Facility/machine for counting coins anywhere?

Rodar08

Anyone know where I good take a huge amount of coins that was raised for charity to get it counted in one of those machines? The bank won't accept the coins until they've been counted but it would take a month to count it all!
Thanks

homer simpson

Rodar08 wrote: »

Anyone know where I good take a huge amount of coins that was raised for charity to get it counted in one of those machines? The bank won't accept the coins until they've been counted but it would take a month to count it all!
Thanks

There is one in Gormleys centra in letterkenny (well there was) fire the coins in and it gives you i ticket you go up to the counter and get your money but if its a large amount i'd check with hem first, but bear in mind these machines usually charge an fairly high percentage rate.

My advise is to get yourself a load of money bags from the bank, ask them what weight = the amounts in the bags go home and use a scales to measure them out yourself

Rodar08

Thanks for that homernsimpson I'm gonney ring that shop and see what the percentage is n all first.

mk2

10% it used to be i cant remember seeing it there recently but?

muffler

There's also a machine in Supervalue in Ballybofey

PCPhoto

dunnes had a money counting jar before christmas .... could be worth investing ...think it was about a tenner or something.

misterdeeds

Rodar08 wrote: »

Anyone know where I good take a huge amount of coins that was raised for charity to get it counted in one of those machines? The bank won't accept the coins until they've been counted but it would take a month to count it all!
Thanks

hi there i have one of those exact machines myself for the said purpose but since i live in kilkenny and u live in donegal me and my machine are of no use to you but i wanted to add that these machines are invaluable when it comes to counting/sorting coins i use mine to count/sort approx 4000e per month only takes 2 hrs max all bagged and all if you require a machine similar to mine u can get them in the english papers from time to time via readers offers

RMDrive

Would the church have one of these for the weekly collections? With it being charity they might help out and you could avoid any fees.
Alternatively get people together for a money counting party!

M.Pool

I saw a woman buy one of those coin counting machines in TK Max in Derry last week. It's worth having a look to see if they still have them in stock.

donegalgirl28

But the fun is the money counting!

Senna

M.Pool wrote: »

I saw a woman buy one of those coin counting machines in TK Max in Derry last week. It's worth having a look to see if they still have them in stock.

Think the ones in TKmax in derry and letterkenny are UK coins only.

The church is a good idea, or you could try and contact John Gormley (owns Gormley's Centra) tell him its for charity and would he wave the 10% fee, worth a try.

homer simpson

Senna wrote: »

The church is a good idea, or you could try and contact John Gormley (owns Gormley's Centra) tell him its for charity and would he wave the 10% fee, worth a try.

Good luck with that

Senna

homer_simpson wrote: »

Good luck with that

probably
Try and get him in front of loads of customers, keep saying loudly "its for charity", embarrass him into it

martic

We carried out a charity cycle last year and collected 18,000 Euro, got a counting party around a table over 3 evenings separated the 1st night and then bagged the following 2 nights, must say the craic around the table was good and didn't have to pay some shop or bank a percentage of our "hard earned" money.

josey_whale

Rodar08 wrote: »

The bank won't accept the coins until they've been counted but it would take a month to count it all!
Thanks

Could you not just weigh them? Separate the coins and weigh them with a digital kitchen scales...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_coins