using small change in a shop

easy_as_easy

anyone else feel embarrassed using small change (like 10's 5's) in a shop?

I got 20 Marlboro lights t'other day with 10's and 20's in a shop and felt like a right k-nob.

oh come on payday!!

cornbb

I used to work in a shop, that annoyed me most of the time but sometimes I'd be in the mood for it and enjoy counting it out.

That reminds me, I'm broke and out of fags too

easy_as_easy

I was good enough to put it in piles of €1 for her....

projectmayhem

wouldn't say i feel embarassed but if i have a nice big coin i'll use that instead. i empty out all the crap change on the bus. the amount of times i've said "€1.55 please" and gotten a ticket that says $0.95 or €1.35 annoys me

Dog Chaser

cornbb wrote:

I'm broke and out of fags too

Here's one for ya:

Scraggs

easy_as_easy wrote:

anyone else feel embarrassed using small change (like 10's 5's) in a shop?

Dont be embarrassed! Most busy shops are crying out for change as they often run out quickly. Anyway its all legal tender.... [or have you been using monopoly money:p]

homah_7ft

I worry that I won't have enough or that I won't count it out correctly so I just use notes. I get rid of my coinage in a vending machine in work.

fabcat

Don't be ashamed of your change! I used to hate going into shops with a handful of coppers, but then I actually worked in one for a while and realised it's actually not that big a deal, it was great to have the change for the till and as long as it wasn't just splashed out on the counter, it was easy enough to count.:)

Patricide

I used to care about it but not anymore the least day i got a pizza with 10 quid of small change, the pizza guy wasnt too hapy but at the end of the day **** him , im broke so im gonna use all the money i have, its a handy way to get rid of change anyway.

I always get paranoid though no matter how many times i count my change that ive counted it wrong and that ill come up short, i often find myself counting my change 4 or 5 times whilest in the que, Wierd i know but im what youd call a paranoid person.

Huggles

I save all my change in a big bottle. I have 600 quid at the mo and by the end of the year I will have over a 2 grand....coolo!

easy_as_easy

Patricide wrote:

I used to care about it but not anymore the least day i got a pizza with 10 quid of small change, the pizza guy wasnt too hapy but at the end of the day **** him , im broke so im gonna use all the money i have, its a handy way to get rid of change anyway.

I always get paranoid though no matter how many times i count my change that ive counted it wrong and that ill come up short, i often find myself counting my change 4 or 5 times whilest in the que, Wierd i know but im what youd call a paranoid person.

hahahaha same here!!! i counted out the money for the ciggies about 17 times on the walk there, and i brought some extra change just incase, hahaha

Larianne

As regards small change in a shop, I don't mind recieving it but sometimes its annoying if there's a long queue because I have to count it all while I get daggers from impatient people who want to be served. I normally don't give loadsa change in a shop coz I'm like Patricide, I'm always afraid I've counted it wrong!

I've loadsa change in a massive vodka bottle. It's not even half full yet. So I don't know whether to take out the change now and spend it or wait till its full? Would the bank change it for me into notes or not?

takola

easy_as_easy wrote:

hahahaha same here!!! i counted out the money for the ciggies about 17 times on the walk there, and i brought some extra change just incase, hahaha

The worst part is having to stand there while the count it!! Specially if there's other people waiting!!!!

John R

Larianne wrote:

I've loadsa change in a massive vodka bottle. It's not even half full yet. So I don't know whether to take out the change now and spend it or wait till its full? Would the bank change it for me into notes or not?

Yes, go in and get money bags from them and sort it first though. They'd probably not accept it in a vodka bottle.

ST*

I can't stand any of the small stuff (10c or under) in my purse. They are fiddly and annoying Thankfully there is one of these in my local supervalu. There is a small charge, but I'm not one for bank Q's either.

Larianne

John R wrote:

Yes, go in and get money bags from them and sort it first though. They'd probably not accept it in a vodka bottle.

cool

easy_as_easy

im always like 10c sort of a tenner so i never go into the banks

takola

ST* wrote:

I can't stand any of the small stuff (10c or under) in my purse. They are fiddly and annoying Thankfully there is one of these in my local supervalu. There is a small charge, but I'm not one for bank Q's either.

:eek: I want one of them!!!!!! :eek:

petes

I've often paid for a pint in my local with 10's and some 5's. They give to me over the weekend when I'm handing them notes so I'm just giving it back to them. Feck it. Better than having a mountain of it at home.

funky penguin

I love giving it too the self service tills in tesco while people behind me try to bore holes in my back with their Eyes of Penetrating Doom.

Hermione*

As lomg as you pay for what you buy, and aren't a huge nuisance for the cashier, who cares?

Having worked in a shop though, accepting change was never an issue, except when people tipped it out all over the counter and held up already long queues - hated that.

Pigman II

I wouldn't pay over the counter with small change (although I have no qualms using 1c 2c etc on a bus fare purely to get rid of them).

I think when it gets to the stage where you're paying for smokes with copper then you might have to reconsider your budgeting mechanisms.

easy_as_easy

I take it your not a smoker then...

Stench Blossoms

I normally keep it for the bus. I hate giving the extra 5c.

Pigman II

easy_as_easy wrote:

I take it your not a smoker then...

No but I am a raging alcoholic.

cournioni

On a side note, does anyone else here think that 1c and 2c coins are absolutely pointless?!

byte

The self-service point in Tesco is where most of my change goes. Great way of getting rid of change from the night before!

easy_as_easy

PORNAPSTER wrote:

On a side note, does anyone else here think that 1c and 2c coins are absolutely pointless?!

well until they give rid of tax or round every up we're stuck with 'em!

JoeB-

Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro stipulates that within the euro area no party other than the issuing authority and persons specifically named in national legislation is obliged to accept more than 50 coins in any single payment transaction. The regulation does not specify a value.

Joe

smemon

notes all the way

advantages: faster, lighter, make you look richer

i dont use ANY coins anymore, just hurl them into my coin sorter and dump them in bags, then drag them to the bank every few months and get about €300 back!!

it's like getting €300 for nothing cuz you forget about all that change youve saved. great way of saving imo.

Juicebox

i just count all my change the night before put in to money bags. next night go to the pub order a pint and say look im sorry i was out busking last night..they always get a great kick out of it keep em sweet i always say!! i work in a club and for some reason on sunday nights everyone brings the pennys i normally just laugh pisses me off when they're plastered though and just throw €10 in 5 cents at me

Dave!

yeah, proper embaressing! my sister and dad always end up giving me pennies to get them somethin while I'm in the shops. I always imagine the retailer thinks that I've been searchin down the back of the couch so I can afford a dairy milk bar and the herald

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byte wrote:

The self-service point in Tesco is where most of my change goes. Great way of getting rid of change from the night before!

That thing is the worst invention ever!
Back on topic, in new york once i paid for $15 dollars worth of sweets with change i'd accumulated, it took me about half an hour to do it cos i couldn't tell which coins were what, the look on the shopguys face was priceless! (and slightly scary considering they have guns there...)

Naos

Those changedepot machines: You pour the money in. It sorts it and prints a receipt of the total. You bring the receipt to the counter. They give you back your total in notes minus 9.5% of Total value.

Does that bank charge anything?

easy_as_easy

yeah! thats another thing! ive soooo much coinage in GBP's! i was looking for money today, to see if I could make up a money bag for the bank, and I found a £20 note! sweeet €30 coming my way tomorrow!

Fanny Cradock

I once got a takeaway delivered and, being broke at the time, just about managed to cobble together enough cash for it. The guy called to the door and I told him that I only had what i owed in 20's. he said yeah, no probs a twenty is fine. He wasn't a happy bunny when I handed him €15 in bag comprised of 20 cent coins. At the time I felt like a scab, but the meal was ****, so justice was done!

I now pay only in change

vector

PORNAPSTER wrote:

On a side note, does anyone else here think that 1c and 2c coins are absolutely pointless?!

yes, but it is very important that they actually do exist.

For more information search on the web for what happened in Austrlian after the the Australian Dollar (AUD) stopped having 1c and 2 c coins

Our man in Havana

Finland have already done away with 1 and 2 cent coins. If you bring any over from here they will not be accepted for payment.

blu_sonic

Bond-007 wrote:

Finland have already done away with 1 and 2 cent coins. If you bring any over from here they will not accepted for payment.

I'm sure you could push the issue (europen standards etc)

padi89

Dont see what the problem is,its legal tender for gods sake.How many times have you been in a shop and the person serving hands you back a wad of 1euro coins and 50cents in change and said "oh im sorry about the change,we're out of notes".

Mad Mike

Well I was very frustrated a couple of weeks back when I went into a shop on Dame street looking for a sigle bar of chocolate. I had only a €20 note and the shop had no change. The assistant apologised but said there was no way they could take the €20 note. I was in a rush to get to a meeting so I left hungry.

I say use the change - shops need it.

Mike_Hunt

Im all in favour of dropping the 1's and 2's - in Oz they have a good system where your amount is always rounded to the nearest 5c. Sometimes it works for you but sometimes not, but all in all you'll come out pretty even.

ejmaztec

I remembered something from years ago in the UK where there was a maximum number of coins that could be used as legal tender. I wondered whether the same applied here and found the following:


http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Legal_tender

"According to the Economic and Monetary Union Act, 1998 of the Republic of Ireland which replaced the legal tender provisions that had been re-enacted in Irish legislation from previous British enactments, No person, other than the Central Bank of Ireland and such persons as may be designated by the Minister by order, shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins denominated in euro or in cent in any single transaction."

irlrobins

I remember shortly before the euro changeover there was a shortage of copper coins (1p and 2p). People (as we all do) were putting all their coppers in the change jars at home, therefore withdrawing them from circulation. Normally the solution to this is to mint more coppers. But the National Bank was working flat out trying to mint and print all the new euro currency. Hence the shortage of copper.

But ever cloud has it's silver lining. The banks were so desparate to get coppers to give to their retail customers that they would offer £6 for a £5 bag of copper! Made a nice lil bit extra on my 10 year hoard of copper.

carbonkid

As long as you there isnt a huge queue behind me and i count them into piles of 1euros theres no reason they shouldnt be accepted unless the till-person is been a right lil sh*t....yea just count the god damn change ¬_¬

Terry

ejmaztec wrote:

I remembered something from years ago in the UK where there was a maximum number of coins that could be used as legal tender. I wondered whether the same applied here and found the following:


http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Legal_tender

"According to the Economic and Monetary Union Act, 1998 of the Republic of Ireland which replaced the legal tender provisions that had been re-enacted in Irish legislation from previous British enactments, No person, other than the Central Bank of Ireland and such persons as may be designated by the Minister by order, shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins denominated in euro or in cent in any single transaction."

payed for 20 smokes with 5 cent coins on a number of occasions. that was when the smokes were an even €6. 120 coins and they were accepted.
i couldn't care less what the cashier or the other customers think of me and my bag of change.

Mr Magnolia

The missus had to give Andrea Corr change for a ciggerette machine as she was a little short one evening.

Sarn

Sparks400 wrote:

The missus had to give Andrea Corr change for a ciggerette machine as she was a little short one evening.

Hasn't she always been a little short

I go through my change every few months, tis amazing what you accumulate. Can't stand carrying loads of coins around (always make sure I have the right bus fare though).

5starpool

vector wrote:

yes, but it is very important that they actually do exist.

For more information search on the web for what happened in Austrlian after the the Australian Dollar (AUD) stopped having 1c and 2 c coins

What happened? I thought it worked very well when I was there but being the sharp tool that I was it was about 6 weeks into a 6 month stay before I noticed that they had no 1 or 2 cent coins, but had prices such at 1.99. That is how much heed I pay to them.

easy_as_easy

Bond-007 wrote:

Finland have already done away with 1 and 2 cent coins. If you bring any over from here they will not be accepted for payment.

what the hell?how does that work? how do they buy a 99?

god I dont even know if they're still around!

DemonOfTheFall

Luckily for us in Ireland a 99 runs you about 2 quid, so if they ever do away with 1c and 2c coins we'll have nothing to fear...