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Would Star amusements exchange coins for notes

  • 05-03-2014 12:41am
    #1
    insomniac86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭


    Just wondering as I have a big bag of loose change that i put away over the years about a couple of hundred euros worth. I don't really have time to take it to the bank and sort out the coins. Any suggestions of places if Star don't do it? Thanks.


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  • #2
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Tesco has a coin counting machine at their service desk area.


  • #3
    vickers209
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭vickers209


    insomniac86 wrote: »
    Just wondering as I have a big bag of loose change that i put away over the years about a couple of hundred euros worth. I don't really have time to take it to the bank and sort out the coins. Any suggestions of places if Star don't do it? Thanks.

    Or buy stuff at self service scans at tesco make sure it has the basket where you throw the coins in rather than the old machine which was one coin at a time slot


  • #4
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭uch


    Preusse wrote: »
    Tesco has a coin counting machine at their service desk area.


    AFAIK they take 10% of value as a Fee

    21/25



  • #5
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭convert


    You could ask one of the local shops if they'd take the coins and give you notes/larger value coins instead. That's what I do, although I have the coins sorted and placed in money bags.


  • #6
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    nowhere is going to take it unless it's bagged and they have a weighing scales.

    tesco's coin counting machine is your best bet if you don't want to bag it. this is why they take the 10%


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  • #7
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    Tesco Machine is the best bet i use it every few months get about €40 from a cereal bowl handy for putting a drop of diesel in the car


  • #8
    The Bishop Basher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭The Bishop Basher


    vickers209 wrote: »
    Or buy stuff at self service scans at tesco make sure it has the basket where you throw the coins in rather than the old machine which was one coin at a time slot

    I use this to get rid of pocket change after a heavy weekend on the sauce. Very handy.

    The coin counter takes 9%. Always amazes me to see people use it all the time. Crazy amount to pay, especially on larger amounts.


  • #9
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Tesco machine is a feckin rip off

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #10
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Tesco machine is a feckin rip off

    How is it? They are very clear and upfront that they charge for the service. You can easily walk away. They are playing on human laziness and it works.


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