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I used to give new babies a piggy bank.
Wal Mart had a great selection , 40 versions for $10.00 each, for a two quart plaster jobs.

Now the stores here quit carrying them. Frown

I can't even find decent injection molded plastic models.

How much would it cost to get some plastic piggy banks made?

Standing pigs, sitting pigs, maybe a few that look like cash registers in five colors , brown footballs, white baseballs,orange basketballs, white golf balls, blk and white soccer balls.

order maybe 1400 total.

( I know you can still get a few at Wal Mart on line)





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Amazon still carries a variety of them
 
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I use coffee cans. One for nickels, one for dimes, and one for quarters. Pennies I toss. Recently took one in to the bank and had $180 in quarters in it.


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these would be used for gifts





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Michael's Craft stores have them in my area, in ceramic. They are big and can be decorated with paint or sharpie markers.




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Maybe its due to Dodd Frank, piggy's can't comply with the new banking regs, so they no longer can be used... Big Grin
 
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Hobby Lobby has them here in NC...



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Nowadays, since piggy bank can't accept debit cards or Paypal payments, they're quickly going the way of the Dodo.

(Heck, even Monopoly uses debit cards now...)
 
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Got a couple for our nephews a couple years back on Amazon. Just found one for their little sister at World Market.

Not ubiquitous, perhaps, but not hard to find if you look.

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We still use them for charity........ Cute Kids
Although they are currently in storage for the season.......... Piggy banks Big Grin
 
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Our Walmart has a few but they're well hidden. They are in the women's clothing dept. with the accessories (belts, hats, purses etc)
 
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Yeah, they're still around...



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I just picked up one for my son yesterday at Walmart. It was shaped like a character from a Nickeodian show.
 
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Target carries them.


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thanks folks will check'em out
( our MIchaels does not carry them )

these are what I was buying.

I wonder if any of the banks I sent out to members here are still around?






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Stores pulled them so as not to offend the "PORK AVERSE" crowd Roll Eyes


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You could always go with the Karl Marx piggy bank. Big Grin


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Largely because Americans don't save anymore...not even symbolically.

Not a week goes by I don't see an article outlining how the majority of Americans could not pay an unexpected $1000 bill.
 
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Originally posted by bendable:
I used to give new babies a piggy bank.
Wal Mart had a great selection , 40 versions for $10.00 each, for a two quart plaster jobs.

Now the stores here quit carrying them. Frown

I can't even find decent injection molded plastic models.

How much would it cost to get some plastic piggy banks made?

Standing pigs, sitting pigs, maybe a few that look like cash registers in five colors , brown footballs, white baseballs,orange basketballs, white golf balls, blk and white soccer balls.

order maybe 1400 total.

( I know you can still get a few at Wal Mart on line)


Find your local ceramics shop - they'll fix you up.


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Originally posted by bendable:
I used to give new babies a piggy bank.
Wal Mart had a great selection , 40 versions for $10.00 each, for a two quart plaster jobs.

Now the stores here quit carrying them. Frown

I can't even find decent injection molded plastic models.

How much would it cost to get some plastic piggy banks made?

Standing pigs, sitting pigs, maybe a few that look like cash registers in five colors , brown footballs, white baseballs,orange basketballs, white golf balls, blk and white soccer balls.

order maybe 1400 total.

( I know you can still get a few at Wal Mart on line)


Find your local ceramics shop - they'll fix you up.


Can you make your own? That was a thing in the 70s. Or maybe look for the Japanese Lucky Cat bank. Those are available online or at asian grocery stores. More fashionable than a pig.


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