saving loose change (merged)

Savvy_Sue

I work for a charity and someone's given us their 5p jar as a donation: thanks for the tip that the PO will change it for us without hassle (probably!) I'll get it out of the petty cash tin! I've already had someone count it: only £10, but she had to redo it because I weighed the two bags afterwards and they were different weights!

But whoever said that anyone who uses buses must go near a bank: I use buses, and yes, I go near a branch of my bank. But that branch is one which has no counter service, so no chance of paying cash in unless it's in notes. Someone else has pointed out that some banks won't take more than £5 in change at one time. And in my experience, most banks won't just change up lots of loose change unless you are a customer.

Plus, as a veteran of school fundraising, I heartily endorse what's been said about the weight of large numbers of coins! After the major seasonal fairs, I'd have to make at least two trips to the local PO, with my bike basket almost unliftable with the weight of the coins!

scheming_gypsy

troo wrote:

If you have an account with the co-op bank they'll accept any amount as long as you've bagged up.

so i have to wear a condom to go into the co-op ?

quoia

sarah1 wrote:

.............................What I would do is count my change and put it into bags and then when the checkout assistants have scaned and packed my shopping for me i would pay them with it.

Unfortunately it would almost certainly NOT be legal tender so you couldn't !

Magentasue

This seems like an ideal opportunity for charities to make money. I'm sure people would be happier having their coins counted and bagged if it was going to their favourite charity. Or maybe a school/club fundraiser?

Pooky

Can just imagine taking my change jar to the school office :eek: - those office ladies scare the living wotsits out of me -- they'd make me take it away and change it for notes before bringing it back!! Nasty ladies!

Murphy_The_Cat

oh buggger !


my whisky bottle is7/8ths full witha bount £525.00 in change at the moment - and after saving it up for over 2 years theres no way i'm giving it to a machine to take 7.5% off me.

perhaps i can change it for some nice new 'Bank of Ireland' bank notes that my Irish friend has just offered me !

MTC

Luis

:rotfl: at this thread!

Personally, I get affronted by the 7.5% they charge on these machines, but my OH thinks they are the most amazing thing in the world, and HAS to use them. I'm sure he thinks that it's some form of Alien Technology, or magic.

Anyway, it's his money, so let him crack on. Men end up with masses of change - I think they think if it isn't foldy or gold coloured, it's not proper money. Plus also wallets usually only have a paper section, if they have a coin bit, it's only big enough to get 2 x 5ps in. So he either slings it in his tin, or ends up with bulging pockets, laying 20ps down the side of the sofa cushions

Good stuff though, he's hoping to use this year's shrapnel to take his kids camping - he says he feels like it's free money!

Needless to say, I do all the budgeting in our house............

Luis.

Murphy_The_Cat

Luis

I am amazed at the blatant sexist attitude that your post displays

Just to balance the arguement a bit, in the Cat household

I, Murphy The Cat represents the Chancellor in balancing the books, setting budgets, reconcilling bank records, and basically doing everything that involves the money side of things in Cat Towers.

My Wife, Mrs Cat represents the NHS, DSS, Schools, Defence and all of the other big spending departments. Her mission (if she chooses to accept it) is to spend every penny that comes her way - and as many additional pennies as she can lay her paws on.

Needless to say, in Cat Towers, I run the budgeting in our house .......and it is a 'Tall Hat' that i wear with pride !!

Keep smiling

MTC

Magentasue

Pooky wrote:

Can just imagine taking my change jar to the school office :eek: - those office ladies scare the living wotsits out of me -- they'd make me take it away and change it for notes before bringing it back!! Nasty ladies!

Our kids must go to the same school! I was thinking the kids could do it to make a change from sponsored walks, or it could be done at a school fair. A bank might even lend a coin scale for the day. I've always found my kids like 'playing' with money, sorting it and counting it. If 100 parents took £10 worth of change, that's £1000, even 5% is £50 for school funds. And if all these people with hundreds of pounds in jars went in ...

Pooky

Murphy_The_Cat wrote:

Luis

I am amazed at the blatant sexist attitude that your post displays

Just to balance the arguement a bit, in the Cat household

I, Murphy The Cat represents the Chancellor in balancing the books, setting budgets, reconcilling bank records, and basically doing everything that involves the money side of things in Cat Towers.

My Wife, Mrs Cat represents the NHS, DSS, Schools, Defence and all of the other big spending departments. Her mission (if she chooses to accept it) is to spend every penny that comes her way - and as many additional pennies as she can lay her paws on.

Needless to say, in Cat Towers, I run the budgeting in our house .......and it is a 'Tall Hat' that i wear with pride !!

Keep smiling

MTC

I bet it's you that invented these machines - you keep your extra 7.5% hidden under your hat....we've got you sussed!!!