Get yourself a 'Mortgage Pig'

kosma1

wallyberry wrote: »

What exactly are you doing with the change? Are your banks happy to take it off you - I seem to remember the alliance and leicester beign a bit difficult about taking actual 'money'. I've sorted the contents of our holiday pig out and bagged it up, but I really don't think they're going to want to take it off me....

Do they have to?

Jenni

i think it all depends wh you bank with, i have an isa with nationwide, and they will only accept 5 bags at a time (and that is being paid into account, shocking isnt it) but i just went to natwest to change all my colins into notes, they did ask if i bank with them, which i do, but they didnt want to see any proof, anyway, they changed all my cash. so maybe it is building society's who are awkward?

kezza12

yep the same with halifax they will only take 5 bags at a time, i only save pound coins in my morgage pig but last month i had £200 worth and i ended up changing it in the que with mums wanting school dinner money, it was so funny but the OH was mortified. with regards to your bank excepting it as an overpayment to your morgage, well yes it's fine as they just treat it as one of your accounts with them but be careful cos as with your bank account they will let you take money out of it and then charge you if you go overdrawn: with your morgage they will let you pay in and then charge you if you dont have an overpayments facility on your morgage!!! but most do i think;)

Batgirl

kezza12 wrote: »

yep the same with halifax they will only take 5 bags at a time, i only save pound coins in my morgage pig but last month i had £200 worth and i ended up changing it in the que with mums wanting school dinner money, it was so funny but the OH was mortified. with regards to your bank excepting it as an overpayment to your morgage, well yes it's fine as they just treat it as one of your accounts with them but be careful cos as with your bank account they will let you take money out of it and then charge you if you go overdrawn: with your morgage they will let you pay in and then charge you if you dont have an overpayments facility on your morgage!!! but most do i think;)

That really made me laugh, i embarrass my OH with things like that too, but I really don't understand why its embarrassing

bobby-boy_2

Excellent idea changing the cash with the dinner money mums i have to go to the bank once a month for over 100pounds in pound coins for my kids as they have cards to pay for thier lunches and it only takes pound coins or silver no 2 pound coins!!

THXbob

HiI too have a Demi-John for my Mortgage Pig and so far its 3/4 full and very heavy. I was wondering how I'm going to deposit it at the bank.Do banks give away those little see through bags still? how do the bank staff count it or does it go on weight?ThanksBob

ViHan

I managed to accrue enough points to get a Pigsback Piggy Bank! Just waiting for it to be delivered now!
Have 'warned' Dh about it and that I will be raiding his trouser pockets in search of those odd pennies

kezza12

THXbob wrote: »

HiI too have a Demi-John for my Mortgage Pig and so far its 3/4 full and very heavy. I was wondering how I'm going to deposit it at the bank.Do banks give away those little see through bags still? how do the bank staff count it or does it go on weight?ThanksBob

you just ask them over the counter and they will give you a hand full, they have a weighing machine so wou need to bag them up first in appropriate bags not mixed and already counted then they just stick the bag on the little machine.

lisabell

I have a mortgage pooh bear to try and help pay extra off my mortgage!!!

warriorknits

What a great idea! I think I'll be copying Kaminari's 'saving for a deposit' pig- and as it's my birthday soon, I shall be putting the actual pig (or gorilla...) on my birthday list.

kezza12

where did everybody go? no posts?