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Saving Your Loose Change Could End Up Helping You Start Your Own Business
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NEED A WAY TO GET MORE CASH IN 2007? CHRISTOPHER HALL--A LOS ANGELES-AREA HAIR STYLIST--HAS A SAVINGS TECHNIQUE THAT PRODUCES BIG MONEY: HALL STARTED HARNESSING POCKET CHANGE 10 YEARS AGO, TO HELP FINANCE HIS CAR, HIS HOUSE, AND NOW HIS FIRST BUSINESS--SPLIT ENDS IN ORANGE COUNTY. HE CASHED IN TWO-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COINS, TO HELP OPEN HIS FIRST HAIR SALON. WITHOUT REALIZING IT, MOST OF US LET A SMALL FORTUNE IN COINS SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS. THE NEXT TIME YOU BUY SOMETHING WITH CASH, TAKE ALL YOUR CHANGE AND BRING IT HOME TO A JAR. DON'T SPEND ANY OF IT ON SMALL PURCHASES; SAVE EVERY COIN. KEEPING EVERY COIN SPEEDS UP YOUR RATE OF ACCUMULATION: EVERY YEAR, YOU COULD END UP WITH ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AT THE SUPERMARKET COINSTAR MACHINE, YOU CAN TURN THAT CHANGE INTO MONEY THAT YOU CAN USE. COINSTAR ALSO OFFERS FREE COIN COUNTING, WHEN CONSUMERS PUT THEIR CHANGE ONTO GIFT CARDS FOR RETAILERS SUCH AS BORDERS, I-TUNES, AMAZON, AND STARBUCKS. PERHAPS YOU COULD PAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS NEXT YEAR WITH JUST YOUR POCKET CHANGE.
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