change machines?

curry_person

Anyone know any change machines in limerick?? and at what rates they charging?! or any other ideas of getting rid of A LOAD of change! lol

highlydebased

curry_person wrote: »

Anyone know any change machines in limerick?? and at what rates they charging?! or any other ideas of getting rid of A LOAD of change! lol

There's one in Tesco coonagh. I think it's 10%. I've used it loadsa times.

naughtysmurf

Super Value in Corbally & the Spar in College Court Castletroy both have them, in or around 10% also

Rocky_Dennis

There is one in Tesco in Roxboro too. In and around 10% too.

The Snipe

Just buy some bits in Tesco and let self service take it off your hands

bazz26

Tesco charge 9.9% commission which is about the norm.

Louche Lad

Well, I want loads of change. Perhaps we could meet sometime? (Not soon, because I'm abroad for the next month.)

curry_person

The Snipe wrote: »

Just buy some bits in Tesco and let self service take it off your hands

thats actually a really good idea! and no having to pay commission charges! thanks for that! how did i not think of this?! pure genius!

xsiborg

curry the spar shop on henry street near the limerick leader offices charges 8.5%, thats where i change all my, em, change!

The Snipe

Make sure you don't use the one in Aurthurs Quay, as thats the manual coin one, the one in the cresent, (Not too sure about Connagh) has the "bucket" style one where you can just feck in all your change and let it do it for you! but if you live a bit away from it, don't forget, you can always just get the Raheen bus outta all that change too! :P

martyc5674

Are these machines quick??
I haven't used one but I have a pretty big bag of change(think shopping bag)
Would I be there half the day with it???
Cheers
Marty.

krudler

martyc5674 wrote: »

Are these machines quick??
I haven't used one but I have a pretty big bag of change(think shopping bag)
Would I be there half the day with it???
Cheers
Marty.

you just empty the bag/jar of change into it and it counts it up, I had a massive jar of it recently and it came to about 140 quid after the commission taken, its fun watching the numbers go up, its like getting free money :pac:

martyc5674

krudler wrote: »

martyc5674 wrote: »

Are these machines quick??
I haven't used one but I have a pretty big bag of change(think shopping bag)
Would I be there half the day with it???
Cheers
Marty.

you just empty the bag/jar of change into it and it counts it up, I had a massive jar of it recently and it came to about 140 quid after the commission taken, its fun watching the numbers go up, its like getting free money :pac:

Cheers...but is it quick???

xsiborg

krudler wrote: »

you just empty the bag/jar of change into it and it counts it up, I had a massive jar of it recently and it came to about 140 quid after the commission taken, its fun watching the numbers go up, its like getting free money :pac:

you get that too eh?

yeah they're pretty nifty alright, count about €100 in five minutes...

The Snipe

If you sat down for an hour too, you could count it all, and then bring it to the bank and keep it all! Its what I'd much rather do then lose about 10%.

xsiborg

the bank won't take it any more snipe unless it's bagged in proper little money bags, eg- €10 in 20c, €1 in 1c, etc, and even then, they'll only lodge it directly to your account... been there, tried that...

The Snipe

Exactly! Get some moneybags and get counting! :P

xsiborg

The Snipe wrote: »

Exactly! Get some moneybags and get counting! :P

but, but... thats gonna take, aaaaaaages...

oh, plus if you only have 99cents in a €1 bag, they'll just turn round and go 'computer says no!'... :pac:

The Snipe

Dont they normally weigh them to make sure?

xsiborg

The Snipe wrote: »

Dont they normally weigh them to make sure?

:eek:

i cant believe snipe you've never seen:

:pac:

but yeah, they weigh them, same result, even one cent out and they refuse to take it...

MarkR

As above, spend it in the self service machines. They are quite common now. Tesco, Supervalu, and B&Q all have them in Limerick.

Just start bringing sandwich bags full of change with you.

Oh, and car parks. Always useful in car parks. And the tunnel.

Voy

I thought the banks charge for this now too.

How does the auto machine work. Do you need to separate them into particular coins or can you just dump the whole lot in mixed?

judosean2005

The spar on Henry ST.(one beside the corner flag)gives 8.5%. tht im 100% sure of.

Rocky_Dennis

Voy wrote: »

I thought the banks charge for this now too.

How does the auto machine work. Do you need to separate them into particular coins or can you just dump the whole lot in mixed?

You just throw the whole lot in and the machine recognises the different coins. It's worth paying the 10% because it saves the time counting and separating the coins yourself.

langdang

judosean2005 wrote: »

The spar on Henry ST.(one beside the corner flag)gives 8.5%. tht im 100% sure of.

That's very good. Centra near the southcourt is over 10%, 13 or 15 maybe?

Counting it yourself is fine if you've loadsa time on your hands or you're very stuck for it. I prefer to enjoy my leisure time without handling loadsa grubby coppers.

bullets

I use the one in Centra near south court its 11-12%.
Its a horrible thought that it takes so much off of you for commission
but I've learned to live with it.

For a while I was going into the bank (which was beside the shop with the counting machine) asking for money bags and spending
ages counting out coins. When you counting out 1000 1cent pieces per tenner after a while as the hours go by you start to loose the will to live, and then have to move onto 5cent then 20cent then 50 cent time and effort vs how much of a tight arse you are and how much time you are willing to spend comes into play. Then you end up with an un-even number of coins that wont fill a full bag, Plus there is getting the bags, making sure you've counted correct, waiting in the queue at the bank, the bank weighing each bag and then finally getting your money.

For me as much as I want as much money as I can have I'm no
Silas Marner!!
For me personally each time I come home from work or the shop I throw loose change into a 4l empty water jar and in my own mind treat it as dis-carded money not part of my weekly budget. I know at some stage
when the change amounts to critical mass I will do a cull and count it with
the delight of getting a wee mini lump sum to do a splurge or pay an unexpected bill.

Its shocking that the banks themselves dont have self service change counters and they still rely on a bloody weighing scales and plastic bags.

Using the counting machines I just chuck all the coins in slowly and watch
the number on the digital counter increase to my delight. Sometimes coins jam, there are occasions where the reservoir of coins is full and you need to call over a member of staff where to your horror they reset the machine in front of you, with some coins stick in the machines in-nerds that may not get counted.

~B

Mc Love

How do the banks charge for it when you are depositing money to your own account??

I went and got all the bags and counted it all out - Now to find a day to bring it all down with me!

xsiborg

Mc Love wrote: »

How do the banks charge for it when you are depositing money to your own account??

I went and got all the bags and counted it all out - Now to find a day to bring it all down with me!

the banks dont charge for it Mc, but its bloody inconvenient. i'd sooner pay €8.50 per €100 and be on about my business 20mins later.

of course its an awful kick in the stones when you pay €34 for counting it, say mine would usually come to about the €400 mark, but you'd only do it every couple of months, and i'd sooner that than spending hours as bullets pointed out counting out even 99 1c coins and fishing through a mountain of coins for that elusive 1c to make up the 100 to make €1... 'frustrating' would be a nice word for it!

langdang

You know you're in the money when the suspension compresses when you put the bag of change in the car! Used to be the free money / holiday fund, now it gets spent on necessities :-(

roast

Am I the only one who finds counting change therapeutic? :pac:

martyc5674

roast wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds counting change therapeutic? :pac:

Yes!

Mr. TTime

roast wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds counting change therapeutic? :pac:

No! I like to pretend I'm Scrooge McDuck and all those pennies are little gold coins...the simple pleasures in life...

The Snipe

roast wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds counting change therapeutic? :pac:

Nope!

For those who like the change machines, ill count your monies for only 5%

xsiborg

The Snipe wrote: »

roast wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds counting change therapeutic? :pac:

Nope!

For those who like the change machines, ill count your monies for only 5%

seems legit...

misterdeeds

xsiborg wrote: »

the bank won't take it any more snipe unless it's bagged in proper little money bags, eg- €10 in 20c, €1 in 1c, etc, and even then, they'll only lodge it directly to your account... been there, tried that...

Actually if your with BOI all they ask is your a/c no and they will exchange it for you I just have done this a week ago and no problems :)

Flincher

I enjoy handing 17 ten cent coins to bus drivers.

(see Limerick Bus Thread)

It gets rid of my small change and its a nice little unhealthy passive aggressive form of revenge.

dibkins

Counted mine out while watching two episodes of the wire the other day. Ulster Bank bags are crap compared to BOI ones, so beware. i quite enjoy counting my money, but i had to disinfect the table after, my hands and it were covered in black sticky crap><

The Snipe

dibkins wrote: »

Counted mine out while watching two episodes of the wire the other day. Ulster Bank bags are crap compared to BOI ones, so beware. i quite enjoy counting my money, but i had to disinfect the table after, my hands and it were covered in black sticky crap><

I always do it on a towel and wear latex gloves

krudler

The Snipe wrote: »

If you sat down for an hour too, you could count it all, and then bring it to the bank and keep it all! Its what I'd much rather do then lose about 10%.

the hell with that, smelling like copper, losing count and then having the bank teller look like you just arrived and punched their grandmother in the throat when you ask them to change it, banks converting money? are you mad?!

xsiborg

im just out of spar there on henry street across from jury's inn, and they have a new coin counter machine in there. my eyes nearly popped when i saw the rate they were charging- 12% :eek:

wont be throwing a whole lot of change into that machine! :rolleyes:

judosean2005

xsiborg wrote: »

im just out of spar there on henry street across from jury's inn, and they have a new coin counter machine in there. my eyes nearly popped when i saw the rate they were charging- 12% :eek:

wont be throwing a whole lot of change into that machine! :rolleyes:

Ah thats Gleesons Spar. If u go to the smaller Spar beside Wille Sextons pub or Corner Flag its only 8.5%.

crazygeryy

MarkR wrote: »

As above, spend it in the self service machines. They are quite common now. Tesco, Supervalu, and B&Q all have them in Limerick.

Just start bringing sandwich bags full of change with you.

. And the tunnel.

Yea but the tunnel dont take coppers.that drives me insane.its legal tender ffs.

langdang

The Snipe wrote: »

I always do it on a towel and wear latex gloves

Too much info man!

GedR

highlydebased wrote: »

There's one in Tesco coonagh. I think it's 10%. I've used it loadsa times.

And do these machines give out notes or is it vouchers for the supermarket its located in?

bazz26

GedR wrote: »

And do these machines give out notes or is it vouchers for the supermarket its located in?

It gives you a receipt that you bring either to the service desk or one of the tills.

scudzilla

I used one today in Tesco Navan it's 9.9%

Been throwing 1,2,5, 10, 20 & 50 cents into a jar for about a month, had 68euro so happy with that.

After commission i ended up with 61.xx, it spews out a reciept, take it to checkout and get cash, but we used it towards our shop

fleminska

curry_person wrote: »

Anyone know any change machines in limerick?? and at what rates they charging?! or any other ideas of getting rid of A LOAD of change! lol

Hey wanted to bump this cos I'm looking for one of those machines- used to use the one on the spar in Castletroy but it's closed down. Anyone know where there is one???

keith_d99

fleminska wrote: »

Hey wanted to bump this cos I'm looking for one of those machines- used to use the one on the spar in Castletroy but it's closed down. Anyone know where there is one???

Think I saw one in Chawkes

langdang

Big new machine gone in near the self checkout in Tesco crescent. Dunno what the commission is. Small amounts would be best put through the self checkouts themselves?

vkid

fleminska wrote: »

Hey wanted to bump this cos I'm looking for one of those machines- used to use the one on the spar in Castletroy but it's closed down. Anyone know where there is one???

only working one i found recently was in the spar(?) near the southcourt hotel in Raheen. That was about 3 weeks ago i think

Clareman

I saw 1 being installed in the Crescent last week, there's also still one in Tesco Coonagh