Coin changers

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:17 am

Just a quick heads up for any of you's who have lots of coins you want changing into notes, Leicester Forest East services on the M1 has a machine that changes your coins up into notes, you basically pull this door open and load up your coins (got around £200 in no danger) shut the door and it automatically counts them for you and spits the notes out the bottom. I would imagine you would find these in many services but i've not looked.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:24 am

i'd only risk putting 10 in at a time i think.

just imagine the scenario where you load in a b3 drop and the note cassette gets jammed ,lo and behold there is nobody on site and they tell you to give the office a bell ,engineer turns up next day and mysteriously deems nothing to be wrong. :x

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:27 am

Yeah, fair comment, assuming nothing ever goes wrong there a great invention, i'm sure a few of us have been fucked around on an IOU in a services before.

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:31 am

I seem to remember seeing these in supermarket foyers. Although i think they charge commision. (7.5%?)

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:47 am

I think these are free, i looked for a charge but could'nt see one.

PMK · Post by **PMK** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:51 am

These have been around for a while now. Many welcome breaks have them. As do galas and beacons. Nice way of gettin rid of coins.

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:52 am

A few years ago I decided to cash my coins in the changer in Oxford services. I loaded up a few hundred then the machine fucked up and was asked to fill in the usual Pay-You-Never form. "No chance!" I said.
"I'll wait for the engineer".

After chasing a claim for a poxy £13 for months, I wasn't prepared to go through that again.

A couple of hours and the guy turned up and sorted it out so it was ok.

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:23 am

These are switched off after dark, no good if you've finished your graft

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:23 pm

As most banks charge about £1.60 per £100 changed for Business Current Accounts these machines would easily pay for themselves within a few months. Hopefully more will spring up around the country. Stops you walking down the street with bulging pockets.

badders2 · Post by **badders2** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:53 pm

weymouth sea front has one or did

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:10 pm

used to be one just inside the doors of asda , charged you 11p in the pound , and you could put any assortment of coins in it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its gone now though , must have had problems

deano8177 · Post by **deano8177** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:19 pm

I find it a lot better to just put them straight in to the bank. At least that way they are going to get saved and not wasted. And most of them changers charge.

maverick69 · Post by **maverick69** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:03 pm

or if ur freindly with an arcade owner i can get a 1000 done at a time easy

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:13 pm

maverick69 wrote:or if ur freindly with an arcade owner i can get a 1000 done at a time easy

The reason for that is it costs them a £5 for every £500 coins!

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:00 pm

Some Hsbc banks have them

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