Coppers and small silver coins

magentadreamer

I save 50p's and under pop it into a jar and every monday put it in my building society account. When ever I go to pay for any thing I either use a note or a pound coin at the end of the day I do a "shake" down of my purse and stash it in either the silver jar or the copper jar. I've managed to save since November £47!

Smiley_Mum

Sorry to go off thread a little bit but I recall reading something about the amount of money that is lost down sofas etc etc. I often see old sofas and chairs set for the tip, wonder how much would be lying around inside them. Could always go out at dark and have a rifle through...:o

Alleycat

Like skip diving, but we could call it sofa diving! I wonder if it would take off??

Smiley_Mum

Probably best to check out a posh neighbourhood though... more money to be found perhaps. Or is the money that is lost in sofas usually due to people coming in blotto, crashing out and it all falling out of their pockets. I don't drink myself, haven't been in a pub for years (well apart from one in France in the Summer but that doesn't really count).

Check this out...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2000397.stm

Right, everyone go and check around their sofa now, in between the cushions and in the back and see if they come up with any cash!!!

mrbadexample

Smiley_Mum wrote:

Sorry to go off thread a little bit but I recall reading something about the amount of money that is lost down sofas etc etc. I often see old sofas and chairs set for the tip, wonder how much would be lying around inside them. Could always go out at dark and have a rifle through...:o

Hey..this works! One of my mates got given a sofa...we heard it rattling as we moved it in. A short time later, we were sat toasting the donor with a full bottle of whiskey and two litres of Coke! :money: :beer:

Turning_into_scrooge

Mark_petty wrote:

what I do is with my online banking I have 2 accounts a normal account and a savings account. Every time I log in and view my normal account I transfer the uneven amount e.g if I had £113.25 in my account I would transfer the 3.25 to my savings.
I find this really easy to do as it doesn't effect the balance and it adds up fairly quickly

I do the same even if its only 10p lol i just move the small amount left at the end of the month and i start from 0 again. It soon mounts up :rotfl:

GreenFingers_2

Hello GlitterMonkey,

I tend to use all the smaller coins of £1.00 and less for daily use and along with my chequebook and notes this seems to work fine for me. I save the £2.00 coins in the Piggy Bank, which is now approaching both a hobby and an obsession – hee hee. It’s not uncommon for me when handing over a £5.00 note to ask the person manning the till if they could put a £2.00 coin in the change. This of course goes straight into the Piggy Bank. It’s amazing how quickly it mounts up and periodically is put into the Savings Account.

If asked to repeat the above publicly I will deny all knowledge of this thread and MSE and will seek professional medical help immediately – hee hee.

tattooed_lady

Mark_petty wrote:

what I do is with my online banking I have 2 accounts a normal account and a savings account. Every time I log in and view my normal account I transfer the uneven amount e.g if I had £113.25 in my account I would transfer the 3.25 to my savings.
I find this really easy to do as it doesn't effect the balance and it adds up fairly quickly

I LOVE this idea! I'm gonna start doing this right away!!

Glittermonkey

Glad to see so many of us do this

Pennies make pounds so they say....

James240

yay!! same here i always save my 1p, 2p, and 5p its amazizng how it all adds up so quickly last time i had over £80