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Old 29-07-2012, 02:37 PM   #31
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

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Bought one of those tins, but I'm really bad with 'saving' ... actually, I suck.
I get frustrated with knowing that I have money sitting there that could be in my wallet. ahahah

But I'll be starting to save for a new car soon, so that tin that can only be opened with a grinder sounds like a good idea to me! :P
especially if you dont own a grinder....
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Old 29-07-2012, 02:49 PM   #32
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We have always had spare money tins in our house and my boys have always had their own ones since they were little. Always the kind you can not break into and need a can opener to crack them open.

I have one just for gold coins and one for silver...I hate church change rattling around everywhere!

We tend to open them around Christmas time. Last year I used some of the coins I saved to buy toys for the AFF Toy Run and the we also bought some other presents etc. The little money tin, holds between $300 to $400 depending on what you put in there and the large tin for silver only, is about $100- $180.

You really don't miss the odd coin here and there and YES...It is amazing how quickly it all adds up!

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Old 29-07-2012, 03:00 PM   #33
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

My change goes towards taking my Dad and I to the Musclecar Masters every couple of years.

Best reason to save change I reckon.

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Old 29-07-2012, 03:22 PM   #34
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

i used to have on that needed tin snips to open. for the last 20 years i haven't had one, because i opened it
now it just needs to be tipped upside down, but it still does the exact same job
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Old 29-07-2012, 03:29 PM   #35
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

As a kid i use to bust my tin open all the time so now i just use a old milo tin with a lid, Probably why i can save now lol..
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Old 30-07-2012, 12:44 PM   #36
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

I've just got a container I put all my silver into.

Gold goes back in the wallet for a snack or drink out the machines at work, also handy to have a bit of gold. All the silver though, straight into the container. I then eventually bag it all up and take it to the bank.

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Container is a bugger to lift at the moment. Heavy money is heavy!
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Old 30-07-2012, 04:15 PM   #37
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

Used to have a big coffee jar that I'd put 50 cent pieces in...it weighed a ton when it was full, can't remember how much was in there, but it was a couple of hundred.

It's better to have one that's made out of a tin or something...if you or your kids can see how much is in there, it's a constant reminder and too much of a temptation. "Out of sight, out of mind" and all that.
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Old 30-07-2012, 07:16 PM   #38
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

went and bought one of the big tins today and emptied my drawer of change into it

still deciding if i want to get the kids their own to save/spend or have a 'family' jar.
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Old 30-07-2012, 07:39 PM   #39
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

my car just has a coin box, all my change goes in that.
used to work out to be about $20 a week. but i usually spend it on coffee these days..
my savings happens in the bank. anything that comes out gets spent.. haha
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Old 30-07-2012, 09:02 PM   #40
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

I have one that can be opened. I get $100 or so in it before I open it.
I think I need an unopenable one so I can save better.
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Old 31-07-2012, 08:11 AM   #41
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Off topic: but is that a Tardis USB hub or something I see there in the background? Cool...
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Old 31-07-2012, 09:55 AM   #42
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

got a jar at home, with "poo change" in it

but this thread has inspired me to go and buy a big note tin. as i want a pergola soon!
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Old 31-07-2012, 08:49 PM   #43
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This sounds like a great idea. There's always plenty of shrapnel lying around on my desk or in the falcon...I think it's time to start saving up! Thanks for the idea
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My missus takes all my money and I never see it again.

I'm sure there's something wrong with that equation.
reminds my of the joke where a guy has his credit cars stolen.
But its all good the theif is spending less then his wife.
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Old 01-08-2012, 06:14 PM   #45
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I get 4.50 change from ten bucks when i buy a carlton dry at the pub so my change tin has heaps of 2buck coins and 50 cent pieces,take it to the bank every so often and put it into my account and usually get between 100-170 buckaroos.
Nothing worse than a wallet full of silvers pulling your pants down.
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Old 01-08-2012, 07:21 PM   #46
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I've been putting loose change in a 1L stein that I have. Just counted it up (this thread inspired me to) and it is at $132.. Not bad
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Old 01-08-2012, 08:13 PM   #47
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I grabbed this for free when i got a bottle of southo a few months back..700ml of change.


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Old 01-08-2012, 09:58 PM   #48
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My old boss cut a hole in the floor of his house with a hole saw and just fed the change under the house, when it filled up to floor level about 300mm he would shove a stick in and spread it out and keep going, been doing it for nearly 5 years now, only way to get it out is pull some boards up, his kids are good and getting chop sticks and pulling 2 buck out here and there
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Old 01-08-2012, 10:09 PM   #49
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Default Re: Unopenable money tins.

when I was at camp Id use a pringles container.. but Ive got a heap of jars /containers laying around with all my small change in them
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Old 01-08-2012, 10:57 PM   #50
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Unopenable??



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Old 02-08-2012, 01:59 AM   #51
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sort of on topic, i always pick up change when i see it lying around at work or anywhere else.
even if its 5c.

so many ppl throw money away like its worth nothing!

have probably picked up 100's of $ by now
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Old 02-08-2012, 08:29 PM   #52
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The mrs made me buy her an artsy piggy bank that holds only a bit, then gets emptied into a glass jar that I empty for coffee money... Think I need to head to the reject shop tomorrow!
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Five cent pieces are everywhere. And I always seem to have heaps of them.

I'm going start putting my change into a money box I have at home.

No more stubby holders for me!
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Old 03-08-2012, 12:23 PM   #54
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Ive got a old container and throw my 5c 10c and 20c in when my wallet gets fill of them and every year just go to the bank with the full container...
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Old 03-08-2012, 12:50 PM   #55
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I just donate my old shrapnel
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and on the topic of picking up coins on the ground, i decided a while ago that i wasn't going to be taking the pleasure away from a child.
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my mrs raids my wallet of all the silver in it every night. We usually have a few hundred every year we spend on our anniversary.
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My tin is already nearly a third full, I have chucked in many 20 and 50 notes, 5 and 10 too, plus heaps of gold. Must have hundreds in there already!
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I use to have a cup for shrapnel. Raided it whenever i needed mower fuel money.
Since i use card for just about everything i dont have change often.
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I dont see the point of having hundreds or even thousends of dollars sitting in your house in a money box.
I put all my spare money in a high interest savings account. Currently about 5.5%
Not much interest, but at least it's something. The only extra i get with my money laying around the house is dust.
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The point is its better saved with no interest than spent on junk you don't need( alcohol, fast food etc). I deposit a huge amount into my savings weekly but need living cash too. Whatever I don't use I put in the tin.
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