saving loose change (merged)

MissScarlett_3

I don't know of any banks that charge you, I pop in to whichever bank is handiest at the time that I need them and have never had a problem.

Poppycat

If you want rid of the coins then some supermarkets have coin sorters its a quick and easy way to get coins sorted but there is a charge of 7%. The machine already takes there cut and issues you with a receipt to take to the customer service desk.

Red_Fraggle_3

Nationwide and Coop always give them to me free - never heard of having to pay lol

Stompa

rusty-london wrote:

I've tried to get some plastic coin bags from the Post Office, but they wouldn't give me any!

Strange, my Post Office lets me have them.

jackieb

I went into our bank (RBOS) and asked for about a dozen. She gave me a handful. We counted them afterwards and there were 130! Never had to pay for them though.

catz747

Stompa wrote:

Strange, my Post Office lets me have them.

Ours too, I would try a different post office if you can, ours have a massive tub they put them in cause they use loads, they're always happy to give some away.

Morty_007

This is a bit odd...surelyif you are paying money onto your bank account they can't refuse it any more than they could refuse 100 x £5 notes?? Maybe they can...not had this problem myself, have managed to deposit coins into HSBC/First Direct and LloydsTSB in the past with no problems.

nomoneytoday

Go to the cashier, if they won't take it then speak to the manager.
Tell him you want to make a deposit, and the cashier is being an a***
9/10 the manager will accept it, as long as its bagged correctly

gizmos

Natwest take lots of bags - why not just open an account with £10 then next day go back and deposit the lot - close the account a week or so later ... a bit of a hassle. Halifax did the same with me when I had about 20 bags - I just kept going to the back of a the queue - picked a quiet time and it was quite comical

dunstonh

The "real" banks have no limits but the ex building societies still impose limits. However, they do have to accept it within the legal tender rules. So, if its mostly pound coins, they cannot refuse as there is no limit on pound coins (unlike other coins).