Money Loose change on the ground. Do you pick it up? - Page 3

**Rain Man** · 11-18-2015, 02:34 PM

On my walk home from work yesterday, I found 87 cents on the ground. I'm not sure why there was 87 cents on the ground, but it was three quarters and twelve pennies all lying together. I'm not going to pass up 87 cents.

However, I wasn't born yesterday. Before I picked it up, I looked around to be sure it wasn't a trap. There were no snares, no people hiding in the bushes, and the coins didn't look like they'd been superheated. So I scooped them up.

There's a little bit of context for picking up coinage on the ground. If I'm in a busy pedestrian area, I generally won't stop for anything under a quarter. But if I'm walking by myself and see a penny, heck yeah. You invest that penny in google, and you probably end up with a quarter by the time you retire.

What's the smallest amount of money that's worth stopping and bending down for? For poll purposes, you can assume that you're walking by yourself in a non-crowded area where you don't know anyone.

ThaVirus · 11-19-2015, 12:56 AM

I once had a protein powder container full of coins that I cashed in for like $140 or something.. And that's nothing compared to some of the stories I've heard from others.

I'll continue to hoard coins I find until I'm physically incapable/the juice just isn't worth the squeeze anymore.

Squalor2 · 11-19-2015, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I once had a protein powder container full of coins that I cashed in for like $140 or something.. And that's nothing compared to some of the stories I've heard from others.

I'll continue to hoard coins I find until I'm physically incapable/the juice just isn't worth the squeeze anymore.

maybe the protein container turned your pennis into nickels, nickels into dimes, dimes to quarters, and you still had a pennis.

ThaVirus · 11-19-2015, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Squalor2

maybe the protein container turned your pennis into nickels, nickels into dimes, dimes to quarters, and you still had a pennis.

Huh?

Stinger · 11-19-2015, 03:30 AM

I find that the older I get the denomination of money has to proportionate. When I was younger pennies, nickles, and dimes were fair game. Then it was nothing but quarters. Now unless it is a bill not worth the effort and my back thanks me.

**DaneMcCloud** · 11-19-2015, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Upright Citizens Brigade. Kind of like Second City, or The Groundlings.

That's Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. Matt Besser and Amy Poehler started there as well. Andy Daly and Horatio Sanz passed through as well.

That theater is literally down the street from me and I've passed it everyday since 2011 dropping off and picking up my kids from preschool, yet I've never been there once to see a show.

Man, I'm lame sometimes.

KCUnited · 11-19-2015, 06:54 AM

I actually lose money by taking the time to stop and pick up change.

Frosty · 11-19-2015, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

Nothing less than a quarter is worth the strain it puts on my body to reach down and pick it up.

But it's like getting paid to exercise.

scho63 · 11-19-2015, 09:26 AM

I'm the guy THROWING away the pennies you guys pick up. I NEVER accept pennies from a store or any other establishment. If they want to give me back 1,2, or 3 pennies I tell them to keep them or put them on the register for someone to use. If they try to give me back 4 pennies I tell them I want a nickel and they always oblige.

You need to save 10,000 pennies for a hundred bucks. I got better things to do with my time.

Frosty · 11-19-2015, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by scho63

I'm the guy THROWING away the pennies you guys pick up. I NEVER accept pennies from a store or any other establishment. If they want to give me back 1,2, or 3 pennies I tell them to keep them or put them on the register for someone to use. If they try to give me back 4 pennies I tell them I want a nickel and they always oblige.

You need to save 10,000 pennies for a hundred bucks. I got better things to do with my time.

We really need to stop producing pennies. It's a monumental waste of money.

**Rausch** · 11-19-2015, 09:46 AM

Free is free.

**Rausch** · 11-19-2015, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

We really need to stop producing pennies. It's a monumental waste of money.

And even though there's only a very tiny bit of copper in them these days it's valuable.

Jump up and save it.

Most transactions are digital (debt/credit/welfare/phones) anyway...

Radar Chief · 11-19-2015, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

We really need to stop producing pennies. It's a monumental waste of money.

That day is quickly approaching.

Frosty · 11-19-2015, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

Most transactions are digital (debt/credit/welfare/phones) anyway...

When Canada dropped the penny, they kept everything the same for electronic payment and just round up or down to the nearest nickle for any cash payments. Super simple.

Instead, we are wasting money making new designs for our pennies.

**DaFace** · 11-19-2015, 10:33 AM

I'd pick up a quarter, but hesitate. I hate carrying any cash, and change is the worst.

BWillie · 11-19-2015, 10:42 AM

There is 144,000 seconds per 40 hours. So, $160,000 a year, that is $3076 a week, and earning $0.02 per second. Assuming it takes 5 seconds to notice, evaluate, and pick up a coin, it is only worth my time to pick it up if it is a dime or more.

View Poll Results: The smallest amount of on-the-ground money I will stop to pick up is...
A penny. Hey, currency is currency and it adds up.	34	39.53%
A nickel. You can still buy stuff with a nickel, kind of.	11	12.79%
A dime. I'm a fan of Roosevelt.	6	6.98%
A quarter. Quarters are quite useful in everyday life.	23	26.74%
A dollar (bill or coin). It gives me a reason to approach the stripper on stage.	7	8.14%
$5 bill. That and a quarter will buy me something at Starbucks.	1	1.16%
$10 bill. In 1979 that would buy an entire Styx album.	0	0%
$20 bill. That will cover all my Christmas shopping.	2	2.33%
$100 bill. I can use it to light my cigar with.	0	0%
I never pick up money off the ground. You don't know where it's been, other than the ground.	0	0%
I live in a non-currency-based society. Ask me about walrus tusk or mollusk shells.	2	2.33%
Voters: 86. You may not vote on this poll

11-18-2015, 02:34 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-572449 VARSITY	Loose change on the ground. Do you pick it up? On my walk home from work yesterday, I found 87 cents on the ground. I'm not sure why there was 87 cents on the ground, but it was three quarters and twelve pennies all lying together. I'm not going to pass up 87 cents. However, I wasn't born yesterday. Before I picked it up, I looked around to be sure it wasn't a trap. There were no snares, no people hiding in the bushes, and the coins didn't look like they'd been superheated. So I scooped them up. There's a little bit of context for picking up coinage on the ground. If I'm in a busy pedestrian area, I generally won't stop for anything under a quarter. But if I'm walking by myself and see a penny, heck yeah. You invest that penny in google, and you probably end up with a quarter by the time you retire. What's the smallest amount of money that's worth stopping and bending down for? For poll purposes, you can assume that you're walking by yourself in a non-crowded area where you don't know anyone.
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11-19-2015, 12:56 AM	#31
ThaVirus 5 o’clock free crack giveaway Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $-1717631	I once had a protein powder container full of coins that I cashed in for like $140 or something.. And that's nothing compared to some of the stories I've heard from others. I'll continue to hoard coins I find until I'm physically incapable/the juice just isn't worth the squeeze anymore.
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11-19-2015, 03:30 AM	#34
Stinger Bazinga Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $2014507	I find that the older I get the denomination of money has to proportionate. When I was younger pennies, nickles, and dimes were fair game. Then it was nothing but quarters. Now unless it is a bill not worth the effort and my back thanks me. __________________
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11-19-2015, 06:54 AM	#36
KCUnited Cheat Death Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln Casino cash: $-1511756	I actually lose money by taking the time to stop and pick up change.
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11-19-2015, 09:26 AM	#38
scho63 Politically Incorrect Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Casino cash: $-830000	I'm the guy THROWING away the pennies you guys pick up. I NEVER accept pennies from a store or any other establishment. If they want to give me back 1,2, or 3 pennies I tell them to keep them or put them on the register for someone to use. If they try to give me back 4 pennies I tell them I want a nickel and they always oblige. You need to save 10,000 pennies for a hundred bucks. I got better things to do with my time. __________________ *"The only difference between sex for free and sex for money is that sex for free costs you a WHOLE LOT more!"* ~Redd Foxx~ ~~2018 2019 2020 20212022 2023~~ 2024 Adopt a Chief - Clark Hunt and Brett Veach "The men who drafted Patrick Mahomes"
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11-19-2015, 10:33 AM	#44
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $-1773101	I'd pick up a quarter, but hesitate. I hate carrying any cash, and change is the worst.
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11-19-2015, 10:42 AM	#45
BWillie Are you ready to Rumble? Join Date: Apr 2006 Casino cash: $-1358759	There is 144,000 seconds per 40 hours. So, $160,000 a year, that is $3076 a week, and earning $0.02 per second. Assuming it takes 5 seconds to notice, evaluate, and pick up a coin, it is only worth my time to pick it up if it is a dime or more.
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