New £1 coin starts today
Discussion
And you have the 15 October to cash up the old ones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39409313
Looks like a glorified theepenny bit.
Wonder how many will be "I don't like change".....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39409313
Looks like a glorified theepenny bit.
Wonder how many will be "I don't like change".....
Happened to be passing my local bank this morning so popped in to enquire as to whether they had any new £1 coins that I might be able to get hold of (my daughter has got show and tell at school tomorrow and given that it's pretty much the end of term we're getting a little thin on novel ideas!). The cashier looked at me as though I were stupid and explained that they had only just entered circulation and so they didn't have any. I then enquired as to how they actually entered circulation as the idea of someone standing outside the Bank of England or the Royal Mint handing out £1 coins was a little unlikely. It then transpired that she hadn't the faintest idea as to how this process actually occurred but either way, I wasn't going to get one!
Anyone got any idea as to how I might be able to get one before tomorrow morning or is this one of those Bob Hope and no hope situations and Bob's still dead...?
Anyone got any idea as to how I might be able to get one before tomorrow morning or is this one of those Bob Hope and no hope situations and Bob's still dead...?
No idea.
Tesco has unlocked their trollies.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/new-1-coin-tesco...
Time to start "borrowing" them? Bit council though.
Tesco has unlocked their trollies.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/new-1-coin-tesco...
Time to start "borrowing" them? Bit council though.
Lord knows about the cost of parking machines etc....
However, they need to put a physical date on it, as notes go out of circulation surprisingly quickly. They generally die a natural death before the end date.
Coins will go round forever though. And if they still stay in circulation the fake ones wont go away and forged ones will keep appearing
However, they need to put a physical date on it, as notes go out of circulation surprisingly quickly. They generally die a natural death before the end date.
Coins will go round forever though. And if they still stay in circulation the fake ones wont go away and forged ones will keep appearing
MarshPhantom said:
Why does the old coin stop being legal tender and how much will it cost us to convert to the new coin. Parking meters, vending machines etc
I suspect a lot of machines will have card payment only notices on them, they were in b&q this morning and as usual only 1 checkout open to take cash.Edited by MarshPhantom on Tuesday 28th March 11:58
Edited by cahami on Tuesday 28th March 15:11
jmorgan said:
No idea.
Tesco has unlocked their trollies.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/new-1-coin-tesco...
Time to start "borrowing" them? Bit council though.
All it will do is mean that the lovely empty space you were about to park in, is in fact occupied by a trolley that the previous owner had no incentive to return to the trolley bay. Tesco has unlocked their trollies.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/new-1-coin-tesco...
Time to start "borrowing" them? Bit council though.
And an increase of trolleys rolling around the car park hitting your car.
SiH said:
Happened to be passing my local bank this morning so popped in to enquire as to whether they had any new £1 coins that I might be able to get hold of (my daughter has got show and tell at school tomorrow and given that it's pretty much the end of term we're getting a little thin on novel ideas!). The cashier looked at me as though I were stupid and explained that they had only just entered circulation and so they didn't have any. I then enquired as to how they actually entered circulation as the idea of someone standing outside the Bank of England or the Royal Mint handing out £1 coins was a little unlikely. It then transpired that she hadn't the faintest idea as to how this process actually occurred but either way, I wasn't going to get one!
Anyone got any idea as to how I might be able to get one before tomorrow morning or is this one of those Bob Hope and no hope situations and Bob's still dead...?
Banks very rarely give out coin at all, most withdrawals are notes. Having said that most larger banks should have a small stock of new £1 coins from today. Most of the new coins will come from shops/retailers (those who give out change) who will get the new coins as part of their cash orders from today. Anyone got any idea as to how I might be able to get one before tomorrow morning or is this one of those Bob Hope and no hope situations and Bob's still dead...?
Old £1 coins are still legal tender till October.
MarshPhantom said:
Why does the old coin stop being legal tender and how much will it cost us to convert to the new coin. Parking meters, vending machines etc.
It eouldn't be much of a anti counterfeiting measure if all the old, easily counterfeitable ones were still floating around.Edited by MarshPhantom on Tuesday 28th March 11:58
Shakermaker said:
All it will do is mean that the lovely empty space you were about to park in, is in fact occupied by a trolley that the previous owner had no incentive to return to the trolley bay.
And an increase of trolleys rolling around the car park hitting your car.
They don't do it around me, so that will still be the norm. Lazy gets that is.And an increase of trolleys rolling around the car park hitting your car.
jmorgan said:
Shakermaker said:
All it will do is mean that the lovely empty space you were about to park in, is in fact occupied by a trolley that the previous owner had no incentive to return to the trolley bay.
And an increase of trolleys rolling around the car park hitting your car.
They don't do it around me, so that will still be the norm. Lazy gets that is.And an increase of trolleys rolling around the car park hitting your car.
Now they have moved the bridge, the trolleys no longer need to be coin operated. However, the car park is so poor that when you do try and run the trolley full of shopping to your car, its shaken everything out of it that you had carefully stacked anyway.
ZedLeg said:
MarshPhantom said:
Why does the old coin stop being legal tender and how much will it cost us to convert to the new coin. Parking meters, vending machines etc.
It eouldn't be much of a anti counterfeiting measure if all the old, easily counterfeitable ones were still floating around.Edited by MarshPhantom on Tuesday 28th March 11:58
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