Comments on: Spare Change

By: Michael Roque

Michael Roque — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:57:53 +0000

I have a couple of containers waiting to get filled: a vase and a coffee can. I’m starting with the vase and once that gets filled, I’ll either deposit the money in my ING account for my wedding fund or use the money to knock off some of the balance on one of my loan payments.

By: Hedy @penny for my thoughts

Hedy @penny for my thoughts — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:39:58 +0000

I’m with you on Coinstar being the best for spare change!

By: karla (threadbndr)

karla (threadbndr) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:23:51 +0000

If you bank at a credit union, see if they have fees for coin deposits. Mine doesn’t – but you have to take it inside.

I use the ‘cash envelope’ system for food (both groceries and eating out, so I have a fair amount of change – about $20-25 every couple of months. It goes into my vacation savings account. Hey, an extra $150 on vacation isn’t a bad thing.

By: tom

tom — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:39:25 +0000

Put it in the coin jar, when it’s full… take it to a Coinstar machine. You get the fee waived if you get a gift card to certain retailers, including grocery stores.

By: Greener Pastures

Greener Pastures — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:02:45 +0000

I’ve been using Coinstar for a while now, love the
option of getting the gift certificate to wave the fees. It sure beats fiddling with the change.

This year I started a new saving technique for dollars. I call it coffee dollars. I was spending about $2 a day on coffee. I started saving that money, and found myself $60 richer at the end of every month since January!

By: Tame Your Debt

Tame Your Debt — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:02:52 +0000

I had a nice experience recently with cashing in a load of small coins. I had just been putting them in an old plastic tub for literally a year or two. The tub had started to weigh a ton so I decided it was time to go and cash it all in. I too have one of those machines at my supermarket and I was stunned to get $20 out of all that small change! I bought some groceries and still had a bit left over! Nice!

By: CB

CB — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:08:42 +0000

Do you live near a Commerce Bank? You can put your coins in a counting machine and cash it out for FREE! They also let you guess how much you have, and if you’re within $1 or something, or you get a prize

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:13:47 +0000

Take it to the grocery store and use it at the self-checkout lane. They usually have a slot for coins and one for bills. That way, you don’t have to pay a fee.