Change Jars Really Add Up!
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wendysniece · 04-17-2005, 10:32 PM

im saving my change also for my trip in december. i want to do something special for my cousins when we go and this is the only way i can save any money

debsta922 · 04-18-2005, 09:19 AM

Wow, I was just going to post this. Dh and I brought our change jar in (well not a jar exactly but a Poland Springs dispenser jug) and after 2 1/2 years we had $1108.52 in change!!!! I could not believe it!! I was so excited, because now we will not have to charge anything during our trip!

Wendyismyname · 04-18-2005, 10:38 AM

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Wow, I was just going to post this. Dh and I brought our change jar in (well not a jar exactly but a Poland Springs dispenser jug) and after 2 1/2 years we had $1108.52 in change!!!! I could not believe it!! I was so excited, because now we will not have to charge anything during our trip!

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Wow! That's alotta mula!!

I always count our change from our two small banks(ones a crayon, the other a cow)and usually end up with about $40 each time.

My aunt has a really old jug. I don't know what kind if jug it is, but it's only about an 1/8 full and you cannot pick it up.

Pris · 04-18-2005, 05:50 PM

I love collecting the change. This weekend we counted and had $132.44 since my Jan. trip. DH and I discussed it and I took it to school today to donate to our Make-A-Wish fund for a little 6 year old boy who wants to go to WDW. I challenged my class to match it in our collecting!

pluto_n_goofy · 04-18-2005, 09:01 PM

Aww how sweet!! That's yet another good way to use those change jars!!!

Jennifer2003 · 04-18-2005, 11:42 PM

I had $13 in mine before my last trip! Went to Mousekeeping!

I love change jars!!!

Jennifer

FanOfMickey · 04-19-2005, 12:35 AM

I just counted out my change bucket ( I use a popcorn bucket from WDW) and I totaled $206.00. I did have about $54 in bills though. I too don't give change most of the time. Though sometimes if the change is like 5 or 10 cents I will and then just put a dollar bill in the bucket.

**DopeyGirl** · 04-19-2005, 01:57 AM

I started a "Vacation Fund" jar (for my Oct. 2004 trip) in January '04 . . . by October, I had $150 in bills and (mostly) quarters!!!

For my January '05 trip, I stuffed away any money I received as a Christmas gift and ended up with just about $125 there . . .

For our trip last month, I had saved $60.

As soon as we got home, if I had any cash left in my wallet, I stuffed it in the jar to get a jump start on the next trip's savings . . . I had $100 in there as of last week, I put $80 in the bank today to make up for my ressie I made for November, then realized DH took $20 out of there without telling me!!!

So . . . it is time to hide the change jar!!!

But I do love my change jar . . . I really, really do!!!

krisk11 · 04-19-2005, 02:15 PM

My dd glued pictures of WDW to a large coffee can and we cut a slit in the lid and that is what we use to collect change. I try not to use any change when I shop I only use bill and put the change in the can. It does add up.

**WillCAD** · 04-19-2005, 03:26 PM

I don't use a change container; I don't like rolling large amounts at once and I categorically REFUSE to gice Coinstar 8.9% (that's 9 cents out of every dollar!) to do it for me.

Instead, I have a plastic container with 4 change tubes in it, each sized to contain 1 roll of the 4 common coins. I take my change out of my pocket each night and separate it into the 4 tubes, and when a tube fills up I roll it.

I'm currently up to $83 (that's since I got back from WDW on Dec 13). I expect to have about $100 in change by the time I head back to WDW on May 19, which will almost pay for my rental car!

DisneyGrandpa3 · 04-19-2005, 05:16 PM

You can take the change to a Commerce Bank - they have the machine that adds the coins and it is free - they do not take a percentage. I know there are some other banks doing this too, you do not need to have an account there. You can just walk in and empty your change jars.

SHEANA1226 · 04-20-2005, 11:27 AM

We keep a seperate container for quarters and one for the rest of the change. It adds up fast!

DISNEYGOOF · 04-20-2005, 02:35 PM

Congrats, that's great!

bonphil · 04-20-2005, 02:59 PM

I also save all my change. Every month or so I take it to the bank and put it in my Disney fund account. I've been saving change for this trip since we got back from our last trip in 2002.
I also save 2 dollar bills to use for tips! I work in a supermarket and have the office girls save any 2 dollar bills for me, so far I have over 200 dollars.

pluto_n_goofy · 04-20-2005, 09:20 PM

I just take my jar to my local bank. They put it in their machine and then give me the cash for it. No charge, no account, and less work for me! Plus, I tend to have a TON of change so...it adds up quick(man I'm going to have a heavy purse after my 10 day trip to Canada this summer!!...I always wonder where on earth all my money has gone so fast until I get home and realize I have about $20 in change that I didn't bother to use...although I

the fact that our dollar is strong in Canada...CHEAP!! yay!)