Loose Change Pays My Debt version 2

InaPickle

rosepink1984 wrote: »

Inapickle, great news about the other account you’d forgotten about, that reminds me that I’ve got an ING account and have £5 going into it every month but I’ve no idea where the details are of how to access it! Must find them! And well done on squirreling away those coppers – when you get enough to bank let me know the amount and I’ll put it on the first post

Hi rosepink, :hello:

Sorry, but ?I was so excited the other day that I forgot to mention that I had £13.61 in my pot. It's not much compared to what some other people have collected, but it's still not bad for little other than 1p and 2p coins which I would have just frittered away on chocolate otherwise. I'm already onto refilling it. I'll see if I can bare to leave it to the top next time. Good luck in finding out your login details for your other bank account: it's always nice to find money you didn't expect!

rosepink1984

InaPickle wrote: »

Hi rosepink, :hello:

Sorry, but ?I was so excited the other day that I forgot to mention that I had £13.61 in my pot. It's not much compared to what some other people have collected, but it's still not bad for little other than 1p and 2p coins which I would have just frittered away on chocolate otherwise. I'm already onto refilling it. I'll see if I can bare to leave it to the top next time. Good luck in finding out your login details for your other bank account: it's always nice to find money you didn't expect!

Would you like me to put that against your name on the first post then? I hadn't realised that was what you meant, sorry! Bit dense me! Will go and do so asap!

Dippykitty, welcome to the thread, I will add you to the list on the first page. Hope you enjoy the challenge, I'm on the sealed pot challenge too, but this one's a good one too! Keep us posted on how you are getting on, the more we all post the more encouraging it is for ourselves and everyone else too.

I've just had a count up and am able to bank £20 in £1's, £10 in 50p's and £1 in 2p's so that's very exciting! I'm going to take it in to the bank tomorrow hopefully!

Thanks Focus, I've not managed to work it all out yet, but am hoping it's not going to be as bad as I think!

purplecatlover

may i ask how you all count your change? i used to wait til my pot was full, separate it all and stick it in money banks which then got paid into the bank. the last year or two thats been too much effort so i havent. instead window cleaner money, corner shop money etc mostly comes out of my pot, and money for anyhtig else i desperatly need when im skint. despite that spendiing of it my pot is sfull to the brim so ive been thinking about toting it up, except i really cba to count it all.

so how do you count it? by hand, coin/change machine at whatever rate they charge?

lesleyvhalifax

i count it by hand

rosepink1984

I count mine by hand too, I quite enjoy it actually! I like to see if I can get the amounts on the bags from the bank. I would never use those machines at supermarkets, I don't see why they should have my money - I've worked hard enough to get it in the first place without them taking some of it!

InaPickle

rosepink1984 wrote: »

Would you like me to put that against your name on the first post then? I hadn't realised that was what you meant, sorry! Bit dense me! Will go and do so asap! !

Yes please! As I said, it's not much, but it's better than nothing and it has saved me pounds in other ways (chocolate...mmm)! Thanks! x

lesleyvhalifax

£14.88 so far for september

purplecatlover

does anyone have trouble getting the banks to take it as bags of change? i seem to remember hearing somewhere, possibly here in mse, that they had nearly all started refusing bags of loose change.

i think i just need to get into the habit of counting again....are the bags still easily obtained form the banks?

lesleyvhalifax

purplecatlover wrote: »

does anyone have trouble getting the banks to take it as bags of change? i seem to remember hearing somewhere, possibly here in mse, that they had nearly all started refusing bags of loose change.

i think i just need to get into the habit of counting again....are the bags still easily obtained form the banks?

i m with the halifax and they only take 5 bags at a time hsbc and natwest take more as far as i know

rosepink1984

lesleyvhalifax wrote: »

£14.88 so far for september

Well done hunny, how are you? How's work going?

purplecatlover wrote: »

does anyone have trouble getting the banks to take it as bags of change? i seem to remember hearing somewhere, possibly here in mse, that they had nearly all started refusing bags of loose change.

i think i just need to get into the habit of counting again....are the bags still easily obtained form the banks?

I've never had a problem with giving in bags of change - after all they are a bank, they have to accept money! As long as you fill the bags according to the specifications on the plastic bags ie £1 in pennies and 2ps etc, then it's fine. As Lesley said lots of banks will take up to 5 bags at a time.

And yes the bags are easily obtainable, just ask!

Would you like to join our challenge purplecatlover?