Bank Coin sorting machines list - please add

gradgrind
gradgrind Posts: 20 Forumite
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Hi Everyone,
I am trying to locate a nearby bank branch coin sorting machine. I'm with FD, so called to ask. As always, customer service is ace with them, and the lady disappeared to find out how to look this up for me. First obstacle, there is no definitive list available even to staff. So, you have to specify a branch, they look it up, and read out the list of facilities. And no, it's not on the HSBC website.

Now, since these machines are free to account holders of their respective banks, I'd expect that serious MS would want to find them and use them rather than pay the recently increased commission of 8.9% to Coinstar.

So, please post the Bank name and Branch name if you have used a machine. If they can't work out how to tell us, we'll have to do it for them.
Simon
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  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    I put in a suggestion for one of my local branches to have one. They phoned me and said no they won't. The town has a population of 15,000. We have 2 HSBC brances. But they won't put one coin machine in them!? Annoying or what.

    There is a HSBC coin thread somewhere with machines already on there. I'll try and find it!

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=549872

    Found it. Read through that ;)
  • 456789
    456789 Posts: 2,305 Forumite
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    Complain to the chief executive Lokolo :p
  • anna42hmr
    anna42hmr Posts: 2,844 Forumite
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    gradgrind wrote: »
    Hi Everyone,
    I am trying to locate a nearby bank branch coin sorting machine. I'm with FD, so called to ask. As always, customer service is ace with them, and the lady disappeared to find out how to look this up for me. First obstacle, there is no definitive list available even to staff. So, you have to specify a branch, they look it up, and read out the list of facilities. And no, it's not on the HSBC website.

    Now, since these machines are free to account holders of their respective banks, I'd expect that serious MS would want to find them and use them rather than pay the recently increased commission of 8.9% to Coinstar.

    So, please post the Bank name and Branch name if you have used a machine. If they can't work out how to tell us, we'll have to do it for them.
    Simon


    Good idea

    Natwest - Birmingham City Centre St phillips place branch (by temple row and the cathedral) has 1 in there
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  • MessyMare
    MessyMare Posts: 979 Forumite
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    I just take the joy in counting my coin jars, I'm obsessed with it to the point of doing everyone else's jars too :D
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  • rugbybabe77
    rugbybabe77 Posts: 115 Forumite
    I have fond memories of counting up my dad's coins that he used to store in an old cider bottle!
    There is a coin machine in the HSBC Colchester North Station branch. It's more of a Business branch which is why I thought it was there.
  • username
    username Posts: 652 Forumite
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    In Surrey, the ones I know of

    Guildford (near Argos)
    Surbiton
    Kingston (both branches)

    London:

    Charing Cross
    Canary Wharf
    Covent Garden
    Fleet Street
  • johnmoney05
    johnmoney05 Posts: 1,484 Forumite
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    username wrote: »
    In Surrey, the ones I know of

    Guildford (near Argos)
    Surbiton
    Kingston (both branches)

    London:

    Charing Cross
    Canary Wharf
    Covent Garden
    Fleet Street

    Baker Street (next to the Tube station)
  • onlypaddy
    onlypaddy Posts: 991 Forumite
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    HSBC Chester, Eastgate street
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  • stclair
    stclair Posts: 6,844 Forumite
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    HSBC St Annes Square - Manchester
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  • elliebobs
    elliebobs Posts: 453 Forumite
    Royal Bank of Scotland in Preston (Fishergate branch)
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