topping up the price to get a round £ back

daytona0

It was quite funny but I left uni with a 2:1 in a degree with maths as a minor. Worked in a bookmakers during this time and people would do a similar thing, hand me £10.20 for a £5.20 bet.

I actually couldn't get my head round it to start with :eek: I'm not kidding, people would hand me £10.20 but I'd be happier working the difference between £10 and £5.20.

A few times I had to (for example) place the £10 and 20p separately and then put the £4.80 change next to the 20p so that I could visualise the £5 total. It was mayhem.

balletshoes

happyc84 wrote: »

Sales price £5:20.
I hand them £10 plus 20p in change.
looking for for a nice £5 :j

If I can try and explain; a couple of time when I've been charged just over a £10 note, I add the difference in change to help the assistant give me back a plain £5.

A few times they count of the original change and also had back the change I added on. grrrr.

Is this an out-of date practice, does anyone else have a method of this working for them.

no, I do this all the time, I usually get my (in your example) nice £5 back.

The-Truth

teddysmum wrote: »

Perhaps, hand over the note and extra coins with a comment like' This should save your change.'

I work in retail and get that a lot. However they all do it., I end up with no £5's or £1's but you have to manage the till as far as that goes. I've often refused change stating I actually have loads and can't afford to run out of £5's or £1's because then some poor sod not giving the "odd this'll help your change" will end up getting all there's in 50p's or less.

It is actually probably because you're not actually helping them, you're just trying to help yourself.

molerat

A problem I had (several times) with one of our till operators was telling the till the customer had tendered £10 for a £7 sale then realising they had actually handed over a £20 note. She was certain that if she gave the customer £13 change instead of the £3 the screen told her to give the till would be down.

Cycrow

molerat wrote: »

A problem I had (several times) with one of our till operators was telling the till the customer had tendered £10 for a £7 sale then realising they had actually handed over a £20 note. She was certain that if she gave the customer £13 change instead of the £3 the screen told her to give the till would be down.

Yeah i've had that too. Some people simply fail to grasp how the till systems work

happyc84

I think I know what my issue is, I remember being brought up saying "sorry I don't have anything smaller" when trying to purchase low value items with a high value note. Thankfully chip and pin came along.

chuckley

it's because they're underpaid, overworked, on zero hour contracts and have a D or less in Maths GCSE.

firefox1956

After 32 years operating a till I can tell you what one of the problems with handing over the odd few pence is.........it works like this.....
There we go madam £5.19 pence please...
Oh would you like the .19 pence ??
Well OK then.......
Looks for purse in bottom of shopping bag, finds purse eventually,opens purse but unfortunately said purse is upside down, spills all contents onto floor,takes several minutes for customer plus several other waiting customers to collect up all split contents......
Gets everything together & asks 'What was the amount again??'
£5.19 pence please.........drums fingers on till drawer as 15 other customers behind said person all start to look a little irate........
Oh well I'll be blessed I don't seem to have the .19 pence after all.....
Will a £10.00 note be OK ??
AAAAARRRRGGGGGG
I could have completed the bl***dy transaction 10 minutes ago...........

System

happyc84 wrote: »

I think I know what my issue is, I remember being brought up saying "sorry I don't have anything smaller" when trying to purchase low value items with a high value note. Thankfully chip and pin came along.

I hear customers say this when they hand over a £20 note for £2.50. But whilst in the process in getting the note from wallet or purse, I see several fivers and enough coinage in there.

Why give larger notes when you have smaller ones?

emay

I do this quite a lot, and am regularly met with blank looks!

Had it recently where I spent £13.20, so gave them £23.20, got the usual blank look until she put the amount in till, till says £10 change, look of realisation at what I'd done suddenly registered on her face.

But the ones that really baffle people are when I don't give all the exact change, eg. spend £2.55, give £3.05 so I can have 50p change!!!