Absolutely disgusted - Need advise pls..

amandathepanda

Who do you Bank with ? Is it a Building Society rather than a Bank. Often Building Societies don't offer the same counter service as a larger Bank. NatWest would accept any amount as long as it is bagged correctly and you are a customer.

Murtle

can't you do a bank crawl and take a couple into each bank???!!

that might be me in a few days....I need to take ours in.....

jockettuk

i wont take my coppers etc into town as i have to pay for parking etc but i do take it to a out of town bank and we only talking abt a few miles from main bank.. ive never had a problem with them taking all my bagged up money.. and im with the lloyds tsb cant normally say good things abt them lol

Tony_H_3

Just a quick post to let everyone know this this has been merged, so may read alittle strange. My appologise if this is the case.

Regards
Board Guide

MastG

a tip with taking coins in to a bank is try and go mornings monday or tuesday.

Othertimes they may be busy, HSBC and Natwest have always cashed 5-6 bags of coins for me at these times

But there is a sign in HSBC saying only 2 bags to be changed at busy times

Gary

oscardog

I had this problem when my local Halifax only allowed 5 bags to be changed (I had about thirty). Did the five, popped next door to Lloyds and they did the lot - no probs.

louise1234_2

I thought most banks had counting machines that weighed coins if they were all the same??

aussielle

louise1234 wrote:

I thought most banks had counting machines that weighed coins if they were all the same??

They do but most also seem to have a limit in place which restricts the number you can change per day

I also save change and have found the building societies will only change 2 per day, unless it's a childrens account you're paying into but the RBS don't seem to mind how many I change in one go and the staff are always fine about it and joke that at the end of the day its all legal tender.

What about asking in a local shop? My kids often get given bags of change from their great grandad, which the local shop owner is happy to change for them.

louise1234_2

See I understand the limit if the cashier has to count every bag............but is taking 10 bags to the weighing machine so much harder than 2?? I don't see it delaying the queue that much.

mah_jong

louise1234 wrote:

See I understand the limit if the cashier has to count every bag............but is taking 10 bags to the weighing machine so much harder than 2?? I don't see it delaying the queue that much.

But what if 10 bags read different weights...no choice but to count them all!!!!

Just suposing.... !!!