The Modern Change Jar

info-badge January 26, 2018

Acorns

Acorns convinced me to toss out my old change jar and upkill to a modern way to save my spare change.

In the Before-Time

We used to keep a jar in the house for our spare change, to save it for something down the road. However, the move to a paperless currency (debit cards) has really put a dent in the change jar.

The Modern Change-Jar

Recently, I found out about an investment medium called Acorns… It links to your cards and invests the remainders. A paperless change jar / piggy bank… boggle

I researched it a bit and setup an account last month. I must say, I’m pretty darn satisfied with it so far. Acorns has deals with a lot of different vendors, who’ll put money into your account for shopping with them. For instance, how many of you shop at Walmart? Walmart will put 1% of your purchase into your Acorns account… It’s not huge, but, umm, it’s a kickback for shopping there and using a card linked to Acorns… In other words, it’s free money, for buying the things you were already going to buy.

Let’s see… What other things are on there currently, that I use?

  • Hotels.com – 6%
  • Enterprise.com – 2%
  • Bed Bath & Beyond – 2%
  • Birchbox.com - $10
  • Discount Tire – 3%

Lyft, Uber, Forever 21, ScentBird, Sperry, Nordstrom, Sam’s, Macy’s, GNC, … and the list goes on and on. They have over 350 different vendor investment offers!

1 Year Update

2019-01-26
My change-jar just funded my tickets to Guam…

Check it out!
Acorns

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