Paying for full tank of petrol in pennies

sabz3008

Right, so I have a jar full of £63.32 1 pence and 2 pence coins....Okay, not a jar - 2 carrier bags full!

I know from the Royal Mint website that 2p and 1p coins are only legal tender up to:

2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

But, damn, I'm just broke and feeling slightly bored and annoyed at the soaring petrol prices, (Even though it's not the petrol companies fault but due to Mr. TaxMan) ... If I go and fill up my car with £63.32 and ONLY have 1p's and 2p's to hand to the cashier...Do they have to accept it as it's my ONLY means of payment, or can they actually call the Police and claim that I'm refusing to pay? - Which I'm actually not...I have the money, it's all there!

What do you guys think? :A

Note: this question is only hypothetical, I don't really have £63 in coins nor am I that heartless to put some poor cashier through all that pain lol

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sabz3008 wrote: »

2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

I think you've answered your own question.

They'd refuse that amount of copper and if you had no other means by which to pay for the petrol, fill out one of those payment forms whereby you agree to pay the bill within a set number of days.

sabz3008

They'd refuse that amount of copper and if you had no other means by which to pay for the petrol, fill out one of those payment forms whereby you agree to pay the bill within a set number of days

But I don't have any other forms of payment other than coppers ? Oh FML by this stage

baza52

so go to a bank and change it up

puppy999

Yes they will refuse as I went into a shop coppered up for pkt cigs £5.90 and they refused to take my pennies ...lol

Kered

there was a thread on this site a while ago about exactly the same subject only the OP claimed that he had put the petrol in before trying to pay with pennies, they kept the thread spinning for quite a while on the subject but I cant remember which board it was on

I_luv_cats

Getting a bank to change it up might be a pain. They might ask you to pay into an account.

Coinstar coin exchange machines (certain supermarkets) are an option but you have to give up around 9 %.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

What would happen if you went over your stated amount of £63.62 by a penny? Then you'd be in trouble.

paddyrg

Oh dear, OP, what a silly game! I hear your frustration, but whilst the tax burden on fuel is high, the money to get us out of this financial hole has to come from all sources, or it'll only be higher year on year thereafter as the country services insane interets. And don't imagine the poor oil companies have nothing to do with high prices, they know exactly what they are doing. Anyway, motivation aside ...

If I were the garage, I would refuse you - cash handling is expensive for all the counting, storage, transport and banking of it (businesses pay a percentage of the cash banked in fees), not to mention the grief for a member of staff to have to count all your copper causing massive queues, which leaves cars t the pumps, which may lose them business. It would be harmful to the very people selling what you want, and nobody else except their other customers!

You could try getting the local press along to cover your position 'local man takes penny-saving stand on fuel prices - see page 19', but aside from a little support from frothing nutters, it could undermine your grievance and make you look silly.

ChefBungle

Plus the poor person on the till is more than likely being paid minimum wage and probably won't really care about your woes or concerns. He/she will probably accept the money as they will probably feel intimidated into doing it (as likely you will be 'wanting to make a point' when you go in to pay), and the only thing that will happen is that they will !!!!! and moan about you to other staff members and customers.

If you think for one minute that the cashier is going to speak to her boss or write to the petrol company head office and say "gee whizz, this guy came in and paid for his petrol with 1p's and 2p's in protest at high prices. I really think we should lower our prices by 50p per litre so this kind of thing doesn't happen again" then you need a bit of a reality check.

I hear your pain and frustration as it costs me £68 to fill up my tank just now, but there are more constructive ways to protest.

**dancingbutterfly**

wont Post office's change the money for you for free?

not sure!