Do you pick up pennies?

I am a penny picker.. any money i see i try to pick it up. I would save all the money i pick and turn around donate it back to charity during x-mas that way i know that it is going to a good cause.

We pick up money no matter how small. Any change is saved to use for the holidays. But we also pick up cans which we can get .10 cents each for. Those we save and turn in when we need it for the mandatory lay off in July and December. We ate last summer because of mostly found cans to the tune of $176 The kids help and are part of it but then they benefit from it too and know it.

Yes I do pick up pennies and I strongly believe in a penny saved is a penny earned. I have a penny bank exclusively for pennys I pick up. Might sound crazy but we have cashed in those pennies before. You can not get to the end if you never started at the beinning and all wealth starts at 1 cent.

Find a penny and pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck! Yes i do. Any money I find I pick up. After all these days, every penny counts. My kids do this as well. I always look at the date on money too to see how old it is.

If I see money, I pick it up. Although, my daughter seems to find it before anyone else. It's like she has automatic radar on the stuff.

I always pick up pennies that are on the ground. I pick up any kind of change i see on the ground because I save it and then let it all add up to put into my savings account. You never know how much you have in change until you let it all add up and save it for a rainy day.

No... I never did that... My mom does that all the time, but I hate it. Most of the times I don't notice them, but even when I do I don't like to pick them up, no matter what amount it is, I don't feel ok... There are many reaasons I don't know exactly why, but maybe I'm a bit too paranoic... I think that maybe the person who lost it is nearby, why take it then? Or maybe it's one of those stupid jokes where they tie the penny to a nearly invisible string... I told you I may be paranoic... But mostly it's because I don't care. It's just a penny, or even if there would be a bigger amount, still I don't feel right picking them up. Maybe a homeless person would pass by there and would surely need it more than I do. I know it is said that when you find money on the streets or something precious (a necklace or bracelet etc.) it's considered that it brings you luck and you should take it, but I don't believe in those things.

I usually pick up all sorts of change that I see on the ground. I've passed up pennies though lately because it's been so cold I hate taking the time to stop to collect them. If I see them inside a building or something I'll pick them up, but otherwise, until it warms up I may start skipping them more! I'm kicking myself though, I skipped three pennies yesterday on my walk back from class. I could have had three maybe more and I just decided that maybe I should skip them for now.

Hey, I wouldn't mind picking up a coin on the floor if I see it. Free money. How often do you come across free money in real life? Of course I will pick it up. And I will add it to my "Double Your way to a Million" fund!

I often pick up coins I see on the street or any place, as long as they are clean. I wouldn't trouble myself if the coin is some wet and dirty floor. Sometimes, my friends would be surprised when I suddenly stop and pick something from the floor. (^_^") I always think that they would become handy someday.

I can pick up a penny. It doesn't matter if its on heads or tail. Some people say its bad luck to pick up a penny with heads up. I don't know why it is bad luck. When you spend the pennies they go the same way(out of your pocket). Other people are just to lazy to bend over. You better start getting those pennies and saving them.

Now that I'm tall (6 feet) I don't always bend down to pick up pennies lying on the floor in public areas, just cause I don't want to draw unneeded attention. But I have found a lot of coins over the past 10 years, to the tune of about $20. The biggest I found was a quarter, no bills unfortunately. But the Quarters make up for it, i have probably found 3 or 4 dozen.

Not only do I pick up money if I find it, but when we go walking or even in the parking lot at walmart, if I find a coke lid, i pick it up. They have codes on them and you can enter them at mycokerewards.com and when you have 24 points you can ask for a coupon for a free 20 oz. coke.

I hate pennies, I really do. (Don't ask me how you can hate inanimate objects..Becuase I definitely do). I always have them on-hand, and when I need them, I never have enough (and then end up with more!) Pennies are almost worthless, and you need a bunch of them to have them actually add up. And plus? vending machines, parking meters, and copy machines NEVER accept pennies - so what's the point of them? So, the answer is no. If I see a silver coin - I almost ALWAYS pick it up. I just don't like pennies. ;]

I do pick up change when I see it. If there is a child close, I will point it out to them first.

Hi kykidd - Yes, I normally do pick up pennies when I see them on the ground outside. The only time I usually don't pick them up is when they are extremely dirty or wet from the rain. Otherwise, I figure that it is one more cent than I have now and ANYTHING helps... especially these days! Here's to earning lots & lots of money here on myLot & all the pennies we can find! LoL :) Hope you are having a great day! Jill

Only if they are heads up. I know one woman who picks them up whether they are heads up or down and she takes them to church for donations...she read a letter once from dear abby called pennies from heaven. It was about pennies lying on the ground and the person donated them.

If I notice one, and especially if the head side is up, I will pick it up. I have never been someone that would knock others down for a quarter, though I have seen this happen for even less than that. I had the thought the other day that just finding two pennies a day adds up, finding more is a bonus.

I normally pick it up if it is within my reach like under my shoes, or in front of my path. But i will not try to pick it out from middle of street, i prefer to let others have a chance for his fortune. For me by doing this small gesture i help to clean up the street for the city with a pay of a penny. LOL!!

Yes I do. One day last week I saw one laying outside my door so I picked it up saying to myself it might bring me good luck. So then as I was walking back to work about a block away I found a twenty dollar bill! So the penny did bring me good luck!