[Kelly]

I save my change and when I have a bunch, I take it to the bank and exchange it for bills. Today I took in a quart sized mason jar of coins and exchanged it for $82 in bills. It’s the change in my pocket at the end of the day. I never miss it. It’s such an easy way to save money.

I recently tried a new approach to saving money by collecting and saving spare change, whether it was rounding up on purchases or setting aside small amounts regularly. Over time, I was amazed to see how quickly it added up—I ended up with an unexpected $82!

I hadn’t even noticed how quickly those small amounts grew into something substantial. I’d love to hear from others who’ve tried similar methods or have tips on saving extra cash through small, consistent habits.

How do you make saving easy and fun?

And what’s the most surprising amount you’ve saved without realizing it?

[Cameron]

Do they charge you for it my bank used to do it for free
Now I use it through self check out

[Renee]

I save it until I am going on a trip and then cash it in. When the kids were younger I would split it between them for their spending money.

[Christie]

I used to save a lot more change. One time I saved change for over a year and had enough to buy a 350 dollar plane ticket! It was great!

[Teri]

I just turned in the bottle I put my change in and it was over $300. It was a bigger jar and took several years.

When my kids were little we would save and turn in once a year and do something special with it.

[Zarina]

We put in a big tub,
Once filled every few years we donate to charity.

[Terri]

I cashed my change jar in about two weeks ago. A jar of change turned in to almost $225 in dollar bills. That will be used for Christmas presents.

[Chris]

We save our change & use it for our vacation. For the extras like activites, special foods that we would’t buy if we did not save the change.

[Vanessa]

We saved our 1$ bills for the last 6 months took those in yesterday $701 for extra cushion in the checking account.

[Laurie]

Hate change. Started to give it to the Santa’s ringing their bell for Salvation Army. About $80.

[Jody]

For Christmas one year I saved all my change and filled 2 pint jars which I gave to the 2 kids in my family.

I was shocked when their mom told me they each got over $40.00.

That was more then I would have spent on a gift.

[Brenda]

I called it my “Mad Money” and cashed it in at Christmas….One year I only had $32.00 and told the teller “well, I can’t get too mad with that amount”.

[Rita]

I spend my change I work retail and go through a lot of it and we always run out of pennies dimes or quarters

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