The 5 Gallon Water Bottle Change Question!?!

tempo_n_groove
tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
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This may be silly but I have a question.

I have one of those clear 5 Gallon Water bottles that I have been filling with change for a few years now.  

It's about 1/10th full.  It's got a ways to go.

My question as with everything going cashless, will I ever fill this thing?

My jar is filled up a little higher than this one.

What does everyone do w their change, lol?!?
Spare change can pile up to a splurge
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    Keep the quarters, everything else goes in the change tray or I hand to my kid
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Keep the quarters, everything else goes in the change tray or I hand to my kid
    And what does F Me do with said quarters?  Find a motel w a shaking bed?  Save them?  Put them in peoples ears?
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,596
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Keep the quarters, everything else goes in the change tray or I hand to my kid
    And what does F Me do with said quarters?  Find a motel w a shaking bed?  Save them?  Put them in peoples ears?
    He pulled them all out of kids' ears!
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,156
    I put change down beside my wallet and keys at night, put it back in my pocket the next morning and spend it when I go to store/grab lunch or whatever. Always have less than a dollar's worth of change that way.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,014
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Keep the quarters, everything else goes in the change tray or I hand to my kid
    And what does F Me do with said quarters?  Find a motel w a shaking bed?  Save them?  Put them in peoples ears?
    He pulled them all out of kids' ears!
    Usually end up going in the kid's piggy bank

    I like the shaking bed idea.  Like places where my shoes stick to the rug.  (Not really!)
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    Poncier said:
    I put change down beside my wallet and keys at night, put it back in my pocket the next morning and spend it when I go to store/grab lunch or whatever. Always have less than a dollar's worth of change that way.
    The point is to fill my bottle... Not to prolong it.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Keep the quarters, everything else goes in the change tray or I hand to my kid
    And what does F Me do with said quarters?  Find a motel w a shaking bed?  Save them?  Put them in peoples ears?
    He pulled them all out of kids' ears!
    lol.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,156
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    I put change down beside my wallet and keys at night, put it back in my pocket the next morning and spend it when I go to store/grab lunch or whatever. Always have less than a dollar's worth of change that way.
    The point is to fill my bottle... Not to prolong it.
    It's been a few years and the bottle is 1/10th full...you ain't never filling that bad boy.
    My advice is to toss a couple bucks of change in your pocket on the daily, us it when you buy a coffee/soda that say is $2,55, pay with 2 bucks, 2 quarters and a nickel, lather rinse, repeat until that bottle is empty.
    It will get emptied way quicker than filled if its only 10% full now.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,566
    a 2 liter bottle filled with dimes is supposed to equal $700. we made it over 3/4 the way before giving up

    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I am amazed that people are still regularly dealing with change. There is only one place I use cash these days and that's my local farmers' market, where one stand out of about 30 only accepts cash while the others accept credit cards. If I want to buy their produce in particular I have to come prepared but aside from that I haven't dealt in cash (except while traveling overseas this summer) in over a year. It's so much simpler not dealing with cash. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    oftenreading said:
    I am amazed that people are still regularly dealing with change. There is only one place I use cash these days and that's my local farmers' market, where one stand out of about 30 only accepts cash while the others accept credit cards. If I want to buy their produce in particular I have to come prepared but aside from that I haven't dealt in cash (except while traveling overseas this summer) in over a year. It's so much simpler not dealing with cash. 
    There are a lot of places that still only deal w cash so I have it on me at all times.  I think cash is still king and don't want to see it fully disappear.

    My change situation is getting tougher obviously which is why I posed the question.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    I put change down beside my wallet and keys at night, put it back in my pocket the next morning and spend it when I go to store/grab lunch or whatever. Always have less than a dollar's worth of change that way.
    The point is to fill my bottle... Not to prolong it.
    It's been a few years and the bottle is 1/10th full...you ain't never filling that bad boy.
    My advice is to toss a couple bucks of change in your pocket on the daily, us it when you buy a coffee/soda that say is $2,55, pay with 2 bucks, 2 quarters and a nickel, lather rinse, repeat until that bottle is empty.
    It will get emptied way quicker than filled if its only 10% full now.
    I am committed, lol.

    Ill take a pic of it and show everyone.  Maybe it's more than that.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    Malroth said:
    a 2 liter bottle filled with dimes is supposed to equal $700. we made it over 3/4 the way before giving up

    I've heard one full of pennies is only $200.  Imagine going through all that for $200, lol?!?
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,566
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Malroth said:
    a 2 liter bottle filled with dimes is supposed to equal $700. we made it over 3/4 the way before giving up

    I've heard one full of pennies is only $200.  Imagine going through all that for $200, lol?!?

    and then rolling them up in those change tubes
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,156
    Malroth said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Malroth said:
    a 2 liter bottle filled with dimes is supposed to equal $700. we made it over 3/4 the way before giving up

    I've heard one full of pennies is only $200.  Imagine going through all that for $200, lol?!?

    and then rolling them up in those change tubes
    That's why people are willing to use those CoinStar machines and lose out on 12% of the cash.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,244
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    I am amazed that people are still regularly dealing with change. There is only one place I use cash these days and that's my local farmers' market, where one stand out of about 30 only accepts cash while the others accept credit cards. If I want to buy their produce in particular I have to come prepared but aside from that I haven't dealt in cash (except while traveling overseas this summer) in over a year. It's so much simpler not dealing with cash. 
    There are a lot of places that still only deal w cash so I have it on me at all times.  I think cash is still king and don't want to see it fully disappear.

    My change situation is getting tougher obviously which is why I posed the question.
    Yeah, I always keep somewhere between $20-$60 in my wallet. I prefer cashless, but you never know when you'll need it.

    As for the change, I do the same, albeit in a much smaller container. For some reason sorting the coins and putting them in the tubes is very satisfying to me. I deposited over $800 of rolled coins one time.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    So it’s a 1/5th full. 
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,156
    So probably only 20 years to go.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    I think I've amassed about $1.47 in change over the last 15 years.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    Poncier said:
    So probably only 20 years to go.
    Life goals.

    It is seriously something I would like to do.

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