QotD: Change
Posted June 29th, 2005 @ 02:04pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: What do you do with all of your coin change?
My Answer: Carey and I are putting our change in a piggy bank. We take them to Wegman's or some grocery store and cash them in. We call it our "Outback Fund" - when we save up enough for a meal at the Outback, we go. Of course, I've already caught Carey stuffing dollar bills (and even fives) in the piggy bank, which is in clear violation of the "coin-only" policy!
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Posted 29 Jun 2005 at 2:30pm #
I put them into a jar, which I occasionally take to my banking institution to deposit into my savings account.
Posted 29 Jun 2005 at 2:34pm #
Our change is scattered to the four corners of our house and periodically my daughter finds a stash. She then dumps them on the floor and plays with them and I clean them up. Its a vicious cycle.
Posted 29 Jun 2005 at 3:14pm #
We keep our change in a piggy bank. When it gets full, we roll the coins, take them to our bank, and deposit them.
Posted 29 Jun 2005 at 5:55pm #
I think she is starting a 'buy me a steak already" policy.
Posted 30 Jun 2005 at 12:00am #
We put our change in a Friends mug that I bought her when I toured the Warner Bros. studio. Then I periodically take out anything that isn't copper and put it into one of these plastic tubes that usually serve as hardare fastener holders.
Posted 30 Jun 2005 at 8:51am #
Change goes into hurricane glasses from the Bull & Finch (pennies) or quart milk bottles from a local dairy. When they fill up, we'll either get more jars or take them to the bank.
Posted 30 Jun 2005 at 12:42pm #
BEVORE the neocapitalistic new world attitude, I used to fill a huge german beer glass ("Mass", 2liters) up, only to go to the bank when its full. Usually I enjoyed putting it into the counting machine myself, but recently had to giv it the clerk.
anyways, AFTER this neat time and PRESENTLY, I use it to buy cigarettes in coin machines - they dont care.
WHY?
Banks either charge money for counting (like 2% or so.. aargl), or they require you to put the money on an account - no cash.
So... they can keep on charging if the want to
PS: Really no good idea what i see on the right - a neat girl with McDonalds foot.. oh well starts early those days.. I used to eat vegetables and stuff