Absolutely disgusted - Need advise pls..

Dumbledore55

Sainsburys supermarkets have a machine that you pour the money in and they count it and pay you in a voucher to spend in the store. I think they take a fee but I'm not sure how much.

DD

fgaughan

They can't refuse if its a child paying into a his/her account though!

bradders33

fgaughan wrote:

They can't refuse if its a child paying into a his/her account though!

Damn... I don't have any kids!!

hurricanewyn

Those machines take 7%, which is a fair whack of your money - threatening to close your account is the best thing to do with the banks. I've had this problem before and I think it's disgusting that they won't take the money back!

DilbertJones

I'd bag it up correctly, fill in a paying in slip & go & deposit it all at once, flaming banks. should stop counting our custom for granted. :mad:

Dee123_2

Bradders

Is the bank so strict if the coins are in rolls, not bags? Rolls let them visually check and then they are weighed to verify the correct amount of coins.

I think Post Offices might be more leniant and you can pay into your bank through them. Also, I wondered if machines in amusement arcades dispense notes or they can change them up.

I'm wracking my brain here - i know I used a machine somewhere and it didnt charge me.

Edit : Oops sorry, just read you already tried the post office!

barbie_babe

borrow a friends kid.we got my son to change more than 3 bags in po the other day.he needed money so he was willing to do it .he is ten and we waited in shop for him.they gave him pound coins back.

Woby_Tide

bradders33 wrote:

Thanks for that Cozzie... I just rang Sainsbury's and they said that their machine charges 7%.. Which I think is a rip-off.. But hey,it's an option.

How much is 7% of what you wish to change, and how much is the parking/petrol/your time cost to convert it little by little at the bank. All of a sudden 7% isn't so bad. The vouchers can be converted to 'real cash' within the store. You don't have to spend it where you do the counting, at least our Sainsburies coinstar machine allowed that.

pug_in_a_bed

in my sainsburys the charge for the machine goes to charity so at least it wouldn't be going in their pockets. They give the charge to a local charity which is currently jospice (i'm a big penny saver too)

Scoflo

I am afraid my Post Office takes mine, no problem. Perhaps it might be worth while asking in a local one rather than a big one.

I am sure only so many coins are legal tender and over that isn't but i don't know the amounts. I'm thinking about paying for the bus in pennies etc.