Coin machine thingy's

redpete

spartan59 wrote: »

Those bags are a nightmare, I've got £24 in the correct amounts ( £5 in 20p's etc) but another £10 in mixed coins

banks don't really like taking mixed coins!!! Don't know why as its all bloomin money!!

They don't like it because a cashier has to sort and count the coins when there might be a queue behind you; if I was in that queue I wouldn't like it either. If you sort the coins all they have to do is weigh the bags to get the amount.

davetrousers

How much faith do you have that these machines 'count' your money the amount properly? I mean say you put £7 in coppers in but it told you it was £6.50.

MellyB_2

Lucky you lot! My bank isn't even open at the weekend in fact it's barely open during the week! Shuts at 4pm everyday - if I want to pay a cheque in I have to take the day off work!

MellyB_2

Also trying to lug all the bags of coins to a bank is a nightmare - I had about £35 worth of coins (10p and 20p) and I think using a forklift truck would have been slightly easier than trying to carry them!:D

notlongnow_2

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

They charge 7.5%. I find personally that its worth it as so much easier than sitting bagging up change to take to the bank!

I find it quite therapeutic to bag my loose change up. I did it the other day, along with my £2 coins and have £120....result! .

Especially when I have just checked my bank and my balance is £30 short to cover everything that goes out between now and the 6th. (bloody council tax!!Grrlol)

edinburgher

For me, 50p coins and higher can be re-spent just fine, it's just the smaller denominations that are a nuisance to count and bag!

moneymakestheworldgoround

I always use the self service tills in supermarkets and load all my lower denomination coins in there.

Works a treat.

Chocforever

I thought I would find out which Barclays branches have the coin machines I referred to above. It seems someone has beaten me to it. I can't insert a link because I'm a Newbie, but if you search on Barclays coin counting machines, it will come up (thread started 22/7/09 at 2:13pm).

So thank you to pumpkin_soup for getting the information. I hope they are well used and then maybe more will appear in other branches.

oscar52

I dont use coinstar (cos im a tight A*** and wouldnt want to give them 7%) - I have a coin sorter, and a set of digital scales - total outlay of about £14 - (so after £200 i am in profit) - only ever had to weigh one bag of coins for each denomination.