Wombling 2018!

NBLondon

Some might argue that it's "theft by finding" but would anyone bother to challenge you? I would always respond that I intended to donate the proceeds to charity.

We do separate the 2p pieces for the arcades - on the basis that we're paying for a bit of entertainment and the possibility of a rubbish keyring is just a bonus. The tickets are just a distraction, so I gather them up and hand on to any deserving looking child on the way out. The other trick is to see if the arcade charges a deposit on the plastic tubs for coins - some do and some don't. And even when they do - some people forget and abandon their tub so you can pick up a stray one and cash it in if there'sni queue.

Reminds of being at a small festival years back where the plastic beer glasses had a 10p deposit. Many people just dumped them so enterprising youngsters were rounding them up and taking them back a dozen at a time.

NBLondon

My wife has texted me to say she picked up a fiver today! It's going in my total....

NBLondon

Don't forget those supermarket trolleys folks - on Sunday I picked up an abandoned one in the street, wheeled it 250m round to the carpark to return it to JS and earned a pound for it.

Katiehound

Last month I found a whole fistful of small UK coins in the coinstar machine- about 25 pence in total. I rarely go where there is one, and loitering by it is a bit obvious!

I am contenting myself with till recipts- haven't totted it all up yet but it's not bad. I see I have netted £64 in Mr T vouchers!

I have also found 2 x £1 left in the changing cubicles at leisure centre lately. I usually forget and leave the token in the locker so it make a change to make a profit!!+

Katiehound

Is anyone out there still wombling?
As contestant No 8 I have netted £75.77 this year, well pleased but I'm sure I am not the winner.

Can anyone else write up their total before the year ends??

NBLondon

Of course I can Katie.... My last trip of the year past the Coinstar today has given me 1 US cent, 1 Canadian Cent and 70p in silver (mostly 5p pieces) so my total for the year is:

£30.13 in usable currency
$4.65 and €6.86 which can be easily changed up to about £9.75
Plus the small stuff... S//0.10 (Ukrainian hryvnia) Bds$0.10 A$0.25 NZ$0.55 C$0.92 S$0.20 zl0.12 (Polish zloty) LB0.24 (Bulgarian lev) ISKr5.0 DKr1.0 CHF0.60 R0.10 (South African Rand) KD0.05 (Kuwaiti dinar) MDL0.25 (Moldovan leu) YUM 1.0 (Yugoslav dinar) which is about £1.50 worth.

So just over £40 from roadkill, trolley rescue and Coinstar. No points involved!

never_too_old

Happy New Year
Is this thread still going? And continuing in 2019?
I stopped posting as thought no one was updating it.
I would love to continue but really only get cc points now.

NBLondon

I thought about starting a new thread - but depends if anyone else wants to play.

First Coinstar hit of the year - 10p; 5 Australian cents and a new currency - 120 Yen. Quick bit of research required to a) find out whether it was Yen or Yuan and b) discover it's about 86p at yesterday's exchange rates.

AppleCrumble44

Hi, I'd love to join in if there is a new thread. I'm just starting to get right into wombling, I always go out litter picking for the wildlife and things and I find loads of receipts there, sometimes a trolley with a pound in too!