Dec 31 2008
Gadgets: Coins count going in are they subtracted when taken out?
Do you toss your loose coins into a dish on the dresser? I keep mine in a plastic bag. I’ve even seen people use a peanut can with a slot in the lid.
My husband hates to carry or spend pennies. I tell him that they spend just like larger coin – it just takes more of them. Will you stop and pick up a penny on the street? More than once I have dreamed the same recurrent dream. As I walk along street near my home I look down and find piles of coins. From one corner to the nest I find dollars worth of coins.
When I find coins lying around the house I feel the same as I do in my dream. But, dropping them into a dish, bag or can I do not feel the impact of how it all adds up.
Do you have one of those jars that have a counter as a lid? Each time you punch a coin down through the slot a digital readout tracts how much money is in the jar.
That is great but I wonder – what if you remove some coins? As far as I can tell there is not a subtract button. I guess that is the best way to get you to save.
