So yesterday my family and I were going out for our weekly morning breakfast and run our errands at the same time. We were going to Publix for groceries as well and he suggested we empty the kids piggy banks and changed them for bills. Well the kids were all excited. They ran to there rooms and bought them out. I got some shopping bags and were placing them in there. My daughter reminded me of the one up on her shelf that she couldn't reach. I went and got it and started to empty it, I didn't realize how much money she had in there! Then there was one in my son's room as well on top of a shelf. He too had alot in there.
So we headed out to run our errands. Our last stop was Publx we got a shopping cart since it was to heavy to carry. We started to empty the coins in the machine and the kids were having a blast. Man it was so loud everyone was looking at us. Do you realize how fast that change adds up? My husband and I was just floored when we saw our total. It took about 45 minutes to finish and the manager had to come and empty it when we were done. That is how much change we had.
Took the reciept to the customer service desk to get our money. It was a total of 800.00 dollars. Now you pay a service fee to have it exchanged, 8 cents per dollar. Not too bad, so we walked away with 750.00 dollars. Can you believe that?
So we told the kids that it would be split 3 ways and put in to there bank accounts! So we got home and they found some change that must have fallen on the floor when we were putting them in the bags. I told them to put it in there piggy banks and we would start from fresh again!
So what do you do with your loose change? Do you just let it sit there, have you ever thought of changing it? Well if you didn't know that some of the grocery stores have this machine, well they do, and they all charge the same fee. Winn Dixie also has it and if you get a gift card for either circuit city or I forgot the other store you don't get charged that fee!
Now what do you plan on doing with your loose change?
Have Fun, Play Safe, Live Hard!!
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