saving loose change (merged)

mrsclecoco_2

cheers leotral19 will have a peek

norahs10

I used one of these once, good idea... I used to put away £1 and once filled & counted there was just over £100! You never miss the odd pound... but the joy at spending the £100 was worth it. If you can, get someone to solder the can once opened so you can re-use it & start the saving scheme again!

perfectlypoor

think I gonna join you just going look on ebay for a tin (paid for my lightspeed research survey money that has just gone in.) I too had online saving my kept tranfering money at the end of the month just before payday.good luck let us know when you open it.

nephilim

well I have changed the open date to the 20th of august, as thats when I am going to see my fianc!e's dad in america (used airmiles to pay for both of our flights), and the money will be spending money! hopefully should be a nice amount of money there for us!

wendyw1947

:beer: I have had these savings tins in the past,they are great for loose change and being the tightwad that I am ,found if you open it from the bottom , a coffee jar lid will fit on and it can be glued in place hence it can be used again good luck with the saving:D

perfectlypoor

let us know how much you save nephilim

aryoodz

hi all,

I've got a huge plastic bottle, full of pennies and 2p and 5p coins, that I've been collecting/storing for the past 8 years. I think it's about time I cashed it all in. But where? Where can I do this? What do I need to do?

I remember when i went to the USA in the summer, they had coin machines in supermarkets, and people could drop all their coins into it, and it printed out a receipt, which you then took to the til, to cash in. It would be good if we had something like that here too.

Sagz_2

Most Asdas have them - but you have to spend the voucher they spit out in Asda that day I think.

reehsetin

^check if it takes a percentage a lot of them do,

someone said HSBC have the same machines, and they dont take a percentage and will pay it into your account if you have one

Ettenna

A lot of Sainsburys and Tescos have them. They are called Coinstar and take about 7% off the value. I think you can choose to either donate to charity or get a receipt for either money off instore or exchange for cash.