loose change

vermooten

Hi,

I've got a biucket of 1p, 2p and 10p pieces from years of emptying my pockets of these things after work. The bucket's almost full now.

I don't want to have to put all the money into bank bags - that's just wrong and will take a century. I want to take the bucket to a bank where they will pour it into a machine that'll sort the change, bag it and then give me the total.

Lloyds (my bank) say they won't do it. There are machines at supermarkets that'll do it but will charge me 10%.

Any thoughts? My immediate thought is: buy another bucket.

Andy

redddraggon

I'll have the change if you don't want it

a_n_t

it's worth 10% for not having to count it!!! I do it at asda

Slow Downcp

I do this for the kids - don;t count it though, I get them to sort into 1p, 2p, 5p, etc and then roughly bag up using bank bags and weigh on electronic scales. From memory a £1 bag of bronze is 357g, a £5 bag of silver 371g (I'd have to check though - have it written down somewhere).

elscorcho

I will sort your change, bag it and give you the total minus my fee of 7%

Maybe you could find a bank that will sort your loose change and give you the money in notes!

But think of it this way-there could be £300 pounds or more in loose change that is doing nothing but collecting dust. Lets assume you have exactly £300 of loose change in your bucket! If you did pay the 10% at a supermarket that is £270 that you can put in your wallet and carry easily! Just think of all the cycling goodies you could buy with £270!

Having all that loose change doing nothing is similar to having a bike sitting in a shed and not getting used and we all know how much quality bikes can cost! 8)

Steven

Bikerbaboon

I use the asda one. But we keep it in a cat money jar that i got for my wife ..........




wait for it







wait for it.


Once my wife's pussy is full we pop down to asda and get a full weeks shoping and then some. :shock:

Sorry ill get me coat.

Frank the tank

I think it's 8% at a tesco change wizard.

Wait 'til the next time it's lagging it down and count it into bags, it costs nowt and is theraputic. Get ya kids to help (if you have any) for a small reward.

But, don't count it in front of the missus, else she'll want half.

Chaz.Harding

OR you could give it away...

JOKE!! Stupid credit crunch got me saving coppers now too...

Try phoning around banks / post offices to see if they'll count it for free, and give you cash. Can't hurt.

Or you could do it the free way - ask for some bags and count it yourself, just think of the shiny goodies you can now get with your cash!

fluff.

No help about getting change, but I was just reading this blog post on trying to get change out of banks ..
http://fabbyorshabby.blogspot.com/2009/02/natwest.html

redvee

My uncle had a large whiskey bottle, approx 24" high, with copper and 5p pieces in it to a depth of about 4" and one afternoon decided to count it. Grabbed the bottle by the neck and the bottom stayed behind as did all the coinage.

Kids are the ones to get to do the counting for you, it will be good for their maths.

_Brun_

I think you should give it all to charity, purely for being too lazy to take a few coppers out with you everyday and get rid of them.

psiturbo

what a dilema, instead of wasting time opening a thread about such subject, just count it.

Please, stop whinning!

vermooten

Who's whining? Just wanna save some time, looking for answers.

spen666

vermooten wrote:

... Just wanna save some time, looking for answers.

an oxymoron surely?

Aggieboy

vermooten wrote:
I was chatting away at 11am dumb stoopid tradition

At Tesco one year some people stopped in mid-motion, as if their picture had been taken... why???



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I think you should give it all to charity, purely for being too lazy to take a few coppers out with you everyday and get rid of them.

Good idea. I sugest he gives it to the Royal British Legion for being such an arsehole!

STEFANOS4784

Don't you hate it when the past comes back to haunt you....... :P

Aggieboy

And the total going to charity is....................................................

Sirius631

Aggieboy wrote:

And the total going to charity is....................................................

Who cares! Just say it's a bucket load.

I kept all my short change for a year. I was surprised that in that time I only accumulated £14-something. I dumped it in the Red Nose Day bucket at Sainsbury's.