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Would you pick up 5c off the street?

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    #62
    Football Friend
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    BarryD wrote: »
    How does the rest of it go?

    'See a penny, leave it down and all that day you'll wear a frown'

    Something like that anyway :)

    Find a penny, let it lay then bad luck you'll have all day.

    I think that's it anyway.


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    #63
    Generic Dreadhead
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    I'm genuinely shocked at how many people would pick up 1 cent.
    It's a useless denomination of currency and should be gotten rid of


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    #64
    o1s1n
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    Is 1 cent coin even worth the calories you spend bending over to pick it up?


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    #65
    The Backwards Man
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    Cormac... wrote: »
    I'm genuinely shocked at how many people would pick up 1 cent.
    It's a useless denomination of currency and should be gotten rid of

    Then they'd all hoop and holler
    For he never took the dollar
    He'd take the shiny quarter
    Smile and walk away

    - Boxcar Willy


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    #66
    DarByrne1980
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    I wouldnt bother with copper coins. But Ive often been lucky enough to pick up a euro outside lidl or tesco for the trolley. Ive done my fair share of strength training in there with hauling around big baskets of groceries because i fogot me euro.


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    #67
    Shenshen
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    Cormac... wrote: »
    I'm genuinely shocked at how many people would pick up 1 cent.
    It's a useless denomination of currency and should be gotten rid of

    I'm actually shocked at how many people would walk past free money.
    Very strange.


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    #68
    Wossack
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    I actually lost a couple of small denomination coins, so if anyone sees any, if they could hang onto them for me..?


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    #69
    OldNotWIse
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    bnagrrl wrote: »
    Yes I would pick up coins, copper and all.

    Last year I saved all my change in two big jars. When I counted it up I had over €1000. Those pennies add up, people!

    You can use this for a double knee replacement :P :D


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    #70
    o1s1n
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    I'm actually shocked at how many people would walk past free money.
    Very strange.

    Put it in perspective though. You'd need to find 100 1c coins to be able to buy something measly like a can of coke. They're next to valueless.

    Unless you spend your life on your hands and knees looking for 1c coins, it's pointless.


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    #71
    Into The Blue
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    Some people would pick up small change, some wouldn't. People from opposite side of fence can't understand each other motives.

    Shocking.


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    #72
    OldNotWIse
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Put it in perspective though. You'd need to find 100 1c coins to be able to buy something measly like a can of coke. They're next to valueless.

    Unless you spend your life on your hands and knees looking for 1c coins, it's pointless.


    I'd expect to be getting more than that for spending time on my hands and knees :eek:


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    #73
    Shenshen
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Put it in perspective though. You'd need to find 100 1c coins to be able to buy something measly like a can of coke. They're next to valueless.

    Unless you spend your life on your hands and knees looking for 1c coins, it's pointless.

    Well, €1 to me is 2 portions of Aldi's super 6 fruit and veg.
    So this week, it would be a bag of potatoes and a bag of carrots - soup for 3 lunches.

    My perspective seems to differ from yours in that respect.


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    #74
    o1s1n
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    Well, €1 to me is 2 portions of Aldi's super 6 fruit and veg.
    So this week, it would be a bag of potatoes and a bag of carrots - soup for 3 lunches.

    My perspective seems to differ from yours in that respect.

    You're missing my point though. If your street was littered with thousands of 1c coins, great, then that'd make sense to scoop them all up.

    I'm fairly sure the street isn't though, so how long would it take to gather 100 1c coins? Too long for it to make the slightest bit of difference to your spending power I reckon.


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    #75
    Generic Dreadhead
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    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    I'd expect to be getting more than that for spending time on my hands and knees :eek:

    :pac::pac::pac:


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    #76
    Shenshen
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    You're missing my point though. If your street was littered with thousands of 1c coins, great, then that'd make sense to scoop them all up.

    I'm fairly sure the street isn't though, so how long would it take to gather 100 1c coins? Too long for it to make the slightest bit of difference to your spending power I reckon.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92781743&postcount=25

    It does not need thousands of 1c coins to make a difference.

    Even if you pick them up, collect them and throw them in the charity box next time you're in the shops, it will make a difference.


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    #77
    timetogo
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    I'm not rich enough to ignore free money. I don't go looking for it but if I see it, I'll pick it up.


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    #78
    o1s1n
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92781743&postcount=25

    It does not need thousands of 1c coins to make a difference.

    Even if you pick them up, collect them and throw them in the charity box next time you're in the shops, it will make a difference.

    I can honestly say I can't remember being in a shop where a copper coin made a difference. And if it did happen in the past, it's such a low regularity that again, it wouldn't warrant picking low monetary value coins up off the ground. The benefit to effort ratio isn't worth it.

    If you leave the money on the ground you're actually allowing homeless people to pick it up. Which is probably of greater benefit than a charity box as it skips all the charity administration wages :pac:


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    #79
    Shenshen
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    I can honestly say I can't remember being in a shop where a copper coin made a difference. And if it did happen in the past, it's such a low regularity that again, it wouldn't warrant picking low monetary value coins up off the ground. The benefit to effort ratio isn't worth it.

    If you leave the money on the ground you're actually allowing homeless people to pick it up. Which is probably of greater benefit than a charity box as it skips all the charity administration wages :pac:

    Or it will just get swept up the next time the streets are cleaned and ends up in landfill.

    I'd rather see it being used.


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    #80
    o1s1n
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    Shenshen wrote: »
    Or it will just get swept up the next time the streets are cleaned and ends up in landfill.

    I'd rather see it being used.

    Here's an interesting (and a bit tongue in cheek) article about the benefits/losses incurred when picking up a penny. Worth a read :)

    https://what-if.xkcd.com/22/


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    #81
    Generic Dreadhead
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    I enjoyed the maths of that


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    #82
    LoganRice
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    Money is precious to many so I would pick up a 1c coin but definitely not always...


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    #83
    BetterThanThou
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    Personally, no less than 50c, and even then I probably wouldn't bother unless it was a euro. If I have 10 or 20 cent in my pocket, sometimes I'll take it out and throw it on the ground, my logic is that 20 cent is nothing to me, if a kid finds it, they can go down to the shop and buy themselves a little treat(like some jellies), or even better, if a homeless person finds it, they're 20c closer to getting some food for the day.(or their next hit :P)


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    #84
    foggy_lad
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    I don't bend over for anything less than €200:D


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    #85
    gozunda
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    If it wasn't for all the lost coins over the ages - museums would have no old coin displays ;)


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    #86
    scudzilla
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    Original OP http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66908561


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    #87
    o1s1n
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    I was getting off the 145 today and found 2 euro on the ground. Couldn't help but think of this thread. :pac:


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    #88
    Generic Dreadhead
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    scudzilla wrote: »
    Original OP http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66908561

    Dawwww.... well I tried, someone has always thought of these things before me :(


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    #89
    Billy86
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    scudzilla wrote: »
    Original OP http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66908561

    How do you remember threads you started four year ago?


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    #90
    Galwaygirl1982
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    Would pick up 1 cent - "find a penny and pick it up and all that day you will have good luck" and all that jazz !


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    #91
    rob316
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    I'd pick up €1, nothing less. I hate coppers, if its 5c change or less im getting back in the shop, I'll tell them stick it in the poor box. If its like 1c back I'm gone without saying anything before they put the money in the till.

    Ive often thrown coppers in the bin too, they are totally worthless and I don't have the time to be putting them in jars to save.

    I would consider myself very resourceful with money too.


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