Estate Agent Threatening Us

Becky

I'll give them £75 worth of beans.

skippy64

Becky wrote:

I'll give them £75 worth of beans.

I think that may only be legal tender at tea-time. Could be dangerous though, as Estate Agents are generally full of hot air & wind most of the time !!!

Mark7799

GDB2222 wrote:

Nope, it's not necessary for them to accept £75 in pennies. There is a max amount that is legal tender in small coins, maybe £5 or so.

It's actually 20p for copper coins

jockettuk

Mark7799 wrote:

It's actually 20p for copper coins

then take in 20p a day to them or a week and tell them you will give it to them bit by bit as thats how they invoiced you a bit at a time lol .. oh and dont forget to get a receipt

Robert_Sterling_3

Becky wrote:

Skippy - I might do that!

Robert - thanks for your advice...Are you by any chance a morally superior being, otherwise known as an Estate Agent?

Oxymoron I think

GDB2222

skippy64 wrote:

I still think it would be worth a try when going into pay. They can only say no once.

GDB2222 have you got a link to where it says that about maximum amounts of coins for payment. Not saying that I don't doubt what you have posted, but I sometimes receive lots of change for payment on goods so I would love to have something to quote back to people just on those occasions to try and put them off.

Try Googling for Legal Tender Coins then take your pick of the results

GDB2222

jockettuk wrote:

then take in 20p a day to them or a week and tell them you will give it to them bit by bit as thats how they invoiced you a bit at a time lol .. oh and dont forget to get a receipt

£1 coins are legal tender in any amount, so could pay by 75 £1 coins. They don't have to accept payment in instalments. I doubt they can be obliged to write out a receipt at all, let alone for silly amounts.

Martini

Legal Tender Guidelines

Legal tender has a very narrow and technical meaning in the settlement of debts. It means that a debtor cannot successfully be sued for non-payment if he pays into court in legal tender. It does not mean that any ordinary transaction has to take place in legal tender or only within the amount denominated by the legislation. Both parties are free to agree to accept any form of payment whether legal tender or otherwise according to their wishes. In order to comply with the very strict rules governing an actual legal tender it is necessary, for example, actually to offer the exact amount due because no change can be demanded.

The amounts for legal tender are stated below.

BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES:

In England and Wales the £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes are legal tender for payment of any amount. However, they are not legal tender in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

COINS:

Circulating Coins are legal tender throughout the United Kingdom for the following amount:


£2 - for any amount

£1 - for any amount

50p - for any amount not exceeding £10

25p (Crown) - for any amount not exceeding £10

20p - for any amount not exceeding £10

10p - for any amount not exceeding £5

5p - for any amount not exceeding £5

2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p

jockettuk

GDB2222 wrote:

£1 coins are legal tender in any amount, so could pay by 75 £1 coins. They don't have to accept payment in instalments. I doubt they can be obliged to write out a receipt at all, let alone for silly amounts.

if they dont write out a receipt for however amount or however kind of money is given then they dont get the money.. the receipt is a way of proving you have paid it.. .. this was more a way of paying of the bill but by the most annoying way as the way the estate agents have dealt with the sale..