Holiday time & Money Jar Tip

niallam

It's getting to the time of year we're all starting to count what's in our big water cooler bottles of coins for our holiday spending money
A great tip for anyone starting to go through theirs, get a good magnet, it will pick up all the coppers in a few minutes.
I brought mine to the coin machine in a Supervalu cos i'm way too lazy for counting out almost €30 in coppers, i'd rather give them €4.50 or so to do it.

Menas

You have almost €25.50 spending money for your holidays? Where are you going - Mary street?

biko

Don't spend it all in one shop.

El Weirdo

niallam wrote: »

It's getting to the time of year we're all starting to count what's in our big water cooler bottles of coins for our holiday spending money...

We are?

Birneybau

El Weirdo wrote: »

We are?

HOW DARE HE SPEAK FOR US!

PARlance

Trigger Happy wrote: »

You have almost €25.50 spending money for your holidays? Where are you going - Mary street?

€30 in coppers....I'm guessing the OP has nearly €750 in total.
Couldn't save my dessert till last myself.

Birneybau

PARlance wrote: »

€30 in coppers....I'm guessing the OP has nearly €750 in total.
Couldn't save my dessert till last myself.

Where are you getting that figure from?

dxhound2005

niallam wrote: »

It's getting to the time of year we're all starting to count what's in our big water cooler bottles of coins for our holiday spending money
A great tip for anyone starting to go through theirs, get a good magnet, it will pick up all the coppers in a few minutes.
I brought mine to the coin machine in a Supervalu cos i'm way too lazy for counting out almost €30 in coppers, i'd rather give them €4.50 or so to do it.

You and all your fellow coin hoarders are a menace to society. In other countries you would be put in jail.

It is a completely stupid practice, costing you money and time and forcing the Central Bank to mint far more coins than should be needed.

cloud493

Going on holiday is a waste of time and money.

Mint Aero

I love counting a stash of coins. Wouldn't get off the sofa for less than 75 in coppers.

Jocelynel

niallam wrote: »

It's getting to the time of year we're all starting to count what's in our big water cooler bottles of coins for our holiday spending money
A great tip for anyone starting to go through theirs, get a good magnet, it will pick up all the coppers in a few minutes.
I brought mine to the coin machine in a Supervalu cos i'm way too lazy for counting out almost €30 in coppers, i'd rather give them €4.50 or so to do it.

excellent tip niallam....i usually get the kids to do this....

PARlance

Birneybau wrote: »

Where are you getting that figure from?

"I'm guessing"

guess - verb
estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.

€30.00 divided by an assumed average of 3c = 1,000 coins

Based on that quantity of coppers, I'm assuming 1,500 non coppers at a average of 50c = €750

Birneybau

PARlance wrote: »

"I'm guessing"

guess - verb
estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.

Well, it's a strange figure to arrive at but enjoy your "guessing".

PARlance

Birneybau wrote: »

Well, it's a strange figure to arrive at but enjoy your "guessing".

I've "edited" to "include" my "logic". Maybe the "OP" will let us "know" the total "figure".

El Weirdo

PARlance wrote: »

I've "edited" to "include" my "logic". Maybe the "OP" will let us "know" the total "figure".

I "laughed".

kneemos

PARlance wrote: »

"I'm guessing"

guess - verb
estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.

€30.00 divided by an assumed average of 3c = 1,000 coins

Based on that quantity of coppers, I'm assuming 1,500 non coppers at a average of 50c = €750

The ratio of coppers to silver is arbitrary.
Some people never put silver in their jars.

Tearin It Up

Is it sad that I picked up 5cent of the bus floor today.

I'm getting my concerts this year. I suppose I'm not allowed to say his name.

If I have to crawl, swim or fly. I'm going this year.

Tearin It Up

kneemos wrote: »

The ratio of coppers to silver is arbitrary.
Some people never put silver in their jars.

Because silver will be robbed from their jars.

PARlance

kneemos wrote: »

The ratio of coppers to silver is arbitrary.
Some people never put silver in their jars.

There may be other definitions of out there but I'm all out of "explaining" "guessing".

Logic: OP saves coins for to go towards their spending money for their annual holiday. I'm making the assumption that OP has a fair idea that they may need more than just a years supply of coppers and thus saves all coins.

Birneybau

I guess the o.p. has €4,000,000 in non-coppers and notes of multiple currencies.

kneemos

PARlance wrote: »

There may be other definitions of out there but I'm all out of "explaining" "guessing".

Logic: OP saves coins for to go towards their spending money for their annual holiday. I'm making the assumption that OP has a fair idea that they may need more than just a years supply of coppers and thus saves all coins.

I'm guessing you're wrong.

dxhound2005

Here's some logic. If OP spent their small change when shopping, like I do, their holiday fund would be boosted with extra banknotes. Which are a lot less hassle to count.

jamesbondings

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Here's some logic. If OP spent their small change when shopping, like I do, their holiday fund would be boosted with extra banknotes. Which are a lot less hassle to count.

also alot less enjoyable.

i love counting and bagging my change tbh. i hate having to bring it to a bank or worse again a shop!

i think we should all throw a handful of coppers into a glass bottle and guess how much op has got.....closest wins the pot....

371.03

fussyonion

I save €2 coins. I've currently got around €600 at the moment. That'll go towards my holiday

dxhound2005

fussyonion wrote: »

I save €2 coins. I've currently got around €600 at the moment. That'll go towards my holiday

I save €20 and €50 notes. I've currently got exactly €600. That'll go towards my holiday.

PARlance

kneemos wrote: »

I'm guessing you're wrong.

I am almost certain that I am wrong. The likelihood that my guess is the exact figure is extremely low.

The Diabolical Monocle

Throw it all in tesco or dunnes automated yokeybobs when shopping.

the groutch

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Throw it all in tesco or dunnes automated yokeybobs when shopping.

why would anyone want to give them 10% of their money?

donegaLroad

couldn't you just melt the copper down OP?

Make a copper head & shoulder sculpture of Roy Keane and flog it for a few grand.

Arbiter of Good Taste

the groutch wrote: »

why would anyone want to give them 10% of their money?

Because I consider my time to be valuable and don't want to waste it counting coins?

PARlance

the groutch wrote: »

why would anyone want to give them 10% of their money?

Convenience.
Have you tried to cash in coins in a bank lately? They only provide this facility 1 hour per week afaik.

Also, shops can refuse to accept payment in for something if paid with over 50 coins.

The Diabolical Monocle

no no no. automated checkouts.

niallam

Trigger Happy wrote: »

You have almost €25.50 spending money for your holidays? Where are you going - Mary street?

You must have missed the bit about separating the coppers from the rest I'll have you know I've enough to holiday on the south side, maybe even Nassau Street

Kids are still too young to use as slave labour to sort them out
All in all I've about €450 in the bottle for those wondering.

mfceiling

I'd about 100 quid in my jar until the kids emptied it and put it in their trocaire boxes.

Some Ethiopian lad will now be going on holidays using my change as his spending money. Fair played til him!!

Roger Hassenforder

PARlance wrote: »

"I'm guessing"

guess - verb
estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.

€30.00 divided by an assumed average of 3c = 1,000 coins

Based on that quantity of coppers, I'm assuming 1,500 non coppers at a average of 50c = €750

You were a bit off.

kneemos

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

You were a bit off.

He'll probably say he was guessing.

MarkR

I exchange my coins for goods and services. And by goods, I mean sweets. And by services, I mean sweets.

Dog of Tears

I use bank accounts to save for the stuff I want.

Most people grow out of piggybanks by the age of 8.

0ph0rce0

PARlance wrote:

€30 in coppers....I'm guessing the OP has nearly €750 in total. Couldn't save my dessert till last myself.

You should run in the next general election. You would make a superb TD. They are great at pulling figures from their arse.

Roger Hassenforder

kneemos wrote: »

He'll probably say he was guessing.

He'd want to review his methods. His
reckless assumptions have exposed him to ridicule and opprobrium.

niallam

Dog of Tears wrote: »

I use bank accounts to save for the stuff I want.

Most people grow out of piggybanks by the age of 8.

Upside down water cooler bottle.......

Believe it or not I do have a bank account as well...

My kids do have piggybanks though, one has nearly 100 in it, don't remember her getting a job though and €2 pocket money a week still doesn't add up???

kneemos

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

He'd want to review his methods. His
reckless assumptions have exposed him to ridicule and opprobrium.

Opprobrium indeed.

Roger Hassenforder

niallam wrote: »

My kids do have piggybanks though, one has nearly 100 in it, don't remember her getting a job though and €2 pocket money a week still doesn't add up???

The trick is to regularly raid it.
Take out €14 in coins and give them a tenner. They'll think they're minted...

Menas

niallam wrote: »

You must have missed the bit about separating the coppers from the rest I'll have you know I've enough to holiday on the south side, maybe even Nassau Street

Kids are still too young to use as slave labour to sort them out
All in all I've about €450 in the bottle for those wondering.

Now we are talking! You should have a good one with €450.

PARlance

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

You were a bit off.

I was but I "hope" to have "educated" some "people" along the way in terms of the meaning of a certain word. I'm guessing I didn't though.

The Backwards Man

I count mine and change them in local businesses who are only too delighted to get the change.

LOL at anyone says they haven't time to count their money, those type of problems are rarely chronic.

Valetta

Dog of Tears wrote: »

I use bank accounts to save for the stuff I want.

Most people grow out of piggybanks by the age of 8.

Just buy a slightly bigger one and it will fit you for longer.

Whosthis

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Now we are talking! You should have a good one with €450.

It won't be that good, a couple of bags of coke and a hooker without a beard, if he's lucky.

the groutch

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Because I consider my time to be valuable and don't want to waste it counting coins?

if you truly valued your time, would you not then spend your change as you get it, saving the time it takes filling the jar, and then bringing them to the shop and running them through the machine?

murpho999

I don't get how people view this as a method of saving money.

Either you spend money or you don't?

Whether it's in coin form or in the bank makes no difference. Do people just spend money if they have coins in their wallet purse.

Then after all that to give 10-15% away at a machine is just crazy.

If you must do it just do some shopping in a supermarket and pay at a self service checkout machine.
Tesco have a great coin sorter.

retalivity

Did it last year for 10 months, threw all change from nights out, trips to the shop etc. into a jar.
Counted it before going on holidays, was shocked that it amounted to €570. Bagged it myself and took it to the bank who lodged it into my account, nice little top-up before we went away.