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And now….. my bank won’t take cash

Arsenetatters
Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
edited August 2024 in Not Sports Related
Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

So where can I take £700 of loose change?
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  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,798
    Arsenetatters said:
    Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

    So where can I take £700 of loose change?
    You need to find another bank...that's crazy🤷‍♂️
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,737
    Find another bank, Nat West in Eltham closed during the week, expecting customers to go to Bexleyheath, Woolwich or Lewisham.
    The trend is for customers to do a lot of their banking online or via apps. However there are still customers who want old school banking.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,729
    edited August 2024
    lol!... Sorry not laughing at you... More the timing given the post I've just put on the Cashless Society thread

    Sympathise with you though, all the Natwest branches round me are closing
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
    guinnessaddick said:
    Find another bank, Nat West in Eltham closed during the week, expecting customers to go to Bexleyheath, Woolwich or Lewisham.
    The trend is for customers to do a lot of their banking online or via apps. However there are still customers who want old school banking.
    Oh blimey - my Mum worked in there for years. Sad to see them closing…
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
    ForeverAddickted said:
    lol!... Sorry not laughing at you... More the timing given the post I've just put on the Cashless Society thread

    Sympathise with you though, all the Natwest branches round me are closing
    Aha! I should have posted my rant in there!
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,933
    Take it to the post office and deposit into your bank there.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    guinnessaddick said:
    Find another bank, Nat West in Eltham closed during the week, expecting customers to go to Bexleyheath, Woolwich or Lewisham.
    The trend is for customers to do a lot of their banking online or via apps. However there are still customers who want old school banking.

    Opened my first bank account there back in the day.  Dover has now closed, Hythe went a few years back .
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,027
    I understand Arsenetatters need for a bank in this scenario but why else do people need banks? My branch is 150 miles away from where I live and this has been the case since 1997. I never need to go into a bank.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
    shine166 said:
    Take it to the post office and deposit into your bank there.
    I would but our post office closed a few years back. The nearest one now has a battle axe who won’t take loose change .

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,729
    edited August 2024
    EveshamAddick said:
    I understand Arsenetatters need for a bank in this scenario but why else do people need banks? My branch is 150 miles away from where I live and this has been the case since 1997. I never need to go into a bank.
    I like to visit them in a black and white striped t-shirt, with a mask to cover my eyes and a bag with "swag" on it from time to time

    My how we all chortle when I say... "Gimme my money"
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
    I’m going to have to refuse cash for eggs 🤣
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,057
    Arsenetatters said:
    Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

    So where can I take £700 of loose change?
    How long did it take you to accumulate £700 of loose change and why did you accumulate it?
    I don't think I've had more than £10 worth in my life.
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,487
    Arsenetatters said:
    shine166 said:
    Take it to the post office and deposit into your bank there.
    I would but our post office closed a few years back. The nearest one now has a battle axe who won’t take loose change .
    Is she allowed to refuse? There is an option to give 'feedback' on the Post Office. i had to re a chap in the nearest one to us who wouldn't provide services during the advertised hours - very annoying when you turn up for the 3rd time to do something only to find he wouldn't provide the service within the hours. I got a £10 voucher I wasn't expecting
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
    Covered End said:
    Arsenetatters said:
    Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

    So where can I take £700 of loose change?
    How long did it take you to accumulate £700 of loose change and why did you accumulate it?
    I don't think I've had more than £10 worth in my life.
    We have over 100 hens. Not all of them still lay but we have WAY more eggs than we can eat so I stick them in an honesty box outside our house and ask for donations. 
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,730
    Our local Asda has a cash counting machine. Which gives you a voucher to spend in store or get cash from customer services desk. Not sure doing £700 In one go will work.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,990
    Dansk_Red said:
    Our local Asda has a cash counting machine. Which gives you a voucher to spend in store or get cash from customer services desk. Not sure doing £700 In one go will work.
    We have one in our ASDA but it takes a cut (10%?) which is a bit much
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,737
    Covered End said:
    Arsenetatters said:
    Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

    So where can I take £700 of loose change?
    How long did it take you to accumulate £700 of loose change and why did you accumulate it?
    I don't think I've had more than £10 worth in my life.
    Haven’t used much cash since Lockdown, prior to that, when getting change from cash exchanges, I would asked for a two pound coin and would that in a jar. Didn’t take that long before I had a grand.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,881
    Arsenetatters said:
    Dansk_Red said:
    Our local Asda has a cash counting machine. Which gives you a voucher to spend in store or get cash from customer services desk. Not sure doing £700 In one go will work.
    We have one in our ASDA but it takes a cut (10%?) which is a bit much
    If you go there with the lot it will take about £70 off you which is ridiculous. Why don’t you break it down into a series of smaller runners, say £100. Should only work out about a tenner lost when doing that, which sounds a lot fairer

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  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,027
    Local Tesco here also has one of those cash counting machines which gives you a voucher. 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,251
    EveshamAddick said:
    Local Tesco here also has one of those cash counting machines which gives you a voucher. 
    Every little helps 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,737
    shirty5 said:
    EveshamAddick said:
    Local Tesco here also has one of those cash counting machines which gives you a voucher. 
    Every little helps 
    Those machines take 9.9% commission, so it’s a a bit more than little.

    Your local Post Office will take money that you’re paying into your bank account.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,057
    edited August 2024
    Arsenetatters said:
    Covered End said:
    Arsenetatters said:
    Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

    So where can I take £700 of loose change?
    How long did it take you to accumulate £700 of loose change and why did you accumulate it?
    I don't think I've had more than £10 worth in my life.
    We have over 100 hens. Not all of them still lay but we have WAY more eggs than we can eat so I stick them in an honesty box outside our house and ask for donations. 
    Small shops like newsagents often want coins and have to get (and pay) for them from the bank.
    When my kids were small and had coins one shop was more than happy to exchange them for notes, as long as the copper was bagged into £5 etc.
    If you have some small shops locally perhaps ask there.
    You may even be able to sell your eggs to small food selling stores.
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,709
    guinnessaddick said:
    Covered End said:
    Arsenetatters said:
    Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

    So where can I take £700 of loose change?
    How long did it take you to accumulate £700 of loose change and why did you accumulate it?
    I don't think I've had more than £10 worth in my life.
    Haven’t used much cash since Lockdown, prior to that, when getting change from cash exchanges, I would asked for a two pound coin and would that in a jar. Didn’t take that long before I had a grand.
    I've done the same with all the £2 coins I receive. Had a count up the other day and got about £620.
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,902
    Is this the whole story here?

    I suspect it’s not they won’t take cash but maybe not that much  and/or pre counted. 

    I have a vague recollection of limits being in place.
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,347
    Do you small weekly shops in supermarkets at the self service checkouts, it will quickly go and you do not get charged for the privilege or annoy the checkout staff 
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,614
    Open an account with Metrobank,
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,466
    Do you need an account to use the machine in Metrobank then? You never used to have to.

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