My family found over $70 in spare change in the couch, in the kitchen catch-all drawer, and in the closets (apparently change had fallen out of clothes?) Who knew there was that much money in the house??

We convert our change into gc at Coinstar. Usually about $100 a trip twice a year. $200 worth of stuff either we want or need without disrupting our budget!

The title of this article "...25 Places to Look for Spare Change" must have been written before the article itself, and then the author could not come up with 25 so she included things like "buried in the back yard" and "in the bed". These are not practical or useful tips.

Love the comment ... Very funny!
1. NO CASH transactions
2. Annual CHARITY
3. Not ashamed of looking for pennies dropped by OTHERS

Hha ha ah aha ha

i like the article, but the author forgot to mention that some banks actually have their own coin machines that cost less than Coinstar. Coinstar charges 8.9 cents for every dollar, some other companies charge as little as 4 cents per dollar. this just makes me think that the author gets paid by Coinstar ... don't deny it.

I use coinstar, and get an Amazon gift card. I use it to treat myself. You get to keep all the money if you get a giftcard - no percentage taken.

It's kind of embarrassing, though, how loud it is in the grocery store. Does anyone else get nervous to go?

My wife and I recently found $400 in bonds while digging through our file drawer looking for something else. There's a lot to be said for labeling your envelopes better. =)

I agree with you Tisha, I regularly gather up change from all over the house because it does have a tendency to accumulate in weird places.  For fun after reading your article, I put the kids on the task - like a game - and we gathered up close to $60 in change.  Surprisingly, there was change in the bottom of the toy box (I didn't think the kids ever even looked in the toy box let alone PUT THINGS IN IT!), and there was even money found under the bathroom sink.

I like that I can get the gift cards through coinstar right now without paying fees, but because my 6 year old is currently learning to count money I figured it would be good to have him help me roll it up and then we'll deposit it into his bank. 

Thanks for the reminder to look for the hidden money :)

Great article! It is always great when you find spare change lying around your home. And when you take it to your local grocery store which has a Coinstar machine, you can buy groceries with your change! Instead of giving out bills, the Coinstar machine will print out a receipt with the dollar amount value you have accumulated to use for groceries at that store! That's one free grocery trip.

Nope. This isn't a joke. This is the kind of S*** that this guy somehow posts all over the internet.

Most of the time he steals other people incorrect work and posts it as his own.

You forgot to include vending machines!