Anybody else throw their loose change into a container every day?

[Floogeldy]

Mine is pretty big and it was overflowing. I'm not even half-way through and I've got $68. What a pain in the ass to sit and roll these coins!

I checked into sorting machines and the cheapest ones are around $60. Not gonna do that.

[swag]

1. I have an account at a bank that does it for me for no fee.

Check with your bank. See which branches have change-counting machines for account holders.

[blondeatlast]

2. Hubby and I once cashed ours in at CoinStar before hieing off

to Cali--we had, no joke...

$175 dollars.

We even drew a crowd!

[blondeatlast]

3. Got any supermarkets that have CoinStar? You pay like 5-10 cents for every

dollar, but it's worth it.

[LoZoccolo]

24. But banks do it for free!

The only limitation that my bank puts on me is that it has to be less than $25 at a time, or else they start charging.

[BikeWriter]

4. I have it in containers all over my house.

[friesianrider]

5. Have a Commerce Bank near you?

I NEVER use change and always break dollar bills - then I take the coins and save them and cash them in.

Commerce Bank cashes them for free, no rolling needed. Just like CoinStar, but no fees.

[Kathleen04]

22. Do they have a

Coinstar style machine in there? or do you take the money up to a teller or something?

[friesianrider]

25. Yep...

Just like Coinstar - just bring in loose change and dump it into the machine. It counts it up, prints out a receipt, and you take it to any teller and they give you the cash. It's really convenient and fast, plus no fees :)

[Kathleen04]

26. Awesome

I have one close by, I'll go check it out! :)

[leftofthedial]

6. after spending all day trying to get people to throw their change

into my container

I just don't have the heart for it

[NaturalHigh]

7. I have tons of the stuff.

About once a year, I make myself sit and roll it all for hours. It's a pain in the neck, but it's a nice little bit of "found" money.

[Silverhair]

8. Go to Amazon.com

Enter "coin sorter". Lots of cheap ones. Some motorized, some hand shake kind. As low as $15.

[Floogeldy]

11. I tried that.

You must be talking about those tubes?

Show me. :)

[Silverhair]

16. Try this

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-2064904-2774408

Hope it works.

[Floogeldy]

18. Link does not work.

[Silverhair]

19. Figured it wouldn't.

They personalize their pages, so that link is probably for my computer only.

Try again on the Amazon.com page. At the top of the page is a search window. Put: coin sorter in the window, hit go.

Let me know exactly what happens. I got a lot of hits.

[Burma Jones]

9. Yep. when my eldest kid is ready for college

I'm just handing over the buckets. He's seven, and we already have at least 150 pounds in change - but I've been throwing change in the bucket for twenty years now.....

[samplegirl]

10. Yes will probably be rolling

for gas eventually

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Actually, my dear Floog....

I have never done that...I keep my change in my wallet, in my purse...

Even my husband keeps his change in his wallet...

:shrug:


But my dad...he keeps his change on his dresser at night, and loose in his pocket during the day...

I grew up hearing him jangle his change and keys in his pockets!

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. I probably have over $100 in change

I have a rather large container that I throw my change in. I'm not cashing it in until I am completely broke and will use it as my ultra-emergency money

[cally]

14. I take out all the quarters and then use

coinstar for the rest. Casinos will take it for free but I rarely go anywhere near a casino.

[TlalocW]

15. I separate the coins

Quarters I'll use more often, but dimes and nickels, I'll put in their own empty soda bottle (the 20 oz kind). In December, I'll empty them, roll them up, take them to the bank and exchange them for bills and use it to buy a senior citizen an electric blanket or something and normally have some left over to get a burger.

That tends to be one of the few times I go out Christmas shopping in the malls as I keep my Christmas spirit by shopping on eBay. :)

Pennies go into a big glass jar.

TlalocW

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

17. Last time I cashed mine out (a gallon milk jug) it came to

$120.00 in quarters. I tossed all the pennies back. Gotta have a hobby for rainy days... :evilgrin:

[bliss_eternal]

20. I love rolling my loose change

'cause then I know I'm going to the bank, cha-ching!!

;)

[DS1]

21. Some of use the EZ-Pass /Fast Lane

Ba-dum-tiss!

[LoZoccolo]

23. I use this more lo-fi solution.

http://www.buyingpartners.com/product.php?co=PMF&number=05025

The prices seem to vary wildly, so you might want to use Froogle to find a cheaper one.

I also found this thing that I think might have been even cheaper, but I think it was at Wal-Mart. Basically it was a set of four stacking round trays with holes in the bottoms of them, such that you'd dump the coins in and shake it and they'd start falling through the holes and be sorted that way. Then you'd dump them into these funnels that would hold the wrappers.

[seemunkee]

27. Fish bowl next to the bed. It's full and needs to be turned in

Last time I did it the bowl wasn't quite 3/4 and I had close to $200.

[bertha katzenengel]

28. you can have a machine at a supermarket do it for a fee

dump in all your change, the machine counts it and prints a voucher which the courtesty desk clerk will cash for you. I don't know what the rate is - 7%? 10%?

[bikebloke]

29. Different container for each coin

I used to roll coins until my bank offered free use of their coin counter machine. I accumulate about $50 every six months or so. I still keep the coins separate in case I'm forced to take the train when winter snows make biking impossible. Easier to grab quarters and dimes.

I've known eejits who would throw change in the trash, saying it was beneath them.