Weighing In Your Spare Change

Birkonian

That's great. HSBC have kept that one quiet !

bristol_pilot

I pay mine in at the bank. No way I'm giving away 7% !

Stompa

By using a card to pay for virtually everything, I now avoid getting much in the way of change in the first place.

anna42hmr

i pay mine in the bank, which i have done this morning whilst paying a cheque in.

though am a bit dubious now they do the weighing of the coins now rather than counting, as i was apparently 5p short in the 5p bag today than i thought it was. whilst i could have missed it or dropped, it i counted up twice before bagging it, and strangely i was apparently 5p short when i paid a bag of 5's in before xmas??

i assumed i had mis counted last time, but with it being the same this time around as well i am wondering if the scales are calibrated proparly? especially as it was the same coin type (as i paid in 2's, 1's, 5's 10's and 20's) unless i am number dyslexic when it comes to 5's lol!

i didnt bother questining it over 5p as it sounds pathetic, but it does make me wonder!

and i didnt feel guilty one bit in paying it in, as i went to a different branch earlier this week, was in que for 25 mins, only had 3 cash tills open yet had 7 people wandering round the branch trying to flog x, asking if you wanted a reveiw etc,

flyingscotno1

anna42hmr wrote: »

i pay mine in the bank, which i have done this morning whilst paying a cheque in.

though am a bit dubious now they do the weighing of the coins now rather than counting, as i was apparently 5p short in the 5p bag today than i thought it was. whilst i could have missed it or dropped, it i counted up twice before bagging it, and strangely i was apparently 5p short when i paid a bag of 5's in before xmas??

i assumed i had mis counted last time, but with it being the same this time around as well i am wondering if the scales are calibrated proparly? especially as it was the same coin type (as i paid in 2's, 1's, 5's 10's and 20's) unless i am number dyslexic when it comes to 5's lol!

i didnt bother questining it over 5p as it sounds pathetic, but it does make me wonder!

and i didnt feel guilty one bit in paying it in, as i went to a different branch earlier this week, was in que for 25 mins, only had 3 cash tills open yet had 7 people wandering round the branch trying to flog x, asking if you wanted a reveiw etc,

Weighing machines are calibrated, very common in shops too for counting the cash- banks have been weighing coins in for years if bagged to the amounts.

RBS also have the coinstar type machines- the end is nigh for Coinstar taking 7% of your change! :T

Little_Chicken

I save mine as part of the 'sealed pot challenge' on the DFW boards. I had over £1k last year - and put it into an ISA. Thi year I'm gonna pay it off one of my last debts. I don't miss my change - and try to save as many £1 and £2 coins too. HSBC don't seem to mind if you take a lot of bags in one go. But I do try to take a max of 10 at a time - a they're heavy, heavy, heavy.....

poorgirl-54

go to the bank!

dont feel guilty about holding up the queue.

there are many times ive been into banks and you have been waiting in the queue forever and your legs have gone numb.

The cashiers/customer service at banks is appalling, the cashiers take out time to have a chat with their collegues, or dissapper for ages to photocopy or print something which should take five mins or less, they never feel guilty, which holds the queue up for longer.

Stompa

poorgirl-54 wrote: »

go to the bank!

That's all very well, but I guess a fairly significant number of people these days bank with institutions that don't actually have physical branches.

staffie1

I was given one of those coin sorter machines as a present. You chuck all your loose change into it and it sorts / counts it into little tubes which you then just empty into a bag and take to the bank. It fascinates me watching it sort the coins!

poorgirl-54

but don't some eat your money?