The tin opening ceremony

[reesy1959]

i have one of the tins from poundland, and am saving £2 coins.....its feels about 3/4 full.......anyone know how much these tines actually hold?

I would think over £400, but not exactly sure. I had the bigger tin that I bought from Thorntons.

[reesy1959]

Just another saving tip I use.
When I win £10 on the lottery, I put this into my £2 tin too

[daviemc]

Hi Davie's OH here - I really must join the forum myself. I get my tins in Poundland and most other pound shops do them. We usually go away the middle two weeks in June and I save £1 every day from 1 June to 31 May each year. If I have a £2 coin in my purse I put that in instead. Had £360.00 when I opened it this year and used it to pay for our flights for next year. Booked them when they first came out and got a good price. Started a new tin for 2010 but have only had one £2 coin so far - don't know what's happened to them.

[John V]

I've got a feeling after reading these post everybody is now saving £2 coins hence creating a shortage.

[shelly_grogan]

I've been out today and bought one of those tins But doubt i can save that much as i go in september but i might start it for next year

Thanks for the idea xx

Got mine in Debenhams sale, it counts the money as you put it in.

Steve

[dotty]

We came back three weeks ago and I've already started the new tin for September, I'm putting a £1 coin per day in the tin plus any 50p or 20p pieces as well. Hoping to have around £100 which we use at the airport for a meal, drinks, cigs and perfume.

[KarenH]

i am so wanting to open my tin, but its not quite full yet, so i cant

have even found myself asking for £2 coins in change

looks like i will have to save it for xmas or next years holiday

[dotty]

Keep it for your next holiday Karen. I know mine won't be full for going in September but I only save in it for spends at the airport, hoping to have around £100 which is more than enough to splurge!

[sunnylady]

Opened tin tonight and have got £250 out of it for holiday spends.Saved £2 and £1 coins in it. Counting down now week today, and will be on our way to Icmeler.

[dotty]

Well done Sunnylady....see it is worth it and you don't really miss it if you do it gradually

[Gemma Louise]

we started one of the large tins last July and still only feels half full, we are going in September and again in July next year. Might wait until then to open it. My dad reckons it could hold about £1000 We put in £2 and £1 as well.

[kitty]

We have been doing this for about 9 years now even having a tub for our coppers/5ps,the children love popping to our local supermarket to the change machine,which counts the money as it go in and the money is theres to spend on airplane goodies :mags etc

[Gemma Louise]

We just opened our tin and have just under £350.00. Woo hoo. Big airport spend, bar bar bar and em....... duty free!!!

[sunnylady]

Well done Gemma, its amazing how much you can save, every little helps and you don't miss it. I have just started another tin for next years holiday. Hoping to go to Icmeler again.

[KarenH]

my tin is almost full of £2 coins.......and its one of the big tins......

i am chomping at the bit to open it, but promised myself i wont until i cant fit another coin in......

[nikkic]

I've gone and bought myself one of these tins now,dont think im going to save much in 3 weeks so im going to start saving for next year!!!

[dotty]

We only started saving middle of July and opened the tin tonight, got £57.70 which we'll use for a meal and drinks at the airport.

[andrea m]

Opened ours at weekend and once they took the 7.9p per pound off at coinstar machine managed £70 which is a nice bonus especially with the credit cruch and also £20 in English notes and about £20 of lira good start to the holiday

Will start again on our return for next August

Andrea

[dotty]

Well done Andrea, I just take mine to the bank and get changed into English notes, saves the machine taking commission!