Comments on: Save money with your change http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/ money: saving more, making more, needing less Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:49:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bookchiq http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-96 bookchiq Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:59:06 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-96 I love everyone's creativity! I love everyone’s creativity!

]]> By: Kevin http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-95 Kevin Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:55:54 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-95 The machines at the post office take pennies... I go in there on a Sunday when no-one is around and buy a handfull of stamps with my pennies and change! The machines at the post office take pennies… I go in there on a Sunday when no-one is around and buy a handfull of stamps with my pennies and change!

]]> By: ncnblog http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-94 ncnblog Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:45:38 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-94 i gathered up all the change in our house last night, and went grocery shopping... FIFTY ONE dollars...yay.! By the way, IF you can't find a machine, or don't want a gift card or want to pay the fee, just go to the self-checkout line, and pay with a bunch of change... this works really well for purchases under say 10 bucks. it takes a while. i go at about 5 am in the morning, and stock up on diet mountain dews, and use my change to pay...takes about 10 minutes or so, but it gets "rid" of the change and I get full value.. ncnblog.com i gathered up all the change in our house last night, and went grocery shopping… FIFTY ONE dollars…yay.!
By the way, IF you can’t find a machine, or don’t want a gift card or want to pay the fee, just go to the self-checkout line, and pay with a bunch of change…
this works really well for purchases under say 10 bucks. it takes a while.
i go at about 5 am in the morning, and stock up on diet mountain dews, and use my change to pay…takes about 10 minutes or so, but it gets “rid”
of the change and I get full value..
ncnblog.com

]]> By: Ronaldo http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-93 Ronaldo Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:46:25 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-93 I've been looking for a way to <a href="http://www.savemoneyblog.com" rel="nofollow">save money</a> and this loose change deal looks to be a great way to do it. I can finally stop that jangling in my pants and bags from all that change when I walk! Thanks! I’ve been looking for a way to save money and this loose change deal looks to be a great way to do it. I can finally stop that jangling in my pants and bags from all that change when I walk! Thanks!

]]> By: jennifer http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-92 jennifer Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:13:54 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-92 yay! for credit unions... good ones that is. there are some really really good credit unions and then there are some that give them a bad name. we have found a way to get more for our change that face value... we let our friend who collects pennies go through them. he takes what he needs and pays face value for the common ones and book worth or better for others. so we get our change to work for us =). the remaining pennies are taken to casino with penny slots, cash in for free. yay! for credit unions… good ones that is. there are some really really good credit unions and then there are some that give them a bad name.
we have found a way to get more for our change that face value… we let our friend who collects pennies go through them. he takes what he needs and pays face value for the common ones and book worth or better for others. so we get our change to work for us =). the remaining pennies are taken to casino with penny slots, cash in for free.

]]> By: bookchiq http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-91 bookchiq Sat, 24 Sep 2005 03:25:31 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-91 mbhunter--yet another way in which credit unions offer better service than banks! I haven't been a credit union member for very long yet, so I'm a little clueless about some of their services, but the banks are starting to annoy me. We had a deposit for our church bank account (my husband's the treasurer); among other donations, a little kid had emptied out his piggy bank to give to the Katrina relief effort. The bank glanced at the coins and told us we'd have to roll them all before we could deposit them. (The kid was awesome, though! We ended up with I think 30 rolls of pennies, plus a few rolls of other coins.) I can understand the Coinstar machines, etc., charging a fee because that's their whole business plan. Banks, on the other hand... it seems like they'd want to make it easy to deposit money! mbhunter–yet another way in which credit unions offer better service than banks! I haven’t been a credit union member for very long yet, so I’m a little clueless about some of their services, but the banks are starting to annoy me.

We had a deposit for our church bank account (my husband’s the treasurer); among other donations, a little kid had emptied out his piggy bank to give to the Katrina relief effort. The bank glanced at the coins and told us we’d have to roll them all before we could deposit them. (The kid was awesome, though! We ended up with I think 30 rolls of pennies, plus a few rolls of other coins.)

I can understand the Coinstar machines, etc., charging a fee because that’s their whole business plan. Banks, on the other hand… it seems like they’d want to make it easy to deposit money!

]]> By: bookchiq http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-90 bookchiq Sat, 24 Sep 2005 03:20:32 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-90 I think the Coinstar ones do typically charge about 9%. I'm not surprised that others are using this business model, too, since many people apparently use them, even at that steep rate. That's the main reason I'm excited about this deal. For others who are wondering about their location, <a href="http://www.coinstar.com/cgi-bin/mqlocator.exe?link=find" rel="nofollow">use Coinstar's machine locator</a>. Look for locations that offer "prepaid card" as a service (in my area, about half of them do). I think the Coinstar ones do typically charge about 9%. I’m not surprised that others are using this business model, too, since many people apparently use them, even at that steep rate. That’s the main reason I’m excited about this deal.

For others who are wondering about their location, use Coinstar’s machine locator. Look for locations that offer “prepaid card” as a service (in my area, about half of them do).

]]> By: mbhunter http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-89 mbhunter Sat, 24 Sep 2005 02:53:36 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-89 My credit union will count the coins for free in their machine. My credit union will count the coins for free in their machine.

]]> By: ~dawn http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-88 ~dawn Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:23:17 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-88 I have yet to find these in my area.. the only ones I have around are the ones where you pay them 9¢ on the dollar! I have yet to find these in my area.. the only ones I have around are the ones where you pay them 9¢ on the dollar!

]]> By: thedebtfreeblog.com http://frugalunderground.com/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-87 thedebtfreeblog.com Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:31:45 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/save-money-with-your-change/#comment-87 Yeah, I remember seeing a commercial that they'll do this OR give you a gift card for the various stores that have the Coinstar machines (like Safeway). Then you could use it for you groceries and such. A sweet deal! Yeah, I remember seeing a commercial that they’ll do this OR give you a gift card for the various stores that have the Coinstar machines (like Safeway). Then you could use it for you groceries and such. A sweet deal!

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