Change from the self service supermarket till

DCFC79

Gillyx wrote: »

When I dealt with them the machines could only hold so many coins in each storage 'slot' if you like. We would load enough 50 pences in the morning, but you'd have to judge how many would be put in too so it didn't get full, it will give 50's to start with but eventually they will run low so it will start giving out 20's etc. Same with 2 pences.

We were constantly refilling the 50 pences and 2 pences but if we didn't the machines would still work.

Hope that makes sense, hard to describe.

Yeh I understand what you mean.

AlwaysWorking

Techhead wrote: »

So what is the reason? The answer is the cost of buying and handling change. By reducing the number of different coins/notes the cost goes down. The software can just as easily make the change.

Sorry, this isn't correct - so far as I am aware, the machines are American designed and, as America has less coins than us, the machines cannot stock all of our coins. There are only a certain number of coin dispenser slots in the machine and all other coins customers use to pay (eg 50p coins) go into the coin overflow as there is no slot for them. Hope this makes sense!

Should add, if the machine is low in coins, it may result in you getting more of another coin..e.g if you are due 10p change and the machine is low in 5ps, you will get coppers.

battleborn

Its really annoying, waiting for someone who is paying for shopping with loads of loose change.

The banks, well HSBC, do a good service allowing you to drop all your spare coins in a machine and it goes stright into your bank accout.

Sheldon_Cooper

This sometimes happens with real life till operators. I noticed when they brought in the £2 coins that many would ignore the stack of £2's in their drawers and continue to give four £1 coins for £4.something change.

battleborn

Sheldon_Cooper wrote: »

This sometimes happens with real life till operators. I noticed when they brought in the £2 coins that many would ignore the stack of £2's in their drawers and continue to give four £1 coins for £4.something change.

How do you know they ignored them, are you a till draw inspector?

bod1467

People make observations in life and draw conclusions. Does that make them Life Observation Inspectors? :rotfl:

System

battleborn wrote: »

Its really annoying, waiting for someone who is paying for shopping with loads of loose change.

The banks, well HSBC, do a good service allowing you to drop all your spare coins in a machine and it goes stright into your bank accout.

I used this last week. The guy in front of me loaded in £400 in change. However he had filled the machine so when I loaded in my £80 it said after £2.20 it was full and gave me all my money back.

It was very annoying!

Sheldon_Cooper

battleborn wrote: »

How do you know they ignored them, are you a till draw inspector?

What a ridiculous question! I saw them pass over the £2 coins and select 4 x £1 for my change. How could anyone not work that out for themselves?

battleborn

goater78 wrote: »

I used this last week. The guy in front of me loaded in £400 in change. However he had filled the machine so when I loaded in my £80 it said after £2.20 it was full and gave me all my money back.

It was very annoying!

The person before you probably put in some non British coins and blocked the machine, you have to ask someone to go and unblock it.

battleborn

Sheldon_Cooper wrote: »

What a ridiculous question! I saw them pass over the £2 coins and select 4 x £1 for my change. How could anyone not work that out for themselves?

Yes but you are probably one of 2000 people in the store that day, so for that reason, your observation is ridiculous and silly.