Wombling in restrictive times (2021)

NBLondon

Took my accumulated foreign change with my on Friday as I was going near a Fourex machine... it was out of srvice so it all came home again

However 4x 5p pieces from the Coinstar today 

Siebrie

It's really slow-going at the moment.

€1,89 free ham (1+1 that I wasn't looking for)

€1,30 nutri-boost

21 loyalty points from wombled receipts

NBLondon

You're telling me it's slow.... 10p and 5 Eurocents today - first hit of November.

Siebrie

Okay, I now have a small list of wombles:

€24 sponsored by father (giving me his loyalty points) on a trip to his local supermarket for my shopping when we visited them

€0,20 coin found

€3,59 gf granola, reimbursed in loyalty points

10 points from wombled receipts

€0,13 nutri-boost

€0,52 nutri-boost

€0,75 free mango for 80 loyalty points (the mango was priced at €1,55, I paid 80 points, so advantage is €0,75)

8 points from wombled receipts

450 loyalty points for buying €30 worth on Saturday (sm anniversary)

3% + 3% shopping at specific sm reimbursed by bank (still to check/receive). This showed up, €2,06, which will be paid out early December.

100% shopping at specific sm reimbursed by bank (still to check/recieve). Grrrrrr; I activated the deal in the bank app, I did my shopping, the cashback showed up, and now it doesn't show anymore! Not the first time! Of course, not a trace can be found of either the deal or the earlier cashback announcement. It's why I always keep my shopping low with this type of deal....

Siebrie

26 loyalty points from wombled receipts

The Belgian government has a 'school fee support' programme (there isn't a school fee here, I just don't know what else to call it), where, before, you had to hand in a lot of paperwork to get €25 support. It wasn't worth the hassle for me, and reading the guidlines we wouldn't qualify, so I never applied. This year, they have changed the programme, and the government calculated the support based on your income tax.... We received € 124.54 for dd2 (primary) and 240.56 for dd1 (secondary school).

TOP_CAT

Seems Fourex has gone bust so all the kiosks are shut .

NBLondon

TOP_CAT said:

Seems Fourex has gone bust so all the kiosks are shut .

The website is offline.  No news items I can find.   I've got a pile of coppers still on hand (maybe £1 worth) so I'll see what happens.

TOP_CAT

If Fourex is in administration then its likely not alot will happen .
Westfield an Brent Cross are closed for a reason along with earlier disaperance of machines in supermarkets.
Others cashing up sums of cash lost the lot .

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.fourex.co.uk

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09488171/insolvency

TOP_CAT

Not great news if you used these Fourex machines .
They were not good rates but not alot else existed.... except for Leftovercurrency which is more differcult unless close by with similar or worse rates.

Siebrie

This one is a bit of a stretch, as I didn't 'find' the money: our washing machine broke beyond (reasonably priced) repair; my parents offered theirs, which is a 8kg one and much too big for the 2 of them. They couldn't find a new one they liked, decided to keep theirs and sent us money to replace ours; a €1.000!! We are very grateful, but it wasn't necessary, and they don't want the money back. We bought our new machine with a Black Friday deal for €500 and will use the rest of the money for nice days out (that I would otherwise be hesitant to spend the money on).