$400.00 kilt for FREE! Sound too good to be true?

**nh_maclean** · 9th February 10, 12:12 PM

I actually do this. I got 2 big vases from the local salvation army. One for quarters. The other for 'the rest'. A few months ago, I rolled my quarters and did the Coinstar for the rest.

End result after about a year: about $700 - which is paying for 2 Keltoi kilts - Tweed Kinguisse and an Ancient Maclean boxpleat...

-Noah

**MrShoe** · 9th February 10, 01:34 PM

detroitpete -

As a fellow Michiganian I too have been feeling the economic pressure pretty hard for the past two years. My recent kilt budget was based on the change I had been stashing. Now I just need to see how much I get in bottle returns to buy belt/sporran/hose !

I agree the Credit Card is the best value because it is FREE $$ that is a REWARD for your business, but using credit is not wise for everyone.

**Detroitpete** · 9th February 10, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by MrShoe

detroitpete -

As a fellow Michiganian I too have been feeling the economic pressure pretty hard for the past two years. My recent kilt budget was based on the change I had been stashing. Now I just need to see how much I get in bottle returns to buy belt/sporran/hose !

I agree the Credit Card is the best value because it is FREE $$ that is a REWARD for your business, but using credit is not wise for everyone.

UGH! and now since I mostly ONLY drink homebrew--I don't have returnable bottles! LOL

Anyway--I think a few times on Xmarks, I've read about the benefit to saving and buying a better kilt instead of rushing off an getting the first inexpensive thing you can find. Pennies, dimes and quarters bought my last kilt--and it was a Newsome!

**Paul** · 9th February 10, 03:56 PM

I did this for a couple of months, however I decided WHATEVER change I got - whether it be a £20 note, or a 1p coin gets put into the fund. Before I knew it I was withrawing £20, spending a couple of pounds in a shop and then having to put £18 into the fund. It paid for my kilt within a month or so, but I certainly did feel the loss of money!

**lethearen** · 10th February 10, 12:45 PM

Sounds similar to the way I saved up for a couple of my kilts. I set up a "vice jar"... similar to a swear jar, if anyone's familiar with those. Pretty much boiled down to for every glass of beer or wine I enjoyed, I had to drop a buck in the jar; and two bucks for a liquor-based drink.

It took me frighteningly little time to save up the cash in each instance...

**Tobus** · 10th February 10, 12:50 PM

Yikes, lethearen! I'm afraid if I did that, my desire for a new kilt would suddenly become an excuse to drink more alcohol.

**Detroitpete** · 10th February 10, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Tobus

Yikes, lethearen! I'm afraid if I did that, my desire for a new kilt would suddenly become an excuse to drink more alcohol.

Isn't it bizarre when one's 'hobbies' intersect?

**lethearen** · 16th February 10, 04:03 PM

Well, the original idea behind this sin-tax was to help me allay my drinking some. Once it clicked that I could use the money for a kilt... well, let's say the effect may have been a wee bit the opposite

Agreed, Pete. Now I just need to get a kilt I wouldn't mind getting wet so I can scuba in it

**azwildcat96** · 16th February 10, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by lethearen

Agreed, Pete. Now I just need to get a kilt I wouldn't mind getting wet so I can scuba in it

Here's one that won't mind getting wet...

http://eustore.recon.com/store/eu/ru...ated-kilt.html

Not my thing, but to each their own.

**Urchurdan** · 17th February 10, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Paul.

I did this for a couple of months, however I decided WHATEVER change I got - whether it be a £20 note, or a 1p coin gets put into the fund. Before I knew it I was withrawing £20, spending a couple of pounds in a shop and then having to put £18 into the fund. It paid for my kilt within a month or so, but I certainly did feel the loss of money!

Halo a Paul, ciamar a tha thu mo charaid?
With regards to saving change, I am almost 60 years of age, and I have to admit I have two large piggy banks I keep filling up, its amazing how it adds up, it helps us finance our trips to America to visit the family there.
As my auld Mither used to say - "Mony a mickle maks a muckle".....