I just LOVE my penny pot!

girl-in-a-hat

My best was just over £90 from a penny jar but I fell into the Coinstar trap. Still, it was nice to have a blowout at the supermarket that felt as though it was free! HSBC here I come!

nextyeartina

i have a big bells whisky bottle. it's just over half full now and i've been putting 1, 2 & 5ps in it since january 2008. i can only dream how much it will hold... lol. i have taped up the top so nobody dips in it.

tina x

LJM

im going to open a HSBC account and let mine go straight into there,may not be a lot each time but im sure it will soon add up.do all HSBC's have the machines in their branches?

Mme.Hibou

Barclays do it too

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1831525

pumpkin_soup wrote: »

I am also interested in tracking down a coin machine (fed up of being charged 8% by the coinstar in tescos!), so I emailed Barclays asking where is the nearest coin machine to me (cambridge).

They sent me a list of all branches that have the coin machines. Thought others might be interested, so here it is:

Thank you for your email
Our support team have advised of the following branch, please be aware that these are for the use of Barclays Customers:
CARDIFF
COLCHESTER HIGH STREET
CROYDON
HAMMERSMITH BUSINESS CENTRE
LEAMINGTON SPA
LEWISHAM HIGH ST
LIVERPOOL, LORD STREET
LOWESTOFT
LUTON DUNSTABLE RD
Manchester Market Street
Manchester City Office (Moseley Street)
MILE END
MOORGATE
WOKING
WOLVERHAMPTON QUEEN SQUARE

Nowhere very close to Cambridge then Looks like Coinstar will continue to get their cut until I can get around to opening an HSBC account to use their machines (I'm far too lazy to do the whole bagging-up thing!)

stationaryace

my OH is terrible for just emptying his wallet when he get too many coins, as the coin part is quite small, and leaving smush around the place. after him going to use the coin machine in asda and paying £20 in 'fees' (yes, it was a lot of coins!) we've agreed that I will sort out the coins and pay them into his bank account and keep the 7.8% cut as payment. Since this goes into the joint account it usually gets spent on the shopping, but it's better than paying someone else to sort it for him

tandraig

right - if bank wont change coins for you - just pay them into your account. I tried to change £30 pounds worth of copper and silver last year and the cashier sniffily informed they weren't changing any more that day! thought right you c** so i went and got paying in slip filled it out and waited til i got same cashier. then smiled nicely and handed it all over. the look on her face was priceless. then i went outside and withdrew the lot out of cashpoint.

Dazi

We had one of those large whiskey bottles when it was about three quarters full we counted it out, my bank only takes 5 bags at a time, luckily I had 2 accounts but it took ages of lugging 10 bags at a time to change it all. Afraid to say that when it got down to the coppers they went in a coinstar machine, but I didn't like giving them my money!

We then got a battery operated coin sorter, now as soon as I have 5 bags full I take it to the bank pay it into my account, then transfer it to a savings account, a lot easier and I still get to see how much we are saving.

chaosweddings

i have 2 sealed tins, one for pound coins for my holiday, i have been putting at least a £1 in every day since march and im not going away until next october

i also have a silver sealed tin where any change under a pound goes in , this is for xmas and i measured the gap between the coin slot and the money and i have exactly 1 inch left to fill Yippe! my lloyds tsb bank said they will cash as much as i can carry !

once the xmas tin has been opened i will buy another one for silver change so i will have extra spending money for my hoibobs !

kindofagilr

I too do this, I have a gallon Vodka bottle and its about a third full at the minute we are saving for babybean (due march)

Last Christmas we had about 2/3 in and we got about £150 but I only put copper and occasional silver in

This time its everything under a £1 and sometimes £1s

Bronnie

Ruby_Moon wrote: »

You saved all that money and then gave nearly £20 away just like that to Asda, for nothing!
If you want to send it to me, I will count it for you for half that price.

I just can't believe that either I'm completely baffled as to why people who are saving in coin jars would contemplate paying to use those machines, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me!