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Really quick question - how many of those clear plastic bags will banks take at anyone time? I've got 9 quid in pennies and 5p's to go in the bank but last time I went in with a number of bags, she said should could only accept a few bags (I had about 7 I think), made a big deal of it all and then turned to her friend and said "What shall I do?", and this woman arched her eyebrows, looked away and said "Well it's at your own discretion, I won't say anything but ya know, policy".
Yeah...so how many do they take at any one time as that was quite a while ago now and I don't want them to be sods about it and refuse to take my money as it's heavy to lug around!
Yeah...so how many do they take at any one time as that was quite a while ago now and I don't want them to be sods about it and refuse to take my money as it's heavy to lug around!
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That surprises me that banks do that. I didn't think they would have that much of a problem with things like that.
No nor me - my friend was with me last time and I put these bags out on the table and she recons the look on my face alone must've swayed the cashier .
I would be very surprised if they didn't, at any point in that process, get so pissed off with you that they didn't just accept the damn things so as not to cause a scene.
Top idea!
Or there are those Coinstar machines in Asda (and other places) that let you put all your shrapnel in and get the cash back ... though they do nick 7p of each pound or similar :grump:
I did this last week but the rude bitch told me to go to the bank!!
I've taken bags to the Post Office before and the bloke was quite aright about it. He's a right miserable sod anyway so the customer service wasn't up to much, but he didn't moan any more than usual!
funny when there was allegations of Bruce Grobelaar taking bungs when in goal for southampton he actually picked up money that was being thrown on for him!!
When I worked in the post office this is what they told people. With or without a 'we're not a bank, you know' depending how shirty they were feeling :yes:
We could accept bags of coins in payment for things, but we couldn't just change them. One woman took this on board and paid for £100 worth of euros in 2p and 5p bags. Stung her on the ass in the end though, when I tipped them out and started counting them. And even better, when she snapped 'can't you just WEIGH them?' I followed the shirty lead of my elders and told her, 'we don't have coin scales, we're not a bank'. She was there a while
It would have been a bit of a pain in the ass normally, but considering how annoyed she was getting I enjoyed every single second. :yes:
So slow I lost count a couple of times
Maybe I'll send Ed to her. He has a 3 foot coke bottle change holder thing, last time he got it changed in, for about $1400 in change. Took 3 guys to carry it in. Its near full now, that will show her
Tsk, how clumsy
Just pour the coins in and it counts it for you.
It's worth the 7p, cause it saves embarrassment AND you don't have to count it into little bags cause it does all that.