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Weighing In Your Spare Change

Birkonian · 2009-07-31 01:11:58

I am currently unemployed and have started weighing in my spare change at the Coinstar machines (found in Tesco's, ASDA, Morrisons etc.) You are issued with a voucher which you have to spend in-store on the same day. They charge you 7% (7p in the £1) but so far I have found about £200 worth of change which is coming in…

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ses6jwg Posts: 5,381 Forumite

29 November 2009 at 2:12PM

I put all my change into two old plastic pots about 2 litres in capacity.

I have one for coppers, and one for silvers (up to 50p).

I started them in winter 07, whilst in Uni, then decided to count them out one afternoon late last year, I had £85 in there!

I started again after that and havn't emptied them since.

I wont be using one of those machines, I just take an hour or two on a sunday afternoon.

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