Cashing in on your loose change

Coinstar_New_Kiosk_CA_RightWhat to do with all that loose change rattling in around your couch

EDMONTON, AB, Feb 10, 2015/ Troy Media/ – With the new year just getting started, it’s probably time to do a little post-holiday cleanup. If you’re like me, you’ll probably find bits of change hanging around the house. Think sofas, chairs and bedside tables. Over time, it can start to add up (pun intended), especially here in Canada where we have $1 and $2 coins, or Loonies and Twoonies as we like to call them.

Many of us of a certain age can remember when we used the roll all the coins up in little pieces of brown paper with holes in them and take them to the bank. But now, with electronic banking, we hardly ever go to the bank: it’s not convenient and really, who wants to stand in line?   Read Full Article at Troy Media’a Cutting Corners.

Cutting Corners – new Podcast hosted by Greg Gazin

Greg Cuting Corners1We’re please to announce Greg’s new podcast-  Cutting Corners by Troy Media – a new podcast featuring short episodes that offer tips and ideas to help you save time, money and make life a little easier. You can access the podcasts via the Cutting Corners podcast site, feed or via iTunes.  The podcasts will also be accompanied by a article to be featured in the Cutting Corners section of Troy Media.

10 interesting financial facts about comic books

thumbnail-1 Superheroes have been around for a while and with the exponential growth and interest in events like ComicCon, it’s interesting to see what kind of financial impact comics have had since the early days of the 1st Superman comic.

The interesting and informative infographic, features 10 of the best-recorded financial triumphs of our childhood ( and adulthood heroes.  (did you know that in 1946, comic books sales surpassed that of regular books — eliciting outrage?). Click more to see an infographic.

 

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