So for a while now, I've been throwing my change into a small box when I cleaned out my pockets/bag/car/bedroom floor/wherever else that gathers change. Not as a savings plan, mind you, but as a way to get rid of the obnoxious mess of it.
What I didn't realize is exactly how much money you can have with a relatively low volume of change. Thus far I've counted out $100 and I'm only a little past halfway through the box.
I learned that you can fit $80 in quarters inside a small iced tea bottle.
The change thing works better than my savings account!
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Yep. Just throw your change in a bucket and forget about it for a few months/years, and it's like getting free money! 
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You can ramp up the change savings by going old skool and using cash again. For the last year I try to use cash instead of plastic for all my day-to-day type expenses. At the end of a day, I've usually got a bunch of random change in the change pocket on my jeans. Which is kinda cool in it's own right, as I've never used that pocket for anything before.
Anyway, usually I fill my jar every month or six weeks. Take it to the bank, get about $35 (small jar apparently), and go catch a movie or buy some beer or something. Win/win.
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Anyway, usually I fill my jar every month or six weeks. Take it to the bank, get about $35 (small jar apparently), and go catch a movie or buy some beer or something. Win/win.
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Nice one! The Change Saviour be praised!
In Japan you can get piggy banks devoted to ￥500 coins, which once full will tally up to be about $3,000. They're not so big, either, but to reach this target I suggest not buying booze after work. My brother-in-law fills two of these every year. Me? four years and counting...
In Japan you can get piggy banks devoted to ￥500 coins, which once full will tally up to be about $3,000. They're not so big, either, but to reach this target I suggest not buying booze after work. My brother-in-law fills two of these every year. Me? four years and counting...
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I used to have a similar savings account. Only kept dimes. I had an old bottle I put them in and when it was about half full I had $600 in it. Put that down on a new dirt bike...
Need to start that up again.
Need to start that up again.
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I have an old glass jug for a door stop that I throw all my change in. It can be a lifesaver when needed, that's for sure. You got any casinos nearby? I always take the quarters and nickels to the casino for full value paper, then I take the dimes & pennies to the change machine at the grocery that charges 7 cents per dollar or whatever. Beats rolling the damned things. Of course, if things are going to be tight for a while just counting out change for each purchase has a way of REALLY stretching it out.
Of course, if you're inclined to think you can turn the change into big bucks, skip the casino idea. I never give a casino a penny unless it's for a buffet.
Of course, if you're inclined to think you can turn the change into big bucks, skip the casino idea. I never give a casino a penny unless it's for a buffet.
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I got something like $160 out of a box that was 6x8x4 inches, a small iced tea bottle and a half full vitamin jar.Vespalina wrote:Hmmmm, I wonder how much is in my water-cooler bottle?
It's 3/4 full.
A deep rock jug about 3/4 full? You might be sitting on some loot!
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I have a sort of involuntary savings account/time capsule: my dresser.
Things fall off the back of it into the gap in the unfinished drywall there every time we have a loud party/show at Hanta.
In addition to change, I have flashlights, bullets, pens by the truckload, coupons and stamp cards, contact lenses and cases, batteries, bandannas, wind-up robots, legos, and god knows what else.
When I finally move out, it'll be a treasure trove!
I also have a dedicated tupperware container full of pocket change that has yet to succumb to the abyss. It gets raided for laundry and pinball/pool quarters pretty often, and thus doesn't have quite the potential it might have.
I have literally survived on just such a cache though many times in my past, and consider it a meager benchmark of adulthood/success that I haven't in a while.
You'll get through it, yo.
As soon as you get those neural interface robotic limbs and motorcycle controls figured out, folks will be throwing money at you!
Things fall off the back of it into the gap in the unfinished drywall there every time we have a loud party/show at Hanta.
In addition to change, I have flashlights, bullets, pens by the truckload, coupons and stamp cards, contact lenses and cases, batteries, bandannas, wind-up robots, legos, and god knows what else.
When I finally move out, it'll be a treasure trove!
I also have a dedicated tupperware container full of pocket change that has yet to succumb to the abyss. It gets raided for laundry and pinball/pool quarters pretty often, and thus doesn't have quite the potential it might have.
I have literally survived on just such a cache though many times in my past, and consider it a meager benchmark of adulthood/success that I haven't in a while.
You'll get through it, yo.
As soon as you get those neural interface robotic limbs and motorcycle controls figured out, folks will be throwing money at you!
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When I first started that jug, I told Nate when it was full I wanted to cash in all the change and go to England.WeAintFoundShit wrote:I got something like $160 out of a box that was 6x8x4 inches, a small iced tea bottle and a half full vitamin jar.Vespalina wrote:Hmmmm, I wonder how much is in my water-cooler bottle?
It's 3/4 full.
A deep rock jug about 3/4 full? You might be sitting on some loot!
I'm very tempted to just get it all counted to see how much is there - but part of me wants to hold out longer.
We've been throwing change in for like 4 years now - maybe I exaggerated about the 3/4 full - it's more like 1/2 full, but still, I might be sitting on a fortune!
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glassVespalina wrote:OMG - was it glass or plastic?12ci wrote:careful with that...mine shattered at just over half-fullVespalina wrote:Hmmmm, I wonder how much is in my water-cooler bottle?
It's 3/4 full.
The one I have is one of those standard 5 gallon plastic jobbies.
antique
and a real mess to clean up