Change pots...?

[Don Carlos]

Anyone else here got one?

Just emptied mine and am about to sart counting...
Think im gonna hit £40 which aint too bad

My mates had £123 in his about a month ago..anyone
else had any large amount from change pots?

Its amazing what you accumilate over a period of time...

[MKJ]

fucking brits

[Nightshade]

I use a 5 gallon water cooler jug. No idea how much is in it, but I think it's a fair bit. I try to just ignore it for the most part so I won't be tempted to rob it.
The problem is, if I ever fill it up I don't think I'll be able to lift it.

[Don Carlos]

Im gonna count it and put it onmy credit card lol

[o'dium]

I've had a 5p jar for the last minth or so, managed to get £20 out of it the other week.

I also have an empty tank shell in the kitchen that i throw all my loose change in, thats nearly full.

[Don Carlos]

There's no point
It isn't 'saving' any money whatsoever

It all mounts up

[MKJ]

There's no point
It isn't 'saving' any money whatsoever

its 'found money', as we like to call it

[Eraser]

We put all these small coins in a jar and give that to charity. When they come knocking on your door for money, we give 'em a handful of coins and brush 'em off.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Anyone else here got one?

Just emptied mine and am about to sart counting...
Think im gonna hit £40 which aint too bad

My mates had £123 in his about a month ago..anyone
else had any large amount from change pots?

Its amazing what you accumilate over a period of time...

Yeah I have a big water bottle that I empty every year. Normally accumilate about 50 quid in coppers and 5s.

[Nightshade]

There's no point
It isn't 'saving' any money whatsoever

If you don't spend it, how is it not saving money?

[4days]

there's a big plastic pepsi can at the back of the living room that we throw change into. no idea how much is in there. it's nearly full and it weighs a fucking ton.

[o'dium]

Yeah but mate, I need you to go out now and find a place that sells lunch for 5 pennies and a 2p.

[Don Carlos]

There's no point
It isn't 'saving' any money whatsoever

If you don't spend it, how is it not saving money?

It's purely pyschological. Why put all your change in a jar, only to have to draw out more money to buy lunch the next day?
If I use that change for my next day's lunch instead of putting it in a jar, the money I didn't have to take out is still in my bank account.

Where teh fuck do u eat?
I want mylunch for 12p too!!!!

[MKJ]

walking about with a 3 pounds worth of cash isnt exactly fun either, though

[o'dium]

Once again, find me a place that will sell a pint for pennies and a 2p.

[losCHUNK]

last time i emptied mine it was 90 bucks, almost half full again aswell so

[Don Carlos]

Once again, find me a place that will sell a pint for pennies and a 2p.

Find me a place where everything is exactly £2, £4 whatever and not £4.05 or £1.99

With no pennies you're only breaking into another quid and getting more change

But you would have to have 99 pennies
End of the day its saving your pennies

My mate chucks them at things...i put them in a jar
Just gives you an odd £40 quid or so 2 play with

[losCHUNK]

Yeah but mate, I need you to go out now and find a place that sells lunch for 5 pennies and a 2p.

Like DC said, it all adds up. You keep those 5ps to put towards your sandwich and it's no different from chucking it in a pot and digging it out 3 weeks later.
The only real difference is you're giving yourself the accutely boring task of counting up a mountain of shrapnel at the end of the month/week/year/whatever.

neg, go to asdas and you throw it in there big money counting machine where it sorts out all your shit then gives you a receipt to go to the checkout where you get your money back

and, yea, it is saving me money because my change pot wouldve been all the money i lost in town pissed up, given to a tramp, left with the till lady or just thrown about

cant STAND having loose change in pockets

[MKJ]

Like DC said, it all adds up. You keep those 5ps to put towards your sandwich and it's no different from chucking it in a pot and digging it out 3 weeks later.
The only real difference is you're giving yourself the accutely boring task of counting up a mountain of shrapnel at the end of the month/week/year/whatever.

neg, go to asdas and you throw it in there big money counting machine where it sorts out all your shit then gives you a receipt to go to the checkout where you get your money back

and, yea, it is saving me money because my change pot wouldve been all the money i lost in town pissed up, given to a tramp, left with the till lady or just thrown about

cant STAND having loose change in pockets

You're arguing my point that money pots are for people who don't manage their money properly.

Stopping yourself wasting it and actually consciously saving money are entirely different points.

well you saved it from being wasted?

[o'dium]

MEMPHIS. ITS A PENNY POT. ITS A POT YOU PUT PENNIES IN. IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CANT EVEN BUY PENNY SWEETS BECAUSE THEY COST TOO MUCH, PENNIES ARE UNUSED AND MOSTLY THROWN AT SMALL ANIMALS LIKE PIGEONS AND COWS.

ITS NOT A WASTE OF MONIES.

[Don Carlos]

Like DC said, it all adds up. You keep those 5ps to put towards your sandwich and it's no different from chucking it in a pot and digging it out 3 weeks later.
The only real difference is you're giving yourself the accutely boring task of counting up a mountain of shrapnel at the end of the month/week/year/whatever.

neg, go to asdas and you throw it in there big money counting machine where it sorts out all your shit then gives you a receipt to go to the checkout where you get your money back

and, yea, it is saving me money because my change pot wouldve been all the money i lost in town pissed up, given to a tramp, left with the till lady or just thrown about

cant STAND having loose change in pockets

You're arguing my point that money pots are for people who don't manage their money properly.

Stopping yourself wasting it and actually consciously saving money are entirely different points.

I can manage my money better than most people but because
i dont like wandering around sounding like something you usually
only bring out at Christmas your saying im Irresponsible with my wedge?

[losCHUNK]

Like DC said, it all adds up. You keep those 5ps to put towards your sandwich and it's no different from chucking it in a pot and digging it out 3 weeks later.
The only real difference is you're giving yourself the accutely boring task of counting up a mountain of shrapnel at the end of the month/week/year/whatever.

neg, go to asdas and you throw it in there big money counting machine where it sorts out all your shit then gives you a receipt to go to the checkout where you get your money back

and, yea, it is saving me money because my change pot wouldve been all the money i lost in town pissed up, given to a tramp, left with the till lady or just thrown about

cant STAND having loose change in pockets

You're arguing my point that money pots are for people who don't manage their money properly.

Stopping yourself wasting it and actually consciously saving money are entirely different points.

ey ey ey dont be saying i dont manage my money... name 1 other person that gets by on my wage

and its not only that, its 10x nicer having 90 and buying something better than having a few coins and buying a few cans

but thats my opinion anyway

[losCHUNK]

yea but youll be getting sick pay, so they both havce there advantages

and you, YES YOU, should be in work

[Don Carlos]

well you saved it from being wasted?

It's like not jumping off a moving bus and 'saving' on medical bills

Thats fucking poor :icon26:

[MKJ]

see above; its "found money"
(im not an avid practitioner of this ritual btw, just playing devils advocate)
its like finding a tenner in a pair of trousers which you didnt know you had. you didnt save it, you techincally didnt gain any money, but its money you can spend without really losing anything since you didnt know you had it anyways

:lub: