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HSBC Express Machines / Coinstar

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pan111
pan111 Posts: 90 Forumite
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...I was in a rush at HSBC the other day and after putting x amount of money into my account noticed a coin machine...

Am I right in thinking these machines will take a bag of coins, sort it and pay it into your account free of charge? Unlike the Coinstar machines at supermarkets?

...or will I still need to bag up x amount of 1p 2p 5p etc?
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  • gt94sss2
    gt94sss2 Posts: 6,079 Forumite
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    pan111 wrote: »
    ...I was in a rush at HSBC the other day and after putting x amount of money into my account noticed a coin machine...

    Am I right in thinking these machines will take a bag of coins, sort it and pay it into your account free of charge? Unlike the Coinstar machines at supermarkets?

    Yes.

    Regards
    Sunil
  • gk.
    gk. Posts: 10 Forumite
    I just tried the HSBC coin machine..
    Their count was 7% light..
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    gk. wrote: »
    I just tried the HSBC coin machine..
    Their count was 7% light..

    1. This thread is years old why have you signed up to reply to it.
    2. It doesn't take 7%, neither does coinstar.
  • gk.
    gk. Posts: 10 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    1. This thread is years old why have you signed up to reply to it.
    2. It doesn't take 7%, neither does coinstar.

    1. So why did you bother to reply within seconds then?
    2. Yes it did.. Hence my post!
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    gk. wrote: »
    1. So why did you bother to reply within seconds then?
    2. Yes it did.. Hence my post!

    Because it irritates me. And coinstar takes 7.5%.
  • omelette451
    omelette451 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    I'm confused. Are the HSBC ones free to use or not?
  • Extant
    Extant Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    gk. wrote: »
    I just tried the HSBC coin machine..
    Their count was 7% light..

    Why would it be 7% light?

    Don't you think they'd notice problems when their machines didn't balance?
    What would William Shatner do?
  • gk.
    gk. Posts: 10 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    Because it irritates me. And coinstar takes 7.5%.

    What irritates you? People adding to 16 month old threads with perfectly valid points?
    Oh.. and I didn't even mention coinstar.
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    BarclaysManager wrote: »
    Why would it be 7% light?

    Don't you think they'd notice problems when their machines didn't balance?

    Or he can't count? :confused:

    I doubt HSBC will charge to use the machines, they don't with cash, nor with cheques, nor with cash withdrawals.... and everyone else has said they don't charge.
  • gk.
    gk. Posts: 10 Forumite
    BarclaysManager wrote: »
    Why would it be 7% light?

    Don't you think they'd notice problems when their machines didn't balance?

    I dont know.
    And I'm not proposing a reason.
    Just reporting the facts.
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