[Carol]

wahoo!!!!

I've just counted out 920 5c coins out of my "coin jar".
All going to the bank today because the last day for using the old coins is 31st October.
(Don't forget guys!!)


Now..........what to do with it.
Spend it?
Invest it?
Save it?


What a dilemma!
:D

[pieeater]

The hell with it,blow the lot.Treat yourself to a few bottles of wine.Last week I weighed in all the beer cans that my visitors had left me with(honest) plus a few bits and bats and got $126.I took my wife out for lunch,bought some tomato plants,filled the ute up with diesel and spent the balance on beer and wine and it sure felt good.

[jubjub]

Yup, I reckon thats a wine budget alright! Enjoy

[Tia Maria]

I've been meaning to do that, out of interest did you bag it up, or just take your jar in?

Cheers

Tia

PS Spend it on a bottle of Tia Maria!

[diforsyth]

I'm sure ASB are extending the final date for depositing old coins to Christmas. Don't rely on this information though, only try it if you don't manage the end of this month.

I will check on Monday and let you know.

[marcia]

So does that mean the lowest coin in NZ now is the 10 cent coin - will they be rounding stuff in the supermarkets to the nearest 10C?

Just emptied our change jar this week, bagged up what we could, the rest we are trying to spend everywhere - don't think the waitress was impressed with my £3 tip in 5p's, 2p's and 1p's last night!!!!!!!! :laugh

[willsken]

Last week I weighed in all the beer cans that my visitors had left me with(honest) plus a few bits and bats and got $126.

You get money back for beer cans?? OMG we are going to be rich!! ;)

[Smiler]

Soooooooo Carol

What did you do with your riches? :D

[Carol]

Nowt yet...... it's all still in little piles of 20 coins!

Thinking about it....
The Tia Maria is probably in the lead at the moment....:o ;)

[Smiler]

Nowt yet...... it's all still in little piles of 20 coins!

Thinking about it....
The Tia Maria is probably in the lead at the moment....:o ;)

That's it! Spend it wisely. :laugh

[bpk]

I do not understand why NZ does not use any currency less than 10 c and they round everything? in Eu we used to have 1 c coin. Here they round to the 10th c!! So eveytime I go shopping I lose some cents ( only once I got a few)

Now..........what to do with it.
Spend it?
Invest it?
Save it?



Send them to me per post and I will pay you for POSTAGE :laugh

[diforsyth]

I can confirm that ASB and all major banks will accept old silver coins until at least 31 December 2006.

David.

[thepiesleys]

You get money back for beer cans?? OMG we are going to be rich!! ;)


All our troubles are over :cheers

[KerryS]

I do not understand why NZ does not use any currency less than 10 c and they round everything? in Eu we used to have 1 c coin. Here they round to the 10th c!! So eveytime I go shopping I lose some cents ( only once I got a few)

If you pay by Eftpos you won't have this problem. They still take the exact amount.

[westies]

Worth checking the 5 cent coins any dated 2004 can be worth a bit, check on trade me, might as well make some money on them if you are lucky enough to fine 1!!!!