most expensive item bought ,using entirely coins

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:43 pm

When I change some coins over in a bar, I stack them in 5s, to make it even easier, but yes, they still count them individually, unless they are the boss, sometimes they don't even count and thrown them in the till!

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:53 pm

I once bought 10 fevernova footballs(anyone who's used one will know how good they are) as they were £5 each,

Get my stack of coins out and the chavvy girl's like "what's that?!"

So i informed her that it was £50, and she was like "you're not paying in coins are you?" and took the coins looking at me like i'd shot her mother or something.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:23 pm

What are they whinging for ?

a) They are shop assistants, not bloody Philip Green and are meant to provide a service

b) The bank charges a fee for issuing change within their annual charges.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:38 pm

the right 2p coins are worth more as scrap. Fact. a few wheel barrows full ,yields a few wheel barrows profit i'm told

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:48 pm

mr lugsy wrote:the right 2p coins are worth more as scrap. Fact. a few wheel barrows full ,yields a few wheel barrows profit i'm told

Only the older ones that were made mostly from copper.

The newer ones are just plated steel - not worth any more than face value.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:52 pm

i did say the "right" tuppences , found a use for that old magnet at last

David Healy · Post by **David Healy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:47 pm

You're all missing a trick here.

You should pay everything with your credit card (and i mean everything), then go to the bank and pay your monthly statement in full over the counter with pound coins.

The bank won't charge you to change the coins as you are paying a bill and you are not lodging them to your account.

Obviously bag the coins before you get there or the staff may get pissed off.

I have paid 4 figure bills this way without comment (sometimes they don't even weigh the bags!!!). I do tend to alternate between branches each month just in case though.

The beauty of this is that you select a card with 1% cash back and you save 1% on everything you spend (2% if you shop in Tesco's with a club card) - it does all add up over the course of a year.

The only problem may be getting a credit card if you don't have a day job with any source of regular income.

You also probably need to get a card from an actual bank rather than the MBNA ones otherwise the bank may charge to accept payment if it is not their card.

Here endeth the lesson.

On the rare occassions I do pay in cash (usually airport taxis for some reason) they always ask if I've been singing.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:46 am

Or begging.

But maybe that's just me!

rickroll · Post by **rickroll** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:34 pm

a couple of years back whilst doing the extreme's around the north i paid a ho £200 for a few hrs of fun in coin

petera · Post by **petera** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:23 pm

rickroll wrote:a couple of years back whilst doing the extreme's around the north i paid a ho £200 for a few hrs of fun in coin

just had this vision of coins going in a slot..........

blingking · Post by **blingking** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:09 pm

Bought a car from someone i sort of knew, well i had spoke to them about 10 times during 6 months, then i bought his car for £7k and paid over half in coins! LOL I cant remember exactly how much but i know i paid 4 lots of £1k bagged up. He was loving it! LOL

This was back when i was doing cash attack hi lo lottery and buying the car made me work harder i remember that as i well wanted that car! LOL