Re: The Money Jar Trap - Why Many Lose Money With A Coin Jar
I still save my coins. One, there is absolutely NOTHING stopping me from counting the coins and rolling them myself. I mean, really. Is it that big of a hassle? Not for me. Even if I have to write my account number on them to deposit the rolls in the bank or one of my credit unions, its better than wasting the money on a Coinstar machine. Been there, done that, NEVER doing it again.
Two, one of my two credit unions counts the coins for me when I bring them to the counter. In fact, they won't take coin rolls anymore. (To easy to get ripped off that way, I suppose.) All I have to do is take my coin jar up to the counter and they do the work for me at no cost. Its really that simple.
Before that, I used to take a dollar's worth of change with me every time I went to the grocery store and asked the clerk for an actual dollar bill in exchange. Took longer to change all my coins into cash that way, but at least it didn't cost me anything.
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