Spare Change! What do You do With Your Spare Change??

If I'm getting work, I can accumulate my change...but not at the moment. I can usually get to about $30 and that means I can do a quick shop without touching what's in the bank. I also like to have some cash on me so my purse/wallet is not empty. Living in a remote area, one has to be prepared for all contingencies. Things are a bit tough at the moment....it is but a momentary lapse in my good fortune, prosperity and abundance.

great question - this change does not last long I would say a maximum of 4-5 days before being spent !!And if saved during one week I don't think it would even buy a decent lunch!!

I used to save it in a jar and then roll them up and take them to the bank to exchange for bills. Recently, I've just been carrying them in my wallet so I can use the coins when I purchase items.

Hi artistry, I try and keep hold of it ready for when I go to the market in town as I always need change there to pay for the vegetables and fruit. As I keep it in my wallet though it usually ends up being spent before I get there and then I have to get more before I go.

hello artistry,i always use the spare change as needed and never save it. i often go shopping at supper market,and ofter use the apare change,as you know,the super market like to mark the price "9.90" and so on.when i check out,the total amount is rarely integer and the spare change is useful at this time.

It depends on where I am when I encounter it. If I am in the car it goes in the cup holder for the newspaper machine and the odd amount at the drive thru window. If I am at home, it goes in a bowl in the kitchen, the kids will grab from it for an ice cream or if they need a few cents for something at school. When the bowl is full I dump it in this giant glass piggy bank my mom got me years ago to keep my tips in. We try to never take out of pig and let it accumulate until there is something we really want to spend the money on. The last time we cashed out pig for the silver in him was a year ago and we took out 800.00 and took our son and his friend to chicago to the shedd aquarium, we had a ball and the entire trip was guilt free, no credit cards and no worries about spending money we might have needed for other things.

I always carry a pouch with compartments for my currency notes, glasses cards and one for the change. Here most of the things are bought by tendering the rupee notes and most of the shops won't be having enough loose change to give back as balance. I prefer to tender the exact amount not willing to face the awkward smile on the cahier that he or she is not having the change. And parking lots too need a lot of loose change. So I do replenish my loose change or change them to spend in the ways I have mentioned. No way can I save them.

Whatever spare change comes gets spent almost everyday in buying the usual things meant for the household. I do not keep a tab on how much of it has been accumulating as the more it comes the more it goes.Spare change is useful since when something has been purchased the shopkeepers invariably ask for change and if i do not have it then they do not give the change back.Thats why i try to get as much change as possible so that i do not have a shortfall.

I just keep it in my purse so when I need some change I will use it. I use to save my spare change but not anymore.

we put spare change in an empty bottle of bottled water and when it is full we bring it to the church. we give it as a donation. so all lose change or spare change we put it in the bottle. actually our church gives out empty bottled water for us to put those spare change. instead of just letting it lie at home it can be bought food and drinks for those who are less fortunate. the church feeds a lot of less fortunate people.

Throw it in a glass bottle. When the bottle gets full, I take it off to the bank. Trust me, all that spare change adds up. I've never really had it counted but I assume there's a fair amount in there. Every penny counts, especially the way things are today.

Ya my spare change gets saved in a special kitty. I am crazy about saving them and put every coin left in my purse into it,actually not only my purse I ransack my parents too! Needless to say that it starts overflowing very fast,then I count them and convert them into higher denominations and save it. It continues this way until I reach my desired amount. Last time the amount was the one printed on the price tag of an watch on which I had been laying my eyes,so as soon as I reached that mark I splurged on that watch!

I like to save coins in a box, when the box was filled with coins, i carry it to supermarket. supermarket staff will provide supervalued gift.

Me and my boyfriend keep our change in seperate places, he has a jar and i have a vase. He has more quarters and me mostly pennies. I dont drive so I use quarters for the bus a lot. But we have cashed in up to fifty dollars. A couple of years ago, my father and I took a drawer of change to the coinstar he had thrown all his change here it ended up being over 800 dollars! Insane!