Good old fashioned saving...in a giant whisky bottle!

Swhite1991_2

Please tell me there are other people who do this!

I've got a giant whiskey bottle which has got 1p and 2p in it and then I've also got a Nescaf! coffee jar which has 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins in it

I can't wait till they are full so I can see how much I've saved!

kidmugsy

Swhite1991 wrote: »

I've got a giant whiskey bottle which has got 1p and 2p in it and then I've also got a Nescaf! coffee jar which has 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins in it

My parents used to save tanners in a Haig's Dimple whisky bottle.

Totton

I would think there are many people doing this, I have the jar stuffed with 1, 2 and 5 pence pieces. A friend saves £2 coins and treats himself every now and then.

castle96

1p and 2ps in a whiskey bottle. Used ot fill up in a year or so, now, it's only 1/3 full after 3-4 years

Gilbo_Baggins

Yep. Save all loose change under £1 and then in December I throw it into the machines in natwest (probably only reason why I still hold one of their accounts).

eskbanker

Swhite1991 wrote: »

Please tell me there are other people who do this!

I've got a giant whiskey bottle which has got 1p and 2p in it and then I've also got a Nescaf! coffee jar which has 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins in it

I can't wait till they are full so I can see how much I've saved!

If your signature is accurate and up to date, it wouldn't seem to make sense to have a debt of £23 if you could easily pay that off from what's already in your jar or bottle - obviously interest charges on £23 are unlikely to be a game-changer but personally I'd always be keen to pay any debts off at the earliest opportunity, however small, just to get them off the list!

savingmummy

I have a giant vodka bottle
I`m not even sure where I got that from..............


Anyhow I only put 1p`s and 2p`s in and have cashed it up several times. Last time I cashed it up I had £36!

jimjames

eskbanker wrote: »

If your signature is accurate and up to date, it wouldn't seem to make sense to have a debt of £23 if you could easily pay that off from what's already in your jar or bottle - obviously interest charges on £23 are unlikely to be a game-changer but personally I'd always be keen to pay any debts off at the earliest opportunity, however small, just to get them off the list!

I was thinking exactly the same. Even if not for the small interest saved it would probably help improve credit records to show paying off debts rather than small ones carrying on long term.

Saver-upper

Are you on the Sealed Pot Challenge?It is in the DFW challenges section,and we add coins/maybe notes to a pot/bottle/paper mache money box etc until a set date in November.I wasn't keeping count of how much I was putting in mine,but about 2 months ago I thought I might need to open mine early.I read through all my posts on the thread and from that tallied up all the values I'd added in-I had about £600 in it,saved from last November!As it was,my pot was saved,and I continue to add to it-November is going to be fantastic :T:j

PeacefulWaters

When I was a kid I saw my Grandparents three or four times a year.

The had a blue piggy bank the size of an adult's hand that they filled with coin, usually 1p, 2p and 5p, and let me empty, count and keep each time I visited.

It was probably the single biggest influence on helping me form the savings habit.

She died a couple of years ago and the blue piggy bank is now mine. I fill it with all coin less than £1 in value and will empty it at Christmas and bank it.

As and when grandchildren come along I'll delegate that responsibility to them once their beyond the age of trying to eat the proceeds!

I think Mrs PW has a £2 coin money box which hold £1k when full. The OCD in me stresses me out over lost interest in that one!

robatwork

Where's the best place put these coins into a machine that will spew out something more useful? I don't have a natwest account and I think the supermarket coinstar machines take a big cut.

Are Metro bank machines usable by anyone?