Trolley Token Trick uncovered.

Lando Griffin · 24-03-2014 09:34PM #1

So I bought one of these from one of our large German Discounters last Sunday while I was in getting a bottle of vino only to find on my first real shopping experience that the token doesn't fit their own trollies!
What a scam.:mad:
Here a thought, dont be a mug like me and make your own.
All you need is an old 2 Euro coin that's lying around the place and drill a little hole in it and attach some string and you have your very own stylish trolley token for free and stick two fingers up to consumerism:).

wolfyboy555 · 24-03-2014 09:36PM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

So I bought one of these from one of our large German Discounters last Sunday while I was in getting a bottle of vino only to find on my first real shopping experience that the token doesn't fit their own trollies!
What a scam.:mad:
Here a thought, dont be a mug like me and make your own.
All you need is an old 2 Euro coin that's lying around the place and drill a little hole in it and attach some string and you have your very own stylish trolley token for free and stick two fingers up to consumerism:).

It says it fits anything that takes a 1 euro coin. Their shops take 2 euro coins.

Vito Corleone · 24-03-2014 09:39PM

You get the money back anyway you know.

Duck's hoop · 24-03-2014 09:40PM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

All you need is an old 2 Euro coin that's lying around and you have your very own stylish trolley token for free

Top Tips.

Valetta · 24-03-2014 09:40PM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

So I bought one of these from one of our large German Discounters last Sunday while I was in getting a bottle of vino only to find on my first real shopping experience that the token doesn't fit their own trollies!
What a scam.:mad:
Here a thought, dont be a mug like me and make your own.
All you need is an old 2 Euro coin that's lying around the place and drill a little hole in it and attach some string and you have your very own stylish trolley token for free and stick two fingers up to consumerism:).

Will a relatively new €2 coin work?

Lando Griffin · 24-03-2014 09:40PM

wolfyboy555 wrote: »

It says it fits anything that takes a 1 euro coin. Their shops take 2 euro coins.

Exactly, why sell something that's totally useless in your own business?

Push Pop · 24-03-2014 09:41PM

So now that we know that the plane crashed and roughly where, is this really what we usually talk about??

Stavros Murphy · 24-03-2014 09:42PM

I jam in a fiver using a spoon handle. It saves me having to carry around heavy €2 coins.

jack of all · 24-03-2014 09:43PM

Valetta wrote: »

Will a relatively new €2 coin work?

Only if it's German, like this:

http://www.eurocoins.co.uk/images/2002germany2euroobv240.jpg

deandean · 24-03-2014 09:45PM

I am in business now making those 2 euro coins with a.hole & string for shopping trolleys.
A steal at 9.99 each.

fleet_admiral · 24-03-2014 09:45PM

20c works in the tesco trolleys but why would you waste a €2 coin op?

The Backwards Man · 24-03-2014 09:47PM

Sterling two pence piece also works in Aldi trolley. Allegedly.

deise08 · 24-03-2014 09:47PM

The self service checkouts in my Tesco wont take the German €2 coins at all

orangesoda · 24-03-2014 09:49PM

are 2 euro coins the same size as 1 euro coins?

PizzamanIRL · 24-03-2014 09:49PM

OP, I would like to personally thank you. It is people like you who put their trollies back without taking their money out from it. Used to make my day back when I was a young lad returning the trolley for my mother and finding a euro still in another trolley.

So, in short, you do realise that it's not costing you to 'rent' a trolley. Why would you pay for one of those token things?

Lenin Skynard · 24-03-2014 09:51PM

I was just ranting about this the other day. I always end up at the door of Aldi and realise I've no €2 coin, and it's not as if you can get a basket instead. It's like they are teasing us by selling trolley tokens that can't be used in their own shop. It's a conspiracy I tells ya.

Ruu · 24-03-2014 09:52PM

orangesoda wrote: »

are 2 euro coins the same size as 1 euro coins?

Nah the 2 euro is a few mm wider in diameter but it is thinner than the 1 euro.

Lando Griffin · 24-03-2014 09:54PM

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

OP, I would like to personally thank you. It is people like you who put their trollies back without taking their money out from it. Used to make my day back when I was a young lad returning the trolley for my mother and finding a euro still in another trolley.

So, in short, you do realise that it's not costing you to 'rent' a trolley. Why would you pay for one of those token things?

Because it saves you from routing around or queuing up to get change for a trolly.

I thought its a great idea until I went token in hand this evening and it wouldn't fit the fecking thing.

keith16 · 24-03-2014 09:56PM

Two household yale(?) type keys shoved in like a kind of scissors does the job nicely.

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RobbingBandit · 24-03-2014 09:56PM

I have a few 2p coins here, 50 cents each.

The Backwards Man · 24-03-2014 09:58PM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I have a few 2p coins here, 50 cents each.

I have a few Aldi trolleys here, fiver each.;)

RobbingBandit · 24-03-2014 09:59PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have a few Aldi trolleys here, fiver each.;)

You really are the Backwards Man, I'm the RobbingBandit not you.

Wooden Jesus · 24-03-2014 10:01PM

The end of an ice cream stick will open any trolley

ScumLord · 24-03-2014 10:04PM

orangesoda wrote: »

are 2 euro coins the same size as 1 euro coins?

All euro coins are exactly the same size to confuse blind people.

Stavros Murphy · 24-03-2014 10:13PM

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

The end of an ice cream stick will open any trolley

Life-hacker. So will a coin, a coin that you get back. I tend to carry coins. Ice cream sticks, not so much.

dmc17 · 24-03-2014 10:17PM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Exactly, why sell something that's totally useless in your own business?

They sell toilet cleaner too but you won't see me cleaning the toilets in Aldi with it

Wooden Jesus · 24-03-2014 10:18PM

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Life-hacker. So will a coin, a coin that you get back. I tend to carry coins. Ice cream sticks, not so much.

I carry coins too but i spend them on ice cream

vicwatson · 24-03-2014 10:23PM

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

I was just ranting about this the other day. I always end up at the door of Aldi and realise I've no €2 coin, and it's not as if you can get a basket instead.

Yes you can, both Lidl and Aldi have baskets now

Steam Roller · 24-03-2014 10:41PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Yes you can, both Lidl and Aldi have baskets now

Where ?

Lenin Skynard · 24-03-2014 10:43PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Yes you can, both Lidl and Aldi have baskets now

My local Aldi doesn't, unless this has just been brought in since last Friday.

Photo-Sniper · 24-03-2014 10:45PM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

You get the money back anyway you know.

Ya but the economy is so bad that said person may need the 2 euro coin for an extra box of "vino"

:rolleyes:

:pac:

Trolley Token Trick uncovered.

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