't imagine how heavy it's going to be when we fill it up!
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:10 PM |
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CaseyGirl
Mommy to 3 Boys :)
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
we save it and every few months cash it in. so far we've used it to buy an air conditioner and a lawn mower LOL!
each time we have a good $400 bucks or so!
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:23 PM |
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MissJones
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
Posted by MikesWife
DH and I have a big UTZ pretzel container that we put our coins in. We cash it in before a vaca and take the $$$ with us........
Same here! That's practically why I buy that big container! It also serves as a laundry coin container, so we throw money in, but take out quarters when we have to do wash.
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:27 PM |
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pinkandblue
Our family is complete, maybe
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
we saved it for a while and cashed it in to pay for our home inspection ($350)
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:28 PM |
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FeliciaDP
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
Posted by Elbee
I have an "other" response. DH & I have one of those old, thick glassed water jugs.
We put all of our change in it - pockets, wallets, $1's left over from delivery dinners ....
We use the same type of thing, an old glassed water jug
Also as you said we put change in it, singles we find in out pockeets , anything 'left over" ..
One time we cashed it out and got about $400 . Now we've been saving it for awhile and won't touch it until the baby is born
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| Posted 8/3/06 3:31 PM |
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Buttafli1277
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
We have a hugh water jug that we throw any loose change in. It's going to take forever to fill!! If it ever does fill I will probably take it to Commerce and get the cas for it. I dunno what I would do with the $$. Maybe go to Italy!
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| Posted 8/3/06 6:16 PM |
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2PreciousBlessings
The Perfect Pair
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
DH and I each have our own fountain water bottles that we dump our loose coins in.
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| Posted 8/3/06 6:18 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Ginger
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I don't usually have alot of spare change but when I do, I save it for snacks at work.
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| Posted 8/3/06 6:20 PM |
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jozieb0925
Double Trouble!
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I put them all in a tupperware...we haven't cashed them in...Sometimes I use my loose change for coffee..otherwise it has been sitting there since we moved in together..
ETA: I really hate change!!
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| Posted 8/3/06 6:21 PM |
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
Save it for a while. We used to roll it, but Coinstar now waives the fee if you turn the money into an Amazon gift card. We both buy a lot of work-related books (and books for fun) so we're happy with that.
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| Posted 8/3/06 6:27 PM |
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Re: What do you do with your loose coins?
I spend mine and DH puts his in a huge party mix container. We arent saving for anything in paticular.
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