Supermarket change?

[DJ Bigga]

Anyone know which supermarket near Brixton has one of them copper jar change machines? Preferably one that gives their cut to charidy ;)

[DJ Bigga]

I know I'm not the only one on here with a copper jar! :mad:

[zenie]

It’s normally Sainsbury’s that I’ve seen them in. I don’t know any *big* Sainsbury’s except Dog Kennel Hill and Nine Elms round there sorry!! (I’ve never seen them in the Clapham ones)

Bag it up and take it to a bank? :confused:

That’s your Friday night sorted!! :cool:

[rennie]

I have plenty of lose 1ps etc n was wondering what to do with them. Im greedy, I was gonna take em to the bank!

[DJ Bigga]

I thought I heard the banks were charging for this now? Though I suppose if you hand it over as a deposit into your account there's not much they can do. Is there?


btw my Friday night is gonna be spent playing with my new Dyson, so there!:o

[Isambard]

I knows there's a Sainsburys in Wansdworth that has a change machine as you go in, slig it in and get a receipt for credit at the check out. :cool:

[gaijingirl]

The Sainsbury's on Clapham High Street does.. we had great fun having bets about how much we had in change there last year (winner took all!) - saddos that we are..:(

[DJ Bigga]

The Sainsbury's on Clapham High Street does.. we had great fun having bets about how much we had in change there last year (winner took all!) - saddos that we are..:(

Do you get it back in cash? I don't shop at Sainsburys:o

[Kanda]

Asda at Clapham Junction has one.

[Brixton Hatter]

god i need to do that, i've got a massive jar of coppers, must be about 30 quid, saving it for a rainy day when i'm skint!

[Brixton Hatter]

Do you get it back in cash? I don't shop at Sainsburys:oyeah, that's what i want to know.

i suppose we could go down an amusement arcade, pretend we won it on the copper fountain or something and get it changed up to quid coins!

[DJ Bigga]

yeah, that's what i want to know.

i suppose we could go down an amusement arcade, pretend we won it on the copper fountain or something and get it changed up to quid coins!

Right then, meet you in Southend?:D

[gaijingirl]

Do you get it back in cash? I don't shop at Sainsburys:o

Yes.. they give you notes, but take a pretty hefty commission - can't remember how much exactly.

[lang rabbie]

IIRC the "Coinstar" machine counts the coins, deducts something like 7% (!)for operating costs and a contribution to charity then prints a voucher that you take to the customer services desk for cash.


Coinstar machines in stores
Customers convert small change into larger coins; the machine takes 7% commission which raised the following sums:

Charity.........................Amount
Children in need.............. £15,233
British Heart Foundation......£9,627
British Red Cross...............£17,881
Cancer Research..............£18,015
Children's Society............ £11,339
Unicef..............................£9,631
WWF.............................. £5,533
Red Nose Day...................£3,300

I've used the one at Balham Sainsbury's to get rid of the shrapnel from fundraisers a couple of times and just paid back the commission from my own pocket.

[lang rabbie]

Edited to add:

According to the Coinstar.com (http://www.coinstar.com/cgi-bin/mqlocator.exe?link=find)website, there is one of their machines at

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516 Brixton Rd
London, SW9 8EN

Don't know what the commission percentage is.

[Isambard]

I bank with a bit of an eseoteric bank but I can just sling it in a machine in the brabch near my work and it goes straight on my current account. Cool system.

[BrixiSteve]

I bank with a bit of an eseoteric bank but I can just sling it in a machine in the brabch near my work and it goes straight on my current account. Cool system.


Eh? That sounds great. Who do you bank with?

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I think maybe the Sainsburys in Streatham High Road has one

[Dan U]

the sainsburys in east dulwich has one