Small Change

Blackpool_Saver

Yes I have a coin tin too, every so often it goes it pays for a shop lol, if there is a charity tin by the till tho' odd bits would go in that

Mrs.W_2

Never feel bad about waiting those couple of seconds for your 1p change. If your shopping came to £5.01, you'd still be expected to pay five pounds and one penny.

Last weekend I made an exception to the rule when I won a lovely child's pine rocking chair on eBay. It was collection only, and finished at 99p. Decided it was slightly too cheap to wait with my hand out for 1P change on that occasion.:D

jjblondie

My nan finds 5ps really annoying for some reason and she gives them all to my little sister. She can't stand them in her purse!

jaqui59

Mrs.W wrote: »

Last weekend I made an exception to the rule when I won a lovely child's pine rocking chair on eBay. It was collection only, and finished at 99p. Decided it was slightly too cheap to wait with my hand out for 1P change on that occasion.:D

Oh my, I really do have to harden up .. I think I would have probably been offering to pay their Ebay fees too!!! LOL

barbiedoll

Don't feel bad about taking the penny change! I've worked in retail and we don't think you're a tightwad if you take it, it's not like the staff save them up and share them out like tips! :rotfl:

And don't pay full price for anything on a market stall, unless it's a really cheap £1 item. I always ask the price, if it's £15, I say...."Oh, I've only got a tenner on me" They will moan that you're robbing them etc etc, then you can rummage in your pockets, find a couple of pound coins and offer them £12. I can guarantee that you'll get it!

bluenoseam

my small change tin (ok so anything which isn't really "viable" from my wallet goes into it - 20p and under isn't gonna do much) just got changed into over £100 a couple of weeks ago - i don't feel guilty about taking the change & firing it in the jar, besides, i'm a cashier now and i hate tills being unbalanced, it bursts my head on a daily basis!

bylromarha

jjblondie wrote: »

My nan finds 5ps really annoying for some reason and she gives them all to my little sister. She can't stand them in her purse!

I was out clubbing a few years ago and a guy at the bar found all the pound coins in his pocket really annoying.

He tipped them all out onto the bar and told me to buy a drink from them. He then walked away from the pile with his own drink. I scooped them all up and chased after him to return them - he point blank refused - I even tried stuffing them back in his pockets, but he chucked out the ones I snuck in.

So friend and I divvied them up. We had £37 each :eek: Only night out I've ever had where I made a profit.

NiallB

bylromarha wrote: »

Only night out I've ever had where I made a profit.

You're SO setting yourself up for a "That's not what I've heard!"

But I'm too polite :rotfl:

meritaten

you will really upset the cashier if you refuse your change! Ive done this job too - and you would think the store would be pleased if your till was 'over'. They arent! they watch you even more closely as they are then convinced you are somehow diddling them and too thick to do it properly!
I too have a penny jar and a silver jar - The penny jar got given to two of the grandkids to take on holiday and spend in the 'arcade' - they got £14.50 ish each. my silver jar yielded a massive £89.25 last week! that was from saving from last christmas.
Yes, I too pick up pennies while chanting 'see a penny etc'!

MrsAtobe

We've got a square piggy bank with 'Our Wedding' written all the way round it that all our spare change goes into. Mind you,we'll be in our eighties before we can afford to get married at the rate we're going .