do you save pocket change?

[WalterMitty]

do you save your pocket change in a jar/piggy bank?

if so, how much do you let accumulate before you cash it in at a coinstar or bank?

[True Federalist]

I wait until its full, then take it to my credit union.

[Pictor Ignotus]

Yes, I save it in a big jar and when it's full I roll it up and put it in my son's college savings account.

[Everett]

I usually find simple ways of spending pocket change. If I know from experience that my daily lunch costs exactly 2.45$, I will sometimes alternate between giving the clerk three dollars and then using the change from yesterday plus two dollars to pay for tomorrow's lunch. The problem is, the last time I owned a piggy bank, I accidentally dropped it on the floor while moving it from the living room to my bedroom (which not only shattered the ceramic, but also made a mess of the accumulated coins). Right now, either I spend my pocket change somehow or another (the example above, vending machines, garage parking permit machines, et cetera) or, for quarters, keep them in a plastic cup. As for my old coins, they're in the closet somewhere.

[J. J.]

When I get enough for a roll, it goes into the bank.  Generally a savings account.

[KillerPollo]

Yes

[WalterMitty]

im sure opebo  will drop by this thread and call us all 'poors' who shouldnt be voting against our 'self interests'

[IDS Judicial Overlord John Dibble]

Keep it in a jar, save it up but also dig in for a couple bucks when necessary.

[King]

im sure opebo  will drop by this thread and call us all 'poors' who shouldnt be voting against our 'self interests'

Viva la $15 minimum wage!

[Nation]

i try and consistently USE the spare change I pick up -- especially if I stop while delivering pizzas and get a slurpee or a bottled water or something. bam! pay with change. the cashiers dont like it, but whatever.

[KEmperor]

I roll it as soon as I have enough, and once I have like 5 or 6 rolls I deposit in a savings account.

[MHS2002]

I put it in a coffee cup and take it to coinstar when it gets full.

[Gabu]

Well, I "save" it as in I keep it in my wallet until that compartment begins to overflow, at which point I try to empty it out.  I don't actually use physical cash all that much anymore, though.

[King]

I have a jar of pennies and that is it.

[opebo]

im sure opebo  will drop by this thread and call us all 'poors' who shouldnt be voting against our 'self interests'

Viva la $15 minimum wage!

Well, there's nothing wrong with saving your pocket change even if you are not poor, though it does tend to imply a compulsive personality that cannot relax and let things go.  I remember one time when I was a teenager I was chased by a big dog and I threw my pocket change at him!

Certainly the $15/hour minimum wage would help alleviate such psychological problems, and certainly most of you do vote against your own interests. 

[tarheel-leftist85]

Yes.

[opebo]

 I remember one time when I was a teenager I was chased by a big dog and I threw my pocket change at him!

Did that make him stop or did he still catch you and hump your leg?

I think his intent was to bite me, NewRepublican.

[dazzleman]

i try and consistently USE the spare change I pick up -- especially if I stop while delivering pizzas and get a slurpee or a bottled water or something. bam! pay with change. the cashiers dont like it, but whatever.

same thing I do...

[Sibboleth]

Yes. Every damn penny. I pick up small change from the street sometimes as well...

[Pictor Ignotus]

Yes. Every damn penny. I pick up small change from the street sometimes as well...

Hell yeah. In my school, kids seem to drop pennies like they're trash. I get sefveral every day. With compounding, I'm gonna be set, baby!

[KEmperor]

I too make sure to save every penny.

[Nym90]

I find it annoying. I use my cash-and-check card whenever possible.

[© Tweed the Younger]

I have a jar that I've put every piece of change I find in for the past 4 or so year.  I'm just short of 20 dollars now.

[??????????]

Coinstar is a ripoff yall need to stop using that damn thing.

[KEmperor]

Coinstar is a ripoff yall need to stop using that damn thing.

Agreed.  Just deposit into the bank.