The £2.00 Coin Savers Club

linzibean

wow thats incredible!

Once this holiday is over with, I will be saving towards my wedding too Although my poor little £2 is a bit lonely on its own!

pixie1

Ive managed to get another 2 x £2 coins today - horay for the post office, they seem to be my only source right now

forsya

Please can I join the club?!

DOn't have any £2 coins at the moment, but will start collecting.

I will be saving for a weekend break in Dublin.

fairylights_2

I love my post office too! Another one for us today. Can't believe that running total, though ... :T

tattooed_lady

I've had to majorly dip into my £2 coin fund

No cashpoints working in local area (apart from the ones that charge you £1.50) :mad:

Down to £2

Kimberley

angel wrote:

I wanted a terramundi pot too but was put off by the price.

So, tonight in true Moneysaving/Blue Peter style me and my son are going to blow up a balloon, mix some flour and water, rip up newspapers and make our own! :cool:

Excellent idea Angel :beer: I'll get the youngest to make one this weekend :j

in*the*red_6

Hi Greenfingers

Just to let you know for your fab spreadsheet that any I get are to go towards my debt payments.

ITR

heppy23

kathfisch wrote:

What a fascinating site, makes me want to collect the different designs of all the coins. I have always liked collecting things but still, what a thing to admit to :rotfl:

I see three dilemmas facing the £2 Coin Savers Club:

1. Do we simply collect coins we happen to receive or go out of our way to get them?

2.Does the possibility of getting a £2 coin in your change become a justification for spending money that you ordinarily wouldn't?

3. Do we save in pots or the bank? If you saved a £2 coin per week how much interest would you lose by keeping in a pot rather than banking? Anyone care to do the maths?!

Good luck everyone!!

1, I am going to save all the ones I get. To an extent I am going out of my way to get them by starting to swap all my lower denomination coins for them. I used to cash these in at sainsburys in one of those machines that takes 7% and gives you a voucher. So by stopping that I am stopping the loss. I am actively trying to go cashless as there is about £2000 a year that I take out the cash machine and can't account for!
If I got £8 in change in £2 coins from a tenner I would have to have a hard think about putting them all away.

2, I am only putting by some or all the ones I get given in change. I am not going to keep breaking £5 and £10 notes to see if I get any. My rule is that "if it gets home it goes in the jar", so if I am out and about and need to spend the £2 rather than break a note then so be it.

3, I am saving in a pot. The interest on my credit card is probably more than all my saving interests put together so I am not going to worry about losing a bit of interest at the expense of having a little fun and picking up some money saving tips.

GreenFingers_2

MSE £2 Savers Club – New Members

More new members added today…..hooray…..

Becsxxx
DeniseNZ
LittleBear
Forsya
Excel1966

DeniseNZ is joining us from New Zealand so the MSE £2 Savers Club is now really international – weyhey….. :T

Don’t forget to add a suitable entry in your Signatures….

Thefunkygibbons

Got Mrs Funky doing it too so we bought got one yesterday