Get yourself a 'Mortgage Pig'

alwaysbusyMUM

that's it I'm off to search ebay, I want a pig/cow/hippo or something similar to put my spare pennys in.

Brill thread - will pass this idea onto my sisters both just upped thier mortgage to move to bigger place, growing family!!

tealady

I already have a "small change" pig, didn't think of fattenening her up for the mortgage (yes shes a girl, called Daisy May shes pink with a blue daisy on her side and she may help me save hence the name). Its a great idea, thanks.

Nickynoo1

In response to kiwi88, think my hedgehog will be called either Henry or Hoggy, and yes its for my mortgage.

Not looking forward to the rreception at the bank when i go and take in the coins tho, judging by other ops responses.

Nickynoo1

pigpen

dizzy_blonde wrote:

Just won my cow on ebay - OK, not strictly a pig, but can I join the piggy club anyway? She's very cute and I think I'm going to call her Pat.

Anyway, since I came across this thread a week or so ago (I'm loving this thread, in fact so much so that I've just registered for the first time on the forum so that I can post on it!), I have been bagging up all the loose change around the house to make a start for when I get my pig (cow). I filled 9 bags and went along to the bank (Halifax) with them yesterday. First I saw a sign on the desk saying only 5 bags of coins allowed per day (I'd expected that) but the reception I got from the cashier amazed me.

welcome Pat.. and dizzy, I guess

what a bizarre policy for the bank to have.. I took in £101 in bags of change the other month and my mother takes in a few hundred pound at a time as my stepdad is a window cleaner he is paid in change, quite literally from the change jar sometimes!!.. We best stick with the TSB!! lol

I wonder if they started that policy after Sainsbury got their machine in??? those machines also take a percentage of your money as well.. that helps even less!!

I hope you find someone less.. silly next time.. I'd have said 'well we aren't supposed to but I'll do it this once'.. every time you came in!! lol

classrunner

Excellent thread, friends think I am mad but I am sure they will be shortly visiting me and depositing their pennies in MY mortgage pig, for novelty value alone.... Just one question, where does one obtain a mortgage pig (preferably without doling out any dosh for it)?:j

RufusFrog_2

Newgirl wrote:

For the OP who thought everyone would laugh... just read this thread out to my OH who has decided he wants a donkey 'piggy' bank so he can call it Daniel the Debt Donkey. And they say I'm mad!

Newgirl

You can get one from The Donkey Sanctuary gift catalogue at:

http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/donkeyworld/acatalog/Gifts.html

(I've no connection to this charity - I just love donkeys!)

gallygirl

classrunner wrote:

Excellent thread, friends think I am mad but I am sure they will be shortly visiting me and depositing their pennies in MY mortgage pig, for novelty value alone.... Just one question, where does one obtain a mortgage pig (preferably without doling out any dosh for it)?:j

With a little dosh a lot of the pound shops have piggies. However, if you sign up with www.pigsback.co.uk you'll soon amass enough points for a free one. My peefer (p for pig ) is one, he's lovely as you can see how full he is and he holds around £40 - 50.

Or make a papier mache one!!!!!

So, now that's sorted you need a name!

Rushy

Hi all, liked the idea of all this so I have just got a tardis bank!

I know, I know it's not a pig, but it does make the cool tardis vanishing noise when I've put my money in. Being a big kid at heart I've already put more money in it than I would in a pig, just to hear the noise...takes me back to my youth

phizzimum

and being the tardis it will have lots of room inside too

dizzy_blonde_2

pigpen wrote:

welcome Pat.. and dizzy, I guess

what a bizarre policy for the bank to have.. I took in £101 in bags of change the other month and my mother takes in a few hundred pound at a time as my stepdad is a window cleaner he is paid in change, quite literally from the change jar sometimes!!.. We best stick with the TSB!! lol

I wonder if they started that policy after Sainsbury got their machine in??? those machines also take a percentage of your money as well.. that helps even less!!

I hope you find someone less.. silly next time.. I'd have said 'well we aren't supposed to but I'll do it this once'.. every time you came in!! lol

Hi pigpen,

REALLY? I hadn't realised this "5-bags-per-day" policy was just a Halifax thing, I'd assumed it was a policy that all banks had. I'm off to my local branch of the TSB to investigate further and open a mortgage-cow account. Thanks for the info!:T