Do you roll your change?

[2 Trails]

Do you roll your change?

Every day when I get home from work I put my silver coins in one container and the pennies in another. At the end of the year I will roll it and most of the time it is about $200-$300 and I put in an IRA to help reduce my tax bill. But the thing about it is I don't spend the change in my pocket if I want something from a machine I just put in a dollar bill and whats left goes into the pocket.

[crazywolf]

got yall beat

Boozhoo niji,

I hada 5 gallon water jug, filled it half way and counted out, get this, a cool $1000. I used part of the money to put together a computer that I am using now to log on the net. It took me a couple of days to count and roll all that change too, but...

Now a lot of banks are charging to count that loose change, it doesnt matter if its rolled or loose, they still charge to recount it. At my bank its like 3% of the amount of change you have to count. Now... here are some ideas.

1. Pay the 3%.

2. Deposit your change once a week, when you go to cash your check or anytime you do your banking. At my bank they dont charge to count a handful of change.

3. Work for someplace that directly handles money, and sell the change to the till. I do this at work with my boss present, so he is on the up and up. I ususally count about $25, and he appreciates me saving him a trip to get rolled change from the bank.

Derek

[Annie Fawn]

dannnng I wish i had change to roll.. too many kids to keep change around.. LOL....i usally use my change collection for the kids cause ya know theres alwasy somthing they need like slurpees.. swimming money.. bus fair.. stuff like that..

I really need to start hiding it and save fer my exotic vacation.... heheh some day
anyone wanna donate?? j/k

Been there, never had any change or pens when I needed them. Maybe you should hide a small tin or box is a dresser drawer to be able to save for that vacation.

[little bird]

Yes, every time we find a penny while on a walk, we bring them home, let them pile up, then roll them when we're low in funds. We usually end up using it for doing the laundry or getting water or milk.

[X cheryl X]

I have around 4 jars in the house that i use for pennies,so when its nearly pay day,and i have'nt had time to go to the bank i just fish out them coins.Shop keepers rely on me every third Friday!A little tip aswell...When i get change from buying something,i put half in my wallet and the rest goes in my handbag..Then if i ever need anything like parking money or sweets for the kids,i just dig in there and-hey presto!!!XX

[¤~Lady Dancer Boo~¤]

dannnng I wish i had change to roll.. too many kids to keep change around.. LOL....i usally use my change collection for the kids cause ya know theres alwasy somthing they need like slurpees.. swimming money.. bus fair.. stuff like that..

I really need to start hiding it and save fer my exotic vacation.... heheh some day
anyone wanna donate?? j/k

sure I can help ya out. I'll give u halve my life savings. how far can ya get on .48???

[pixstar]

you betcha!! i give mine to my lil bro so he can buy x-mas presents for the family...or if he has a penny drive then he uses it for that!! but it helped pay rent 1 real wicked month.....lol

[AngelFeather]

dannnng I wish i had change to roll.. too many kids to keep change around.. LOL....i usally use my change collection for the kids cause ya know theres alwasy somthing they need like slurpees.. swimming money.. bus fair.. stuff like that..

I really need to start hiding it and save fer my exotic vacation.... heheh some day
anyone wanna donate?? j/k

[White Powwow Dancer]

Hi
I get a couple of salad dressing jugs from work and put change in them I got 48.00 from one jug thats good.

[GRANDSON OF ZEELA]

This year when the change container was full, I didn't roll it
I put it in the 5 gallon water bottle at the church. And when it is full, it goes towards the missions.
That change should come back a hundred fold... LOL
It's a nice investment. !!
Gotta have faith !!

[Annie Fawn]

I've got a friend who's husband puts his 1 dollar bills in the change jar and she rolls the change, but the 1s in a envelope and uses the money toward romantic weekends for the 2 of them.

[Blackbear]

I got a bearfoots piggy bank for silver change.. no clue how much is in it but i took some out and got a nice car wash with it a couple weekends ago...

I also have a liter and a half sized Grolsch bottle (my second beer of choice) and I've been trying to fill it with pennys to see how much it would hold and man it's holding alot because I've still got the neck and just below the neck to fill and I've been working on it for 3 years now... but soon... very soon... muhahahaha! Then I'm going to use that to treat me and the hubby to something nice.

[Singing Eagle]

I wish the banks here would get one of those machines that sort and count the change - then I'd cash it in for sure - rolling can get time consuming.

[Mato Winyan]

Hubby does that all the time. He has helped us out so many times!!! Saved his butt from missing work too because of no gas!! It's helped us with groceries too, plus helped to finish making the house payment. Change IS good!!

[between2worlds]

We used to roll ours but one of the local bank chains put in coin changing machines that anyone can use for free! When times get lean we grab our "change jars" - let the bank machine count it all and spit out a piece of paper which gets turned into folding money.

I keep hoping I'll grow out of worrying about the lean times - hasn't happened yet.

~b2w
the eternal optimist