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By: MamaE

MamaE — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:41:08 +0000

There is something very wrong in our society when people throw away money. Have we really come to this?

By: Sun

Sun — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:32 +0000

Since I use credit cards almost exclusively for shopping, I usually don’t have a lot of spare changes. However, I do have a jar for coins whenever I have them. Maybe once a year, I would buy a bag or coin wrappers from a dollar store and roll all the coins in the jar and bring the rolls to the bank to deposit them. I never throw away any money

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:32 +0000

Well, if your husbands coworker feels the need to throw away money, she could at least throw it to the people who need it. Okay, change can be bothering, but that’s what jars are for and since I like to “kill” my vacuum cleaner, I sure am happy to have that jar.

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:48:45 +0000

Our trash collector says that he sees hundreds of dollars worth of change thrown away every week. Does he pick it out and keep it? No, too much bother, he’d rather just keep dumping garbage cans into the back of his smelly truck!
I half seriously asked him if I could go with him and pick the change out, of course the answer is no. I would slow him down.
There’s a business waiting to be born here!

I live in a dressed area of the country so even poor people throw away change.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:39:37 +0000

At the end of every day i throw all my loose change on a bucket in the bedroom, & at the end of each year i take that change to the bank to be counted. I have never had any less than $450 in a year. I would never take that kind of money out of my wallet & throw in the trash.

By: Don@moneyreasons.com

Don@moneyreasons.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:25:27 +0000

Nice post! To often people (even me, I mostly just like silver coins), don’t respect the amount that money can add up to.

All my change is evenly split into 2 groups that go into my son and daughter’s piggy banks. Then twice a year, we roll the coins up and deposit half in the bank (for each kid), and then use half for spending.

It’s a nice family event, we all have fun!

By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:21:54 +0000

That’s crazy! But I can believe it. Some people are really clueless when it comes to money.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:49:17 +0000

My wife counted up our change the other day. $132.00. We just added it to our vacation fund.

By: Weekly Roundup – Loose Change Edition | Frugal Dad

Weekly Roundup – Loose Change Edition | Frugal Dad — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:24 +0000

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