"Tracy" > wrote in message
...
> Kathleen wrote:
>> Tracy wrote:
>>
>>> Kathleen wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> My husband and I throw our change into a giant jar. When it starts
>>>> looking pretty full we count and roll it up while watching TV. Over
>>>> the years we've bought a $2,000 CD for an IRA, bookcases, plane fare to
>>>> Phoenix for a family emergency, Valentine's Day donations to the
>>>> American Heart Association at our kids' schools (a penny for your
>>>> heart!) and two different trampolines.
>>>>
>>>> The funds accumulate more slowly than they used to - the kids raid it
>>>> for Slurpee money.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have one of those water cooler bottles - 5 gallons? - filled maybe a
>>> fifth of the way with mostly silver. There has got to be a couple-few
>>> hundred dollars in there. The DH has periodically taken money from it
>>> for trips to Foxwoods Casino but for the most part it has been left
>>> alone.
>>>
>>> I really should wrap it up and put it in the bank. None of the banks
>>> around me have free coin counting and I will not put it in one of those
>>> coinstar machines.
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>> (who is going to the bank today to get some coin wrappers - a lot of
>>> coin wrappers)
>>
>> Good for you. IIRC, Coinstar charges 7.5% for totaling up your coinage.
>>
>> Blow that!
>>
>> Count and roll it up yourself while watching something mindless.
>>
>
> Um, does watching American Idol count as mindless? ;-)
> I think Coinstar is free if you put your cash on an amazon card or maybe
> Bestbuy. I am not interested in limiting myself like that as much as I buy
> from both....
>
> -Tracy


Yeah, American Idol qualifies as mindless amusement I don't know about
Coinstar since I don't want my money put on a "card" only to be used in
specific establishments. It may work well for you. But then again, I don't
consider wrapping the coins myself and putting the money into my checking
account "limiting". Your method limits you to specific vendors/retailers.

Jill