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Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 08 Jun 2011 13:59
by Annemc
Opened mine last week. Had £420 and the copper tin had £55. Well pleased with that :D

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 11 Jun 2011 19:50
by dalin
:D :D just over £500 in our tins,combination of £2 coins and coppers.Very happy indeed.

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 29 Jul 2011 10:06
by beccabeep2011
I think this is a brilliant idea and going to start one on the 1st August for my holiday in next July. I think I'm going save up £1 coins as I rarely get £2 coins but if I do I'll swap them for £1 coins

Oh and thank you for giving me the idea people
Rebecca
:)

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 29 Jul 2011 10:20
by reesy1959
beccabeep2011 wrote:I think this is a brilliant idea and going to start one on the 1st August for my holiday in next July. I think I'm going save up £1 coins as I rarely get £2 coins but if I do I'll swap them for £1 coins

Oh and thank you for giving me the idea people
Rebecca
:)


I buy the tins from B+M or Poundstretcher, sometimes you can get 2 for £1.50 and you need a tin opened to open them, so no temptation around :lol:

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 03 Apr 2012 09:39
by dalin
For some reason over the last few days I have been really tempted to open my tins but as I don't go for ages yet am really resisting the temptation(they are feeling heavy though) :) .Anyone going away soon who has opened theirs?Hope you all get a very pleasant surprise

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 06 Apr 2012 19:24
by dalin
Well decided to cash in my 1p,2p and 5p cause the tin was full.
(couldnt resist any longer :lol: )
well the grand total = £26.77 :( really thought it was a lot more !!!
So gonna leave the £2 one for a while

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 13 May 2012 16:32
by Jozzyd
We have 5 tins this year :D 1 each for the kids, 1 thats full already with shrapnel (20p 10p 1p 2p 5p) a half full shrapnel one and a heavy £2 tin :D :D The £2 tin goes as holiday spends, the shrapnel is our airport/duty free fund and kids is theirs for whatever they want as i make them do jobs for i! Still 83 sleeps til we go so resisting as yet x

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 14 May 2012 05:38
by Elayne
:D hi, my husband and I have been saving £1 each every day in a large bottle been doing this since 1st january and any spare change we have also had a car boot and made just over £200 so will have a tidy sum by august for our 3 week stay

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 16 May 2012 12:27
by Brownie1
3 tins, 12 weeks - there's still time!

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 16 May 2012 12:58
by dotty
I'm getting really tempted to open our tin as its so heavy, but with 34 days to go I'm scared I'll go and spend the money before we even get to the airport.....will have to wait a couple of weeks yet I think :roll:

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 17 May 2012 15:41
by reesy1959
dotty wrote:I'm getting really tempted to open our tin as its so heavy, but with 34 days to go I'm scared I'll go and spend the money before we even get to the airport.....will have to wait a couple of weeks yet I think :roll:


We opened ours in March to meet you and Greg in Glasgow :lol: :lol:

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 18 May 2012 14:03
by dotty
reesy1959 wrote:
dotty wrote:I'm getting really tempted to open our tin as its so heavy, but with 34 days to go I'm scared I'll go and spend the money before we even get to the airport.....will have to wait a couple of weeks yet I think :roll:


We opened ours in March to meet you and Greg in Glasgow :lol: :lol:


Ha-ha, it was money well spent though Mary. You'll need to get another tin on the go for July :lol:

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 18 May 2012 15:58
by reesy1959
I am sure I can afford to keep you on egg and chips for the weekend, saving the tin for Icmeler in Sept :lol:

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 18 May 2012 19:06
by celine2002uk
I opened mine yesterday £670 in it x :lol: :lol:

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 19 May 2012 07:51
by dotty
reesy1959 wrote:I am sure I can afford to keep you on egg and chips for the weekend, saving the tin for Icmeler in Sept :lol:


Mmmmmmm, egg and chips....lovely x

Well done Celine on your £670....don't think I'll have that much but will post when I open it

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 08 Jun 2012 21:11
by dotty
Was supposed to wait till mid week to open the tin but it was really getting the better of me so opened it tonight. Well pleased with the princely sum of £340.75 - don't know where the odd 5p came from as I don't save them..must have been the OH!!!

Have got the cash all bagged up ready to take to the bank next week, after that its on to Boots to try out all the new perfumes so that I know what I'm going to buy at the airport (don't like to waste precious drinking time trying out perfumes!).

Only 10 days to go and oh ya boy I can't wait to get away from the Great British weather :lol: 8)

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 25 Jun 2012 19:40
by fin54
£360.... still got to September to go before we head out to sunny Iclemer,

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 22 Jul 2012 05:23
by helen2904
Daughter and her boyfriend opened theirs yesterday £257.06. Will pay for the apartment. Ideal!

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 28 Jul 2012 18:43
by Jozzyd
opened ours the other day £455 :D :D

Re: The tin opening ceremony

PostPosted: 05 Aug 2012 20:19
by pinna
Just joined the forum as off to Ismeler in 10 days for the first time.

I have been doing this for about 9 years though i used to save £2 at my Nans untill
still died last year so had to find a different way of saving, so bought a tin :)

We only started about 4 months ago with the tin and we are going to open it next Tuesday
2 days before we go, so i can get it changed to notes :)

Well done everyone its amazing to read what everyone has saved

Jo