The £2.00 Coin Savers Club

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant

What a load of self deluded rubbish.

In what way does this random putting money in a jar help anyone?
Have you not bought something you would have otherwise bought - NO!
Have you bought something for less money - NO!
Have you substituted a cheaper alternative - NO!

All you have done is moved a small amount of money from your pocket/purse into a jar, you'll just need to go to the bank sooner - d'oh! (They'll even give you an, admittedly paltry, amount of interest.)

What would you do if you got 5 of these instead of a £10 note in your change every time you used a £20 note?

If you want to SAVE money then
- don't buy something
- buy something you need cheaper
- buy a cheaper option.

Or if you need to save £100 quickly then take a £20 note - pop it in a jar (hey presto £20 saved) - then get another £20 note ( you may need to go to the bank) and pop it in the jar - another £20 'saved'. Repeat until you come to your senses. £20 notes also much more convenient than piles of £2 coins

Please thank me if you agree, although if you've found this post after trawling through 140 pages of stupid self congratulatory garbage then you're probably one of these nutters who has joined in anyway.

I'm surprised this long and dreary post hasn't been deleted on the grounds of insanity.

Apologies if such sentiments have been expressed before but I couldn't cope with wading through any more of this drivel.

Mike
*steps back and waits for the whingers to start*

PaleScene

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant wrote:

*steps back and waits for the whingers to start*

Hi Mike,
Might I suggest that this thread is only raising your blood pressure and it would be nicer all round for us and for you if you went and chatted on another that does suit your goals and tastes.
I'm re-reading The Money Diet at the moment and funnily enough, Piggybanking is a legitimate MSE activity so please leave us to it.
Have a nice day

kathfisch

Well said PaleScene!

Mike, this thread provides an incentive to save for some who otherwise wouldn't and is really quite a light hearted business! There have been a few others asking the same questions as you but we haven't been put off yet. If you would like to save money through other methods as you say

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant wrote:

- don't buy something
- buy something you need cheaper
- buy a cheaper option.

then by all means find the threads that deal with those things. Please leave us to enjoy our club.

*whisper* its just a bit of fun :shhh:

Best wishes, Kath

Thefunkygibbons

I now have over £100 that is saved a bit at a time for a day trip to DisneyLand Paris so it will be less of a shock when we get there

So it has worked for me

wirm

Moving on...........

I just got another £2! My total is now up to £4! Go me! lol

Reformed_Money_Waster

GreenFingers wrote:

New members added so far today, Sunday 5th March 2006…..weyhey….. :T - hooray....

Reformed Money Waster

Cheers for that. :beer:

vixxen

Another 2 today

jules-2005

I think we should just ignore future whingey posts and not give the posters the satisfaction of a retaliation. I honestly don't care if someone thinks I'm daft doing this, I enjoy it and that is all that matters.

miss_angie1

Hi All,
I'm new to the boards and started my £2 saving yesterday and have a grand total of £2 so far. Wish me luck!!!

wirm

welcome to the site miss_angie1