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Posted: May 25 2004,7:12 pm

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So how many people here have a jar or can they throw their spare change in??

I've got an old Foldgers can that I've been shucking spare change in for years. Every night, any spare change goes in the can. Well, it finally filled up. So, off to the coin star today and holy crap :eek

, I had enough coin in that little red can to pay for my trip out to get the flatty. :good

I do love "free" money.

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Posted: May 25 2004,7:29 pm

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I throw my loose change and sometimes $1 bills in a can, then about a week before X-Mas I have it all converted to $$ and the $$ is split up evenly between the 5 kids. Sort of an additional X-Mas present. The reason that I do it a week before X-Mas is because I want all the kids to learn about giving, not just getting, and for the most part, the kids take their share of the $$ out and buy ther siblings X-Mas gifts, all done WITHOUT my encouragement (I want them to learn for themselves on this one) :good

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Posted: May 25 2004,7:32 pm

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I thought you wanted me to "change jars" I am drinking out of :drink

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Posted: May 25 2004,7:32 pm

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ May 25 2004,7:12 pm)

So how many people here have a jar or can they throw their spare change in?? Â

I've got an old Foldgers can that I've been shucking spare change in for years. Â Every night, any spare change goes in the can. Â Well, it finally filled up. Â So, off to the coin star today and holy crap Â :eek

, I had enough coin in that little red can to pay for my trip out to get the flatty. Â :good

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Posted: May 25 2004,7:36 pm

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Quote (AZKC @ May 25 2004,7:32 pm)

I thought you wanted me to "change jars" I am drinking out of Â :drink

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Posted: May 26 2004,6:56 am

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coin star is a rip-off.

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Posted: May 26 2004,8:39 am

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Quote (tunamaster @ May 26 2004,6:56 am)

coin star is a rip-off.

WTF is coin star, if I may ask? :stupid

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Posted: May 26 2004,5:19 pm

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Its a machine that counts and sorts your change(they put them in grocery stores alot) but charges you around 9% :angry

But it is the way to go if you have a lot of change or are just lazy like Sleekjet.

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Posted: May 26 2004,6:11 pm

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coin star is a rip-off.

Well, since I don't have a bank down here, I wasn't even about to ask how much those shysters at B of A or Wells Fargo charge for the same service.

That little red can weighed about 20 lbs, so we're not talking about a little loose change around the house. I figured I've been throwing quarters and such in there for pretty close to 5 years now. It would have taken me weeks to seperate and roll all that change.

And, last time I rolled my own, so to speak, I had to wait in the bank almost 45 min while the change was counted. It only cost me a couple bucks and now I've got a little folding money in my pocket.

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Posted: May 26 2004,9:36 pm

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Even though I think it is a rip off, I still use it also.

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Posted: May 26 2004,9:42 pm

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Even though I think it is a rip off, I still use it also.

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Posted: May 26 2004,10:00 pm

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I use coin wraps from the bank(they give them to ya) and one of those cheap battery operated coin delios and then take them to the bank, no rip off!..

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Posted: May 27 2004,5:57 am

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I make the kids wrap all the coins. We get the coin wraps free from our bank and we have a little coin wrapping party. It isn't hard to convince the kids to do it because they know that the $$ ends up going to them.

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Posted: May 27 2004,6:34 am

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My daughter used to do that when she was little too!.. :good

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Posted: May 27 2004,7:21 am

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Coin Star takes 7 to11% of your change it is a rip off but its easier then wraping them and taking them to the bank and to be honest the banks hates getting coin ..So what we do is when we make our trip to yearly Laughlin trip we stay at Harrah's and I lug this huge can or cans of coin that we saved all year they have a coin changer in the casino that takes all coins.... yes pennies and dimes too!..I dont know if any of you noticed but none of the casinos in vegas will take anything except Quarters and Nickles any more... well it helps pay for the trip ..well with the price of gas being up so high it might be enough to fill the suburban and the boat and pay for the the Coors Light! But I will have to pay out of pocket to fill both tanks for the drive home.. :guns

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Posted: May 27 2004,9:39 am

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I have a jar on top of the washing machine. Every year, around Christmas time, I cash it in and get paid about $150-$200 for doing laundry for the year. Do I buy myself something? Of course not, I usually use it to buy Christmans gifts for the kids. :banghead

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Posted: May 28 2004,4:44 am

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Ah ha! Another X-Mas buyer from the change jars!

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Posted: May 28 2004,5:33 am

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I can relate to that!.. :good

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Posted: May 28 2004,5:39 am

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I've been doing it for years. I also use to use the change jar for the car wash... always scavenging for quarters. But, I purchased a new 2400psi Pressure washer about a month ago and I use that now. Trips to the car wash are now history :good

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Posted: May 28 2004,5:49 am

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I don't have that luxury, I just use a bucket!.. :laugh

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Posted: May 28 2004,3:40 pm

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Mee too! A bucket and two kids! :rotflmao

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Posted: May 28 2004,6:20 pm

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A long time ago I got the bright idea of filling a Sparkletts water bottle with change. It didn't work out all that well because when it was full, I couldn't get the coins out. Ended up breaking the bottle and spending many hours picking out the glass. :angry

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