Finally got around to counting all of the loose change. Again, here is the picture for reference: The breakdown came out to something like this: Pennies: 408 = $4.08 Nickels: 134 = $6.70 Dimes: 207 = $20.70 Quarters: 355 = $88.75 Loonies: 39 = $39 Toonies: 25 = $50 Total = $209.23 Not the highest
So with all this talk about the economy crisis and people trying to save money, one comment I read was how people have to scramble for loose change in their homes just to pay the bills. This made me curious on how much loose change I have saved thus far. As you all may know,
As you may already know, every time that you use a credit card with a merchant they get hit with a transaction fee that eats into their sales margin. Sometimes you can actually use this knowledge to help yourself save money as well when it comes to small businesses. Example, mom and pop stores or
With Halloween coming up at the end of the month and seeing all those candy for sale one thing that comes to my mind immediately is how the prices for these products drop like a rock the very next day. Essentially, businesses want to get rid of them since they are kind of holiday specific.
Here in BC, for our public transit system it is broken down into three zones of travel and a person has an option of buying a bus pass that enables them to travel through various zones. As you may have guessed, buying the pass that allows you to travel through all zones is more expensive.
I was looking at an advertisement recently that indicated how students enrolled in a qualified educational institute or teachers can qualify to get hundreds of dollars off a certain product. Upon reading the requirements further, it also indicated that even parents can buy it for themselves too as long as they have children that meet