Get yourself a 'Mortgage Pig'

kiwi88_2

:T :T Well Done Pigpen :T :T

All that hard work's paying off.

m_dorph

:hello:

dizzy_blonde wrote:

My issue is that if supermarkets can install machines that count your change in seconds and issue vouchers, why can't banks do the same, but deposit the total in your account? It amazed me how much the cashier tried to discourage me from depositing My money in My account! And I have it all to do again later with the other 4 bags!

I've just been to my bank with our second lot of little bags from our litte green doggy-bank Anjing (Means dog in Malay since that's where it was bought). There was no trouble getting the coins counted/weighed but it just takes a little while for them and I had to spend quite a bit of time at home dividing up the coins first. When I was a kid in Denmark it was always really cool to take your piggybank to the bank where they emptied it into a machine (like Sainsbury's) and all the coins were counted in a second. I also don't understand why banks don't have them here since the supermarkets prove it can be done?:rolleyes:

Maybe they will get tired of us all coming in with our continuing stream of little bags and get a machine!

pigpen

you can get machines that sort your change at home.. great fun for the children to do too!!

I got mine from kleeneze it was about £20 I think.. but saves me hours of penny counting!

classrunner

:rotfl: mmm a condom you say. This was a v. good idea. I went about the house muttering and trying to find address of Family Planning when 17.3 year old son piped up he knew where address was. Therein followed a rather... ahem heated discussion. Said son stated if he ever saw me near said family planning clinic he would never speak to me again. If only I had gone there 18 years ago!!!!!! Anyway I digress. I went to Morrisons who were selling balloons for 49p (9 in packet) but ever resorceful, I noted son will soon be 18and proceeded to purchase birthday boy balloons. I'm sure the choo choo trains will be very welcome........ Beautiful mortgage pig now made and pennies dropping in.

Lotta_Littlies

classrunner wrote:

:...I noted son will soon be 18and proceeded to purchase birthday boy balloons. I'm sure the choo choo trains will be very welcome........ QUOTE]

I think the condoms would have been more appreciated *ducks for cover*

Lotta

EverDecreasingCircles

dizzy_blonde wrote:

I filled 9 bags and went along to the bank (Halifax) with them yesterday. First I saw a sign on the desk saying only 5 bags of coins allowed per day (I'd expected that) but the reception I got from the cashier amazed me.

I closed all our accounts (current, savings and kids's savings) several years ago because of the 5 bags rule. Who wants a bank that won't take your money!!!

Jen x

P.S. I'm off now to find a mortgage pig...

pk2007_2

amazing thread! now i have to get a house and a pig!

Tigger36

Wish me luck - I'm off to buy a pig/cow/frog something on ebay. Can't wait to start my mortgage pig - it seems much more fun than transferring online. I'll let you all know what I end up with.....:j

Tigger36

Yeeaaahhhhh :T I got one - the whole world seems to be bidding for piggy banks! Wish I had a job lot. Here she is:

Elise1

If you fancy a different sort of moneybox , there are instructions re how to make a Balamory Edie McCredie bus one here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory/edie/makes/moneybox.shtml
Just off to get my 3 year old to make one ....