Money Taking found change from the automatic checkout - Page 3

**Rain Man** · 04-21-2019, 07:13 PM

When I go to the grocery store, I do the automatic checkout so I don't have to have human interaction. Often, when I reach my checkout stand, there'll be some change in the little change receptacle. Usually it's 10 cents or so, with some combination of pennies and nickels and dimes. Today it was thirty cents - three dimes.

I always surreptitiously scoop it up and pocket it. I doubt that the shopper before me will come back looking for it, and if I don't take it someone else behind me will. The only time I've not taken it was when there was six dollars in it, and in that case I gave it to the employee who monitors the self-checkout. I figure someone may come back in for six dollars, though I suspect mostly likely the employee ended up with it in the end.

So what's your rule when you see loose change in the change bin? Do you take it or leave it or write a note and turn it in?

patteeu · 04-22-2019, 02:41 AM

I’m in the keep it up to some dollar amount and beyond that turn it in, but I’m not sure what that amount is. Maybe $10?

I think it might make a difference how crowded the store is. If there are very few customers around during off hour shopping I’m more likely to keep a larger amount on the theory whoever lost it is probably long gone. In a crowded store where the person ahead of me just left as I stepped up to the auto-cashier, I might just leave it even if it was just a pile of change because they could easily return.

Chargem · 04-22-2019, 02:49 AM

I literally hate coin based change, I would not burden myself with it for pretty much any amount. The very few times I ever pay cash I am tempted just to leave the coins.

oldman · 04-22-2019, 07:42 AM

I pay with cash up to about $25 because I tend to over spend if I don't. That said, I just stick the coins in my pocket or the cup holder if I'm in the car. Oldwoman is a farm girl so she digs them out and throws them in a change jar. The last time she counted, it was over $175. Yeah, I didn't get any of that.

burt · 04-22-2019, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishpicker

I try as much as possible not to use self checkout. I'm not gonna volunteer my labor to a grocery chain just so they can employ fewer people.

This is 100% how I feel.

**ptlyon** · 04-22-2019, 08:24 AM

I take all my change from my day and put it in a rectangular Ziplock plastic container when I get home. Unless I'm going through a drive thru, then I put it in a cup in my truck.

It was full last month so I took it to the bank. $357.87 was in there. Paid for the fishing trip I was going on.

I have an absolutely full coors light party ball that I have been filling since the early 90's off and on. Going to have to piece that out and take that to the bank in trips.

**Donger** · 04-22-2019, 08:31 AM

Years ago, I was waiting in my car behind a guy at the ATM. He was taking forever. He finally threw up his hands and took off. I pulled up and saw a wad of twenties. I thought for a second then decided to chase him down. It took a few miles, but I finally got him to pull over. He was scared.

**SAUTO** · 04-22-2019, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TwistedChief

People have compared my job to picking up pennies in front of a bulldozer, so I make a point of picking up coins found on the street (exceptions are subway platforms and restrooms).

But when it comes to change that’s left on the counter at a store, I’m ambivalent. I end up leaving it hoping that it ends up with someone who needs it just a bit more.

Would that be commodity speculation?

FAX · 04-22-2019, 08:52 AM

I take it every single time.

Then I drop it in the first available charity bucket I find.

FAX

Frosty · 04-22-2019, 08:54 AM

The one I struggle with is at one of our local grocery stores. Even in the regular lanes (they don't have self-check), they have machines on the counter that give you back the coins part of your change if you pay cash. Frequently, people just leave their coins in there. I almost never take it unless I happen to pay cash (which is rare) and my change gets mixed in because, well - it isn't mine. Someone will take it though. I doubt the customers come back for a few coins.

PunkinDrublic · 04-22-2019, 09:26 AM

I’m a cheap ass who picks up coins whenever I see them so yeah I’m taking it. Coins can add up quick. When my change jar is full I cash it in and add it to my emergency fund. I’m paranoid about not having enough money stashed away for emergencies.

View Poll Results: What do you do with the previous shopper's leftover change in the self-checkout?
I always leave it. It's not my money.	14	27.45%
I take it, but only if it's under a certain amount. I seek to harm no one.	8	15.69%
I take it, but only if it's over a certain amount. I'm not going to bother with chump change.	0	0%
I always take it. It's essentially lost treasure that I found.	22	43.14%
I don't shop at places that have self-checkout. Those are for commoners.	5	9.80%
My culture has no monetary system. It's mostly barter.	2	3.92%
Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

04-21-2019, 07:13 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3368491 VARSITY	Taking found change from the automatic checkout When I go to the grocery store, I do the automatic checkout so I don't have to have human interaction. Often, when I reach my checkout stand, there'll be some change in the little change receptacle. Usually it's 10 cents or so, with some combination of pennies and nickels and dimes. Today it was thirty cents - three dimes. I always surreptitiously scoop it up and pocket it. I doubt that the shopper before me will come back looking for it, and if I don't take it someone else behind me will. The only time I've not taken it was when there was six dollars in it, and in that case I gave it to the employee who monitors the self-checkout. I figure someone may come back in for six dollars, though I suspect mostly likely the employee ended up with it in the end. So what's your rule when you see loose change in the change bin? Do you take it or leave it or write a note and turn it in?
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04-22-2019, 02:41 AM	#31
patteeu The 23rd Pillar Join Date: Sep 2002 Casino cash: $10019237	I’m in the keep it up to some dollar amount and beyond that turn it in, but I’m not sure what that amount is. Maybe $10? I think it might make a difference how crowded the store is. If there are very few customers around during off hour shopping I’m more likely to keep a larger amount on the theory whoever lost it is probably long gone. In a crowded store where the person ahead of me just left as I stepped up to the auto-cashier, I might just leave it even if it was just a pile of change because they could easily return. __________________ “Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it.” - Lindsay Graham
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04-22-2019, 02:49 AM	#32
Chargem Veteran Join Date: Feb 2018 Casino cash: $3960400	I literally hate coin based change, I would not burden myself with it for pretty much any amount. The very few times I ever pay cash I am tempted just to leave the coins.
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04-22-2019, 07:42 AM	#33
oldman Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North by Northwest Casino cash: $5836784	I pay with cash up to about $25 because I tend to over spend if I don't. That said, I just stick the coins in my pocket or the cup holder if I'm in the car. Oldwoman is a farm girl so she digs them out and throws them in a change jar. The last time she counted, it was over $175. Yeah, I didn't get any of that.
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04-22-2019, 08:24 AM	#35
ptlyon Bono & Grbac wasn't enough Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sioux City, IA Casino cash: $13153829	I take all my change from my day and put it in a rectangular Ziplock plastic container when I get home. Unless I'm going through a drive thru, then I put it in a cup in my truck. It was full last month so I took it to the bank. $357.87 was in there. Paid for the fishing trip I was going on. I have an absolutely full coors light party ball that I have been filling since the early 90's off and on. Going to have to piece that out and take that to the bank in trips. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advertise here: $19.99 a month
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04-22-2019, 08:31 AM	#36
Donger "Think BOOM!" Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W Casino cash: $10399900 VARSITY	Years ago, I was waiting in my car behind a guy at the ATM. He was taking forever. He finally threw up his hands and took off. I pulled up and saw a wad of twenties. I thought for a second then decided to chase him down. It took a few miles, but I finally got him to pull over. He was scared. __________________ I think the young people enjoy it when I "get down," verbally, don't you?
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04-22-2019, 08:52 AM	#38
FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	I take it every single time. Then I drop it in the first available charity bucket I find. FAX
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04-22-2019, 08:54 AM	#39
Frosty Go Beavers! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Warshington Casino cash: $5728243	The one I struggle with is at one of our local grocery stores. Even in the regular lanes (they don't have self-check), they have machines on the counter that give you back the coins part of your change if you pay cash. Frequently, people just leave their coins in there. I almost never take it unless I happen to pay cash (which is rare) and my change gets mixed in because, well - it isn't mine. Someone will take it though. I doubt the customers come back for a few coins.
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04-22-2019, 09:26 AM	#40
PunkinDrublic Stay down bitch! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $6460670	I’m a cheap ass who picks up coins whenever I see them so yeah I’m taking it. Coins can add up quick. When my change jar is full I cash it in and add it to my emergency fund. I’m paranoid about not having enough money stashed away for emergencies. __________________ Disappointing my parents since 1976
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