Comments on: Picking up pennies rocks

By: st

st — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:18:45 +0000

If I find a penny on the ground that is heads up, I pick it up and pocket it for good luck. If I find a penny that is tails up, I turn it over and make it heads up, for the next person.

By: Mega

Mega — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:33:25 +0000

We pick up any money we find and donate it to a charity in New Orleans. THEN we get a tax deduction for our efforts!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:34:48 +0000

My brother and sister-in-law walk to places a lot and she finds more than pennies. Once she found a $20 bill, and once a $50 bill.

Not only are they healthier than most of the rest of us because they walk places that are less than a mile from their home, they pick up (literally) some pocket change on their travels.

Not bad!

By: max

max — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:30:12 +0000

Haha! I love change too. Like some of you other guys, I put it in a jar at the end of every day.

I have changed in my jar for about $300 worth of change before. I assume it is at about that level right now. However, I hope to break that benchmark for this size of jar, and fill it full of silver change before I take it in. Any pennies I find in that same period of time are a bonus.

if you wanna see what that looks like I put up some pictures of it a while back @ http://www.maxopedia.org/?q=chump_change_jar_goodness

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:05:07 +0000

Hey, while you’re looking for pennies… you may spot five dollar bills!

I started a “found bank” five years ago, and it now has $27.44. Not bad for free money!

By: dan

dan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:52:04 +0000

@Blue: on the other hand if you save all your change and go to a commerce bank when you fill up a bin you can walk out with $100+ for very little time. I used to feel that change wasn’t worth it either. Now I just dump it all into an empty milk jug as I empty my pockets before bed.

By: !wanda

!wanda — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:21:53 +0000

@Blue: I found out that the bus takes pennies. So, now I collect them.

By: Blue

Blue — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:51:38 +0000

Hm.. I think i’m the opposite. I actually drop pennies when I receive them.

The extra 3 cents I receive as change is basically zero, and not worth the trip to the bank or grocery store to change it into bills. (think about how much driving alone costs.)

But people find small joy in finding pennies, especially children. So why not drop them for someone else to find?

By: lulugal11

lulugal11 — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:17:28 +0000

I pick up whatever money is lying on the ground. It does not hurt me to pick it up and the benefit of adding to my savings so that I can decrease my debt is what keeps me going.

By: Ryan S.

Ryan S. — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:36:44 +0000

I also pick up pennies (nickels, dimes, etc.). It would be nice if I could pick up $100s, but hey, every cent counts, that’s not just a saying, it’s a philosophy… seriously. Every little bit does help on the bottom line.
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Ryan
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