what do you guys do with your coins? w/ Poll

[chipy]

ok, this will probably relate more to the guys than girls (since girls have purses to store coins):

do you guys hate naturally accumulating coins? some of you may just spend them but for some reason i hate carrying them around in my pockets, and consequently end up not using them. this leads to an accumulation of coins. i could take it to a bank/cu but i think their machines charge a percentage? does anyone know about how much (if at all) banks charge to change coins to cash?

what do you guys do with your coins?

 

[PepePeru]

keep some in my car.

the rest go in a coffee can and i take it to the bank after a year or so.

my bank's version of a coinstar machine is no charge for customers.

 

[KeithTalent]

I either use them or give them to homeless people.

KT

 

[chipy]

PepePeru thanks for that info. the last c/u i had charged a small percentage. i'll have to ask my new bank whether it's free.

 

[chipy]

I either use them or give them to homeless people.

KT

Keith, that's a good thing. i've done that too but unfortunately not many unfornuate people around my area... maybe if i moved to Detroit or DC i wouldn't have this small issue. thanks.

 

[TallBill]

I put them on the roof of my car and giggle at how long they last up there. I'm being serious too.

 

[TuxDave]

Dump them in a jar, wait until they accumulate, go to coin star and get an amazon.com gift certificate.

 

[Daishiki]

I keep a bit in my car, but usually I end up leaving them in tip jars. Whatever I do have, I usually roll them up and deposit them.

 

[PepePeru]

before i realized there was a 'coinstar' style machine at another branch location, i took my coffee can into a branch, i had all my coins rolled up. which was a complete waste of time, since the teller just unrolled the rolls & dumped it all into plastic bags....

she said it would take a few days since they need to take to a vault and they do the counts there. so, about 5 days later i did have my money credited to my checking account. it was free as well, but obviously i'd much rather had used the coinstar style machine and saved a ton of time, hers & mine.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

People who use coinstar, or jars... come on... this is just about organizing your crap.

Use your coins from time to time. I have a little pile in the car that gets to be meter money. When pennies accumulate, I'll take 25 or 50 at a time and use them like quarters when paying.

 

[TuxDave]

People who use coinstar, or jars... come on... this is just about organizing your crap.

Use your coins from time to time. I have a little pile in the car that gets to be meter money. When pennies accumulate, I'll take 25 or 50 at a time and use them like quarters when paying.

Putting coins in a jar is organizing!

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

need another option for

COFFEEEEEEE

 

[lxskllr]

Spend them as I get them.

 

[Xcobra]

As of right now I try to use them, but at the moment we have a few containers full of change. Coinstar FTW!

 

[CRXican]

save them and hit up coinstar when I feel like it

 

[Drako]

save them and hit up coinstar when I feel like it

Another coinstar user here - it's free at my CU.

 

[FoBoT]

they go into the pookas in the cars and get used ASAP

 

[SirStev0]

One of those big plastic pretzel jugs. Prob will one day coinstar it I remember they used to not take a cut if you used it on amazon gift cards. Might take that up.

 

[seepy83]

Dump them in a jar, wait until they accumulate, go to coin star and get an amazon.com gift certificate.

This.

 

[Svnla]

You can collect coins and bring them to Coinstar machine to be counted. If you don't take cash, then there will be no charge. I usually take GC from Amazon or Borders or Movies.

Make sure go to the machine that has the GC that you want, not ALL of them are the same.

 

[SparkyJJO]

I have an old 2 liter Dr Pepper bottle with the top cut off that I throw them in. When I go to the carwash I grab a handful of quarters to use, or if I go somewhere else that I know I'll need some change I'll grab some (but I usually forget). Eventually I'll take what I have collected in there to the bank.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Change sucks, throw into tip jars or other receptacles.

 

[mmntech]

I keep them in jars separated per denomination. Got a ton of pennies, dimes, and nickles that never get used though. The rest end up at the coffee shop.

 

[MotionMan]

If I get them in my car (or while out and end up in my car), they go in the change tray for use at drive-throughs and meters.

If I get them while at work, they go in a small former business card box in my desk for use in the vending machines.

If I end up with them when I get home, I put them in a S.F. Giants cap bank I have had since I was 5. When that gets full, I roll the coins and, eventually, take them to the bank.

(Note: This is the first time I had ever written this out and I certainly did not come up with this scheme all at the same time. This is just how it seems to work with me.)

MotionMan

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Mine goes into the kids piggy banks and then a few times a year deposited into a savings account for their college education.