Coin Jar
 

Really silly one :)

Does anyone else put all their loose coins in a jar? I used to take the jar to Sainsburys when it was full and emptied it into a machine that then gave me a receipt that I could use for my shopping.

I dont know what to do with my coin jars over here, I keep filling them up, but don't know what to do with them

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The banks that I use (commonwealth and Anz) both have coin machines in them (WA)

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Yeah? I will see if any of the banks round here do the same.

I am getting into some serious nesting and everything has to be tidied up and cleared out lol.

My OH thinks I am crazy

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The NAB in Victoria Point has a coin machine, for such purposes.

All my spare change goes into my jar daily, then out again for my daughters lunches :lol:

Must do a count up.... $64.55 :thumbup:

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Thanks

It adds up doesnt it! I have two years worth of jars all stacked up in the kitchen, so I need to do something with it all. I might have to do it in several trips so I dont feel like I robbed the church collection tray when I go in with all my jars.

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You should be friends with me, I'm always cashless use my cards for everything and I'm always " borrowing" a couple of $ of my friends :D

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This will make you all chuckle .... small town country living, example 1) .... I take my coin tin (you know those ones you need to use a can opener for) into my local ANZ, I do open it first and I then leave it there.

Come back an hour later, it's counted and deposited into my account! :rofl:

And yes, I trust them!

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We had a coin jar in the UK, used to pay for family treats, it was great fun emptying it out and totalling it up.

We also have one here, it is currently serving as my 'living expenses' and as such is more jar than coin. :o

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Once I start my maternity leave, I will probably be paying for my shopping by counting out the coins from the jar. I will do my best to go shopping on the weekends, laboriously count out my change, discover I havent got enough, put something back, try again, all the while ignoring my screaming baby and the growing queue behind me.

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I hope I'm not in that queue behind you . . . . !

Why not just empty all of your accumulated coin jars into a coin bucket? . . . that'll tidy the place up . .

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Good plan, the bucket will be easier to carry around Coles too ;) I might even make some extra

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If you can't find a coin machine then just ask your bank for some clear cash bags and put them in there.

I had $150 worth last time I looked :D I'll probably be cashing it in to pay my phone bill when I get back to Aus, last look it was $180 :eek: and I have 2 weeks left to go :unsure:

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Sounds like a splendid plan, make it so!

You will need to wear pyjamas for the full effect.

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:confused: I already do my shopping in my pyjamas

that or pink tracky daks with a message across the bum

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Thanks for the tips guys - I will head to bank this weekend with my piggy bank

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I can picture the scene :D

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Just brought my coin jar to the bank the other day. That machine is great counted all the coins in a few minutes and gave me a little ticket to bring to the cashier with $1234.50 on it :D

Thats my Christmas fund sorted :thumbsup:

Paddy:thumbup:

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I have a money jar too, empty it every few months and usually get about $150:thumbup:

I put mine into money bags, take them to my bank and they exchange them for notes for free. If you go to a bank that you don't have an account with they may charge you 10%.

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Same here..well at least I've seen it happen in banks. I don't have a coin jar, wifey does and pays the rates bill with it at the shire office. I refuse to go with her. :D

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I've decided I'm going to slap you next time you refer to your wife as 'wifey':frown::sneaky:

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My wife doesn't have a problem with being referred to as 'Wifey' here on BE or anywhere else. Is it a bad term? :confused:

For us it's Hubby & Wifey. Nothing wrong with those terms.

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Dont worry old timer,some of the wimmin on here are violent femminists,keep yer head down and they will just clump past in their heavy shoes:lol:

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If it makes you feel better........

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I just don't like it. :D He who would like to be obeyed occasionally refers to me as The Wife, err, I have a name darling :frown::lol: Never been called a violent feminist though, not even sure what one is but presumably it's an expression used by someone who has some psychological issues with women.

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"The wife" makes me cringe. I hate it. Wifey has become a name of endearment indoors.

But do you have heavy shoes? :D

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No, thongs or converse. Do have a couple of pairs of boots, one with hooker heels and one cowboy style, quite light though.

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Bernie refers to me as "old timer" (see above) but I never call him "that 12 year old."

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That's cause i is 14;)

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Told you there would be boots involved;)

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We put loose change into one of those big old whisky bottles that used to be in pubs (MIL worked in a raffa club) and when it is about half full sort the coins into bags and put them in the bank. I didn't know the bank would do all the hard work for you- mind you this is Sydney, so it might be different here.

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I asked in our bank about the need for sorting into bags.

She said it was fine just to bring in as a bulk coin (there isn't a coin counter out front, they do it for you) - she did say that if you brought it in at 4.45pm on a Friday, that you would be tied up and killed slowly over the weekend.

I *think* she was joking.

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If you were in the queue in front of me, I'd do it myself . . .

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I'd like to have a coin jar but being the parent of theiving bastard teenagers it gets raided regularly. :frown: Did I mention my teenagers are theiving bastards? Well, technically only one is a bastard since we got married shortly after her birth, but you know what I mean.

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:p

As a seasoned subpostmistress of many years, we always used to get old dears (and young dears) turn up at 5.15pm on a Wednesday with a coin jar full of hairy, smelly coins.

I'm sure I'm due getting my own back.

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It is nice to see people volunteer to help count the coins isn't it ;)

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:lol: . . . that's me all over . . . I'm a born helper . . .

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I used to get DD to count the coins from her piggy bank when she was younger, then the money would go into her building society account- the only trouble is she was not really accurate, so I had to redo it all.
As I am allergic to nickel, I had to put gloves on!!!

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A friend gave us the tip of saving $2 coins in particular - i.e. never spend them, just put thme in a coin tin - one you need a can opener to open. After a year I took them into our local ANZ and had $800! :thumbup:

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My Hublet (wifelet/hublet thing going on in our house :o) has an old cottees cordial bottle and he collects gold coins... MY gold coins... because like the queen he doesn't appear to carry cash! He rifles through my purse for them when we've been out. Admittedly he does replace the coins with notes - not always the IOU variety;). So now I have this game, when I see him watching the coins being handed over to me, I make a point of spending them in the next shop :D it livens up otherwise boring shopping trips :D:lol: