How low would you stoop for cash? poll results/discussion

WEEGIE

I always pick up any money I see on the ground, if I don't someone else will.:j

Olliebeak

I'll pick up 50p or more - anything less then I get the grandchildren to do it . If I'm risking putting my back out - it has to be worth my while!

chimp_choker

LimeLight wrote: »

I'm always being told I've got eyes like a 'sh!thouse rat' cos i'm always picking up money, especially at night.

I used to work for the council as an apprentice brickie and on a cold november type dark morning in a workers cabin I could tell what type (value) of coin had been dropped and where it had been dropped. Never got one wrong but then I never got the money either...

Like the saying also

chimpchoker

chimp_choker

OddjobKIA wrote: »

i pick up all loose change and save it at the end of the year it goes to a charity of my choosing ( the most ive done so far is £93.41)

good way to do it but for me charity starts at home.....lol.

chimp_choker

wigglebeena wrote: »

I'm superstitious about it. I feel like, if I'm too proud to lean down to pick up a penny, the day might come when I wish I had... Silly really.

Hopefully that day will not come for you. It has for me so I take any penny as a blessing.

chimp_choker

mountainofdebt wrote: »

On my way to work I often see loose change (most I have ever picked up is £1 ...usually either 1p, 2p or 5p) and have no hesitation in picking it up.

Strangely enough I've also noticed that the amount of loose change to be found drops in school holidays ......

Actually if you go to the local shops where the school kids buy their lunch about 10 to 15 minutes after they return to school you can find at least a couple of quid in copper...... we have 8 comp schools in my town...... not that i'd own up to anything of course,;) lol.

chimp_choker

purplevamp wrote: »

I said 10p, but this is if I'm on my own. If my children are with me I let them pick it up. They get so excited when they find money and they put it in their piggy banks when they get home. If I found a large amount of money I would take it to the police (honest!). After 30 days if no-one claims it they let you keep it :j . Or so I'm led to believe...

what size house needs that size of deposit?? purple vamp...

troublewithnames

I always used to joke with my friends at school that I wouldn't go down for less than 20p, but I think I'm getting cheaper as I get older.... It still has to be silver though - unless I dropped it myself in which case it's mine and I want it back.

krazykidskate

Thats an interesting poll.
Value wise I would have chosen 5p but they are so fiddly I'd probably be there all day. So I voted 10p.
I've seen a 20p a couple of times this week at DDs school but its pushed in the mud so I haven't bothered.

countrymusicfan

If it was heads up, I would put the coin in a charity box, if it was heads down, it would go into my bank to be opened up before Christmas.