Where to cash in Change

Francophile

I changed £192 last week in 1's 2's 5's 10's last week at the Northern Bank in Ballynahinch no problem. It must just depend on the bank.

Snoozle

I lodge bags of coppers etc into my daughters account - banks dish out piggy banks (well, not necessarily piggy, but you know what I mean, money boxes!) to children from no age, so it would be a bit hypocritical of them to refuse to take the proceeds, and generally with children this means change....and lots of it.

Jaime-V

I'm with Abbey and can only lodge 5 bags at a time :mad: does my head in!! Local Post offices here won't change money either. I try to get some local shops to change but it is time consuming.

Why banks won't take full bags is beyond me - it's all money after all!

purt

If my bank refused to take more than five bags from me I'd demand to speak with the manager. It's your cash, you're lodging it in your account. How can they refuse to accept it? I could understand them being narked at you if you didn't have an account with them. Limiting your lodgements if you do have an account with them is just ridiculous. Baffles me, but then these are the local banks who've been ripping us all off for decades.

By the way - I lodged just under £100 in the Ulster Bank on the Lisburn Road about a week ago. It was all bagged up as it should be. I lodged 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p bags.

Robothell

I've encountered this a few times and certainly the Alliance and Leicester and the Nationwide in the centre of Belfast only take 5 bags at a time. The reason this is done is to prevent people like shopkeepers, who would deal in a lot of change, from avoiding business accounts, dodging the transaction fees for changing large amounts of change and clogging up the queues. Generally kids accounts and those for charities do not have these conditions applied for obvios reasons.

It may seem like a daft question but can you not just go a few times in a row? I do the same and just go down every time I get 5 bags of change regardless of denomination.

gibbyni

Thanks for all the suggestions, However I have just noticed the perfect solution Tescos (Carrick and Newtownabbey) have gotten the change machines in and don't charge you a penny, it gives you out a voucher to use instore.

As for the bank it was Abbey they have had that rule for ages. I usualy cash in my silver when it gets to 5 bags but the bronze just sits there so had built up over time.

Was just planning to bring 5 at a time but I only go to the bank once or twice a month so would have taken a while to cash in.

Anyway thanks for all the help

D.A.

I think Tesco in Knocknagoney (although it may be Lisburn - can't remember) also has one of these machines now.

chicksy

Sainsburys at Holywood Exchange and Asda in Dundonald have a machine.

bingo_bango

Tesco Dunmurry have one as well.

dsab

Sainsburys in Newry has one as well now, but they charge 8.75%. :mad: