Bringing bags of coins to the bank question

panama

Have a load of coins to bag up and take to the bank to change into cash.

Can you be a few cent under/over as no doubt when counting up €5 in 5c for example I am going to be off by a couple at some point.

Can you get away with being a few grams under the total required etc ?

kfallon

Will you bring my bucket of change up with you while you're at it?

chin_grin

Sure. Try it. And be sure to post the results.

<insert some joke about how the banks have been shortchanging us for years blah blah blah>

OutlawPete

Just use the coin machines in the shop.

Arsed going to a bank with coins.

Savage Tyrant

panama wrote: »

Have a load of coins to bag up and take to the bank to change into cash.

Can you be a few cent under/over as no doubt when counting up €5 in 5c for example I am going to be off by a couple at some point.

Can you get away with being a few grams under the total required etc ?

They don't count the coins, they weigh them, so they'll tell you if you're "off"

Berns

thought they had these weigh machines/countin machines so prob have to be precise tbh.

RichieC

I love how the change jar never ceases to surprise you with a sweet lewt!

admiralofthefleet

supervalu let you use one them machines that count all your coins and it gives you a docket to use against your shopping bill

jimthemental

I think they take 10% off you as a counting charge. I just get a pile of change bags and sit down with a pack of benson and work through counting them out. Just take in your filled change bags then to the bank. Handy.

Kiera

kfallon wrote: »

Will you bring my bucket of change up with you while you're at it?

20 men couldnt carry that bucket!!

NinjaTruncs

Like others have said they weigh them. I never count more than one bag or each anymore, then i weigh the rest based on the first count, i used to have a list of the weights but i can't find it anymore. with the 1c, 2c and 5c's i use the machines in the shops, they charge between 10 - 12.5% so shop around if using them.

Keedowah

Those change machines charge about 12.5%!!!! And I believe the banks charge you for depositing large amounts of coins in your account, although I ain't sure. Can that be legal?

Wolfe Tone

OutlawPete wrote: »

Just use the coin machines in the shop.

Arsed going to a bank with coins.

That costs money doesnt it?

Sunnyisland

As far as know you have to put correct coinage in correct bags and they will weigh bags,if bags are out they will count bag,if many are out you will be given them back.

Poutbutton

You will probably be given back any bags that dont make the weight requirement & have to recount and add what's missing. Dont go to those change counters in shops they are a rip off. I once used it and was delighted to see the counter telling me I had over €280, then the machine robs me of €28 for the pleasure of counting it! Just clear a big table at home and put on a good movie or album & get counting! Enjoy your dosh

pragmatic1

OutlawPete wrote: »

Just use the coin machines in the shop.

Arsed going to a bank with coins.

They charge a fortune. Banks better.

Kiera

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

That costs money doesnt it?

10%

Knasher

I usually just make a stack of 10 coins and then make stacks of the same coin to the same height. Then 10 of those to a bag.

Weighing would probably be a better idea but I would have to buy a scales.

If you are off they won't take the bag, but you could always bring a euro with you and spilt it in the bank if you have to.

CarrickMcJoe

Only use those machines to count the copper coins as there is a charge of about 10%.
If you have €100 in €2 coins its going to cost you €10 .
Count and bag all but the copper and get it changed in your local shop, most of them will gladly change it as they have to pay the bank for change.

johnmcdnl

the banks weight the bags don't they so they'll know in 2 secs whether your off and they'll not like that

them 5c coins are the reason we owe fecking 80 billion sur :mad: because of pricks like you OP :mad::mad::mad:

biko

johnmcdnl wrote: »

the banks weight the bags don't they so they'll know in 2 secs whether your off and they'll not like that

them 5c coins are the reason we owe fecking 80 billion sur :mad: because of pricks like you OP :mad::mad::mad:

Tone it down on the namecalling

Kimono-Girl

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Only use those machines to count the copper coins as there is a charge of about 10%.
If you have €100 in €2 coins its going to cost you €10 .
Count and bag all but the copper and get it changed in your local shop, most of them will gladly change it as they have to pay the bank for change.

This ^


only if you have 1c 2c or 5c go into the shop Saturday evening or Sunday, that's when the copper coins used run low for us so we'd happily take bag of them.

vetstu

Credit Union tried to charge me 10% because I had over €200 in bags, which I was lodging to my account. Place was nearly empty so I lodged €200, queued again and lodged the €50.
She wasn't happy but nothing she could do.

flanree

from my latest tot up...
A bag of 100 1 cent coins should be 233 grams
A bag of 100 2 cent coins should be 308 grams

Toots

Keedowah wrote: »

Those change machines charge about 12.5%!!!! And I believe the banks charge you for depositing large amounts of coins in your account, although I ain't sure. Can that be legal?

There's no surcharge for personal customers lodging to their accounts, but I'm not sure how it works for businesses. They do weigh the coin but if I was weighing a bag of 5c and it was out by a coin or two, I'd just leave it be.

edit: just clarify, if you come in to a bank with the bags counted, they won't charge to lodge. but if you go into a supermarket and use one of those coin thingys the machine charges a commission. if you can be bothered to sort out the change yourself, it's the cheaper option.

Captain Darling

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

That costs money doesnt it?

Dont they take between ten and fifteen per cent. There's one in the local supermarket here. Bit of a con really. Its money for nothing imo.