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tanklor1 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006

I've been tossing my change into a modifed Pringles can for the past three and a half months and I've finally decided to spend it. So what are some good ideas to waste money or does anyone know I can take them to a bank and get bills?

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

Some banks want you to count it out before u give it them (Woori bank cough cough) but the post office bank was nice enough to put it into their machine and give me bills. Just sort is into 100s, 50s, etc before hand.

Davew125 · Joined: 11 Mar 2007

most banks have a change counting machine, though some will insist on getting you to divide it up before they put it through (something that i dont think needs to be done). I have a peanut tin with my change in that i take in every month or so, last time i picked up nearly 60000.

alternatively you could use it to try and hit cats from the top of your tower block.

ChinaBoy · Joined: 17 Feb 2007

How has the Pringles can been modified? Pictures, please.

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

I just use it for the bus if I`m going one way. That gets rid of a lot.

sojourner1 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:46 am Post subject:

In Korea, all this coinage quickly builds up on you more than in a western country. Mainly, because of odd prices and you don't like to carry coins so you throw it in a can at home and then don't have them to use while shopping. And then each day you make a dump and it just builds up. In 6 months, I've accumulated a 20 pound box of it.

Separate it into each type of denomination and take it to the bank. Some banks have counting machines, but each denomination has to be separated.

tefain · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Location: Not too far out there

500s are easy enough to spend when shopping. The rest you could take to the bank, or considering the season, you could drop it in donation cans around town. There's lots of charity boxes at stores and restaurants.

Goku · Joined: 10 Dec 2008

I also have a giant box of the stuff.

I thought this was just my problem cause I did the same at home, but I have noticed it acculates a lot faster.

I just decided right now to go on a huge splurge and head to an arcade and bomb the whole thing. Go with my girlfriend and force her to watch me about 50,000 of won on arcade games (she hates video games).

Its gonna be great. Her disdain for me is going to be elevated to a whole nother level.

ernie · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Location: asdfghjk

when i went to the bank i didn't have to sort the denominations, but i did have a few random paper clips and whatnot that ended up jamming the machine. it took the better part of an hour to get my 20 bucks. you'd think a machine would have some kind of screen to prevent this kind of thing from happening, but i guess not.

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

Is this true about sorting all the coins out beforehand? I hope not. I've got a big green piggy whose just about ready to pop.

sojourner1 · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

After two years of not spending change at all I had nearly 400kwon in a very stretched out wool sock. (size 15 feet) I took it to kookmin, no sorting, and they chucked it in the machine and gave me bills about an hour later. I spent it on vacation in Thailand.

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

It's Christmas. Give it to charity.

Goku · Joined: 10 Dec 2008