Do you save loose change in a bottle etc ?

andym1

I have an old 5 litre smirnoff vodka bottle which I throw change into (mostly when coming home drunk). I thought there was at most 80/100 euro in there, but last night I poured it out on the bed and.... 493 euro ! I even found 2, 20 euro notes (very drunk). I could not afford an ipad, now I can !
Its a great habit to get into as you dont miss it as I only count notes in my wallet. Happy Days...Yay !

Mr Benevolent

Impressive. Yeah I do it but I usually only have about €30 in mine. Handy in dire emergencies though.

danslevent

Yeah I do! Never to that extent though, so most would have been about twenty euro.

listermint

Most ive gotten out of mine was about 280 i think.

howamidifferent

I have a money jar with an LCD display on the cap that sums the money in it as you push it in...Its now got over €280 euro in coppers and small change in it.
I'll probably change it when my car insurance is due.

Ella

I use those tins you get in the Euro shops. Like you, i sometimes stick notes in when drunk but glad they're made of tin so i cant see them. I'd only go opening it before payday.

kingtut

Yes

FatherLen

yep i put a couple of euro into it every week. haven't counted it in months. i will leave it for another few months before i count it again.

kingtiger

you have reminded me I must also go though my shrapnel bottle at home

oh do yourself a favour get yourself a nexus 10 instead of an overpriced iPad

Caveman1

I'm like most people and save most of my change after the pub, its depressing to think how much more could be in savings if I didn't drink

clashburke

have an old ice cream tube i put coppers into... got €58 out of it on Monday

carzony

wish i could afford a money jar

CinammonGirl

Yep, have a piggy bank that the OH and myself throw coppers into (him more so than me!), we've got it up to several hundred euros a few times and put it towards holidays

shedweller

I have one full of copper coins. Been filling it for a few years now but couldnt be bothered to count it out.

Hoop66

I give the coppers to the urchins and they put them in their piggy banks. Trying to teach them about saving.

Does it work? Does it arseholes.

Super-Rush

I gave up saving coins in a bottle.

Kept getting €2 coins stuck in my throat when i took a drink.

Mr Benevolent

Super-Rush wrote: »

I gave up saving coins in a bottle.

Kept getting €2 coins stuck in my throat when i took a drink.

*tumbleweed*

o1s1n

I have my arcade cab running off 20c coins and turned freeplay off at the start of the year.

I do be cursing when I don't have change and want to play a game. Feels like being a kid in an arcade again

Daidy2011

Do it religiously and have been doing it for a number of years.

It is amazing how quickly it adds up, my relatively painless way of saving for holidays and Christmas.

Mint Sauce

Yes. One of them 5l water bottles. Have never let it go over 1/4 full, can get quite heavy at that. Have got a few hundred euros at times, and that only putting in 1-20c peices.

Also have a metal cash/money box for 50c-€2 peices.

Chuck the loose change from my pockets into them both.

Both are used to go towards hoildays or topping up savings.

T-K-O

I have one of those large plastic beer bottles. The last time I emptied it out, 925. I got a sweet set of new speakers

anncoates

Thread should be renamed Povo Chronicles,. like.

No - I try to use up small change as I get it.

I have probably less than 3 or 4 Euro in small change.

Seachmall

My father used to do it with 5L plastic bottles. Would empty it out every year around November, would get anywhere from €800 to €1200 out of it. Not a bad amount just before Christmas.

I do it now, about €400 in it at the moment I'd guess.

LoonyLovegood

I've an old MiWadi bottle that I throw change into. Tend to go raiding it for bus fare though! Got €50 out of it last month, happy days.

Zebra3

Know a bloke who had his gaff broken into and c*nts took his loose change bottle.

He reckoned easily E300 in it.

Ouch!

mattjack

Confab wrote: »

*tumbleweed*

Did you get tumbleweed stuck in your throat or do you collect it in a bottle ?

davetherave

o1s1n wrote: »

I have my arcade cab running off 20c coins and turned freeplay off at the start of the year.

I do be cursing when I don't have change and want to play a game. Feels like being a kid in an arcade again

Would you not just open up the coin door and take a 20 cent from the bucket or is that considered cheating and/or stealing :pac:

sesswhat

Ella wrote: »

I use those tins you get in the Euro shops. Like you, i sometimes stick notes in when drunk but glad they're made of tin so i cant see them. I'd only go opening it before payday.

I'd be more inclined to be pulling notes out when drunk

Ella

sesswhat wrote: »

I'd be more inclined to be pulling notes out when drunk

It's a tin. You need a tin opener to open it.

Korvanica

I never spend coins (unless i'm on the bus or have nothing else in my wallet)

If I have a euro and a fiver to buy something that costs a euro, ill us the fiver. Then all the change goes into a Jar at home.

Its surprising how fast it build up

razorgil

used to do it when i was single. since the smallies arrived, it has become a futile effort, b4 i even realise its gone, they've been to xtravision and back, popcorn and all!!

1ZRed

howamidifferent wrote: »

I have a money jar with an LCD display on the cap that sums the money in it as you push it in...Its now got over €280 euro in coppers and small change in it.
I'll probably change it when my car insurance is due.

I couldn't know how much was in it because it would get raided. Often.

I started up a tin and was steadily throwing my change in until I noticed it was getting hesvy, I couldn't resist and took a can opener and hammer to it in the end :P

the groutch

andym1 wrote: »

I have an old 5 litre smirnoff vodka bottle which I throw change into (mostly when coming home drunk). I thought there was at most 80/100 euro in there, but last night I poured it out on the bed and.... 493 euro ! I even found 2, 20 euro notes (very drunk). I could not afford an ipad, now I can !
Its a great habit to get into as you dont miss it as I only count notes in my wallet. Happy Days...Yay !

please tell me you didnt change it in one of those sorting machines in the shops and give them €50 of it.

clashburke

1ZRed wrote: »

I couldn't know how much was in it because it would get raided. Often.

I started up a tin and was steadily throwing my change in until I noticed it was getting hesvy, I couldn't resist and took a can opener and hammer to it in the end :P

why both??

seven_eleven

I have a big jar that I throw coins into. mostly coppers and 10/20c. anything above 50c I will use. I have it for about 6 years now, and I reckon there is no more than €20 in it.

ejmaztec

I throw the money in, and for some mysterious reason it starts filling up with IOUs signed by my kids. At least they're honest

Chemical Burn

I can't afford an empty bottle, never mind spare change

Lucas Castroman

If you have a large amount of change collected, what's the easiest way of converting this to cash? Do people walk into banks with a bottle full of coins? I know some shops have machines which can convert coins to cash but they take a commission. Your advice please?

sesswhat

Ella wrote: »

It's a tin. You need a tin opener to open it.

I was always fairly handy with those .

Anyway it's not the practicalities, it's just a pleasant surprise for me that people are doing something sensible with money when drunk that they wouldn't do when sober. Unfortunately, whenever I've woken up and tried to figure out where that other €20 disappeared to, it never turned up in the money box.

Ella

sesswhat wrote: »

I was always fairly handy with those .

Anyway it's not the practicalities, it's just a pleasant surprise for me that people are doing something sensible with money when drunk that they wouldn't do when sober. Unfortunately, whenever I've woken up and tried to figure out where that other €20 disappeared to, it never turned up in the money box.

Well i also hide money on myself when drunk. I'd say there's about €400 stashed around my apt and i never remember when i've hiden only the fact that i did hide money on myself

tayto lover

Just emptied mine to pay for a golf weekend in Donegal.
A whopping 862 euro. Only started saving 1 and 2 euro coins in Sept.
It will be a very good weekend.

Buying a new 2 euro tin tomorrow and start saving for Christmas and next year's weekend.

Karona

I have a lovely pink piggy bank my friend bought me a few years ago and I throw my loose change into it every now and then, sometimes I might even throw a couple of one euro coins into it if I am feeling adventurous!

Last time I emptied it I got €11 out of it

PaulKK

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

If you have a large amount of change collected, what's the easiest way of converting this to cash? Do people walk into banks with a bottle full of coins? I know some shops have machines which can convert coins to cash but they take a commission. Your advice please?

Go to the bank and get money bags.

Bag it correctly at home, it tells you on the bags what it needs to be, usually like 10e in 50c etc, you cant mix denominations.

You can then bring these bags to the bank and deposit it.

tayto lover

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

If you have a large amount of change collected, what's the easiest way of converting this to cash? Do people walk into banks with a bottle full of coins? I know some shops have machines which can convert coins to cash but they take a commission. Your advice please?

The local publican took mine.
He was glad to get the change. People usually pay for drinks with notes so the publican always has to have plenty of change.

smash

Coins in a jar... Pft. I have a mattress full of notes!

ScumLord

I have a 2 litre bottle, it's pretty much full now, usually get about €160 out of it.

tayto lover

smash wrote: »

Coins in a jar... Pft. I have a mattress full of notes!

My notes are under the mattress. Banged my head on the ceiling this morning when I was getting up.

Mint Sauce

PaulKK wrote: »

Go to the bank and get money bags.

Bag it correctly at home, it tells you on the bags what it needs to be, usually like 10e in 50c etc, you cant mix denominations.

You can then bring these bags to the bank and deposit it.

Banks dont really want it now either.

Went into mine earlier, found the cashiers, sorry, cashier, hidden at the back of the bank, unsign posted, behind the banks of self service machine, and seen a sign explaining that coins will only be accepted from april on a tuesday morning and fridays.

salmocab

use one of those water bottles from an office water cooler was putting all my change in it for years and never touched emptied it last year and got 1700 out of it payed it off my honeymoon started saving again reckon there is already 200 in it. Im bit anal about it have to throw all my coins in.

Mint Sauce

Lucas Castroman wrote: »

If you have a large amount of change collected, what's the easiest way of converting this to cash? Do people walk into banks with a bottle full of coins? I know some shops have machines which can convert coins to cash but they take a commission. Your advice please?

Self service machine in Tescos as well to pay for your shopping, although can take a while as only accepts a small handfull at a time.