20 Euro Cent piece.

[croyde]

If you find it bloody annoying that you spent the Pound coin before going to the supermarket thus are feked if you want a trolley, the 20 Euro Cent coin does the job just as well and has been in my wallet for nye on 6 months now.

[off_again]

Really? Bring it on....

[215cu]

off_again said:

Really? Bring it on....

Be careful, it won't be long before it's worth more than a pound.

[Cap'n Custud]

I have this little disc thingy attached to my keyring.

Very handy!

[sleep envy]

[croyde]

Best is when the beggar, who makes his money taking the trolleys back from frightened housewives so that he can get at the pound, finds that disc thing or a 20 euro cent.

[King Herald]

croyde said:

If you find it bloody annoying that you spent the Pound coin before going to the supermarket thus are feked if you want a trolley, the 20 Euro Cent coin does the job just as well and has been in my wallet for nye on 6 months now.

At the old Tesco in my home town you often found trolleys with their quid in, on the top floor of the four storey car park, people obviously could not be bothered taking their trolley all the way down the various ramps and lifts needed to the docking bay. I found it quite easy to clip my own trolley into another abandoned trolley and retrieve TWO quids worth of deposit back.

I was rather disgruntled one day to find the stray trolley of choice had been duped with a suitable coin of foreign origin, and not the 1 pound coin I was expecting! [/viz]

[aclivity]

make a point of going into the shop and asking the "greeter" or customer services to get you a trolley. Tell them that you do not have a pound coin, nor do you want "change", as you will be paying for your shopping by card.

Do it loudly if you have to.

I do this every time, even if I have a pound coin, unless I am with my wife (as she embarrasses easily). When with her, I will use my pound, but pull it out of the slot and leave the trolley where I want. Pulling the coin out of the slot can be difficult, but if you are determined enough, it can be managed.

[sleep envy]

aclivity said:

if you are determined enough, it can be managed

quite

[gamefreaks]

King Herald said:

croyde said:

If you find it bloody annoying that you spent the Pound coin before going to the supermarket thus are feked if you want a trolley, the 20 Euro Cent coin does the job just as well and has been in my wallet for nye on 6 months now.

At the old Tesco in my home town you often found trolleys with their quid in, on the top floor of the four storey car park, people obviously could not be bothered taking their trolley all the way down the various ramps and lifts needed to the docking bay. I found it quite easy to clip my own trolley into another abandoned trolley and retrieve TWO quids worth of deposit back.

I was rather disgruntled one day to find the stray trolley of choice had been duped with a suitable coin of foreign origin, and not the 1 pound coin I was expecting! [/viz]

That brings back some memories...

Specifically, the summer holidays when me and my mate were about 10. (Well, it was long enough ago that you could get quite a few sweets and cans of pop with a pound!)

Tesco had just fitted all their trolleys with those pound deposit things, and me and my mate were on the way back from the shop. We saw a trolley on the way home, so, being the young entrepreneurs we were, we took it back and spent the pound!

Operation TrolleyPound was put into action!

The first phase of the operation, involved us finding trolleys nearby and taking them back. This was very profitable operation for a few days, however other kids were quickly cottoning onto the scheme and trolleys close to the shop were becoming very scarce.

Phase 2 of Operation TrolleyPound was put into action!

We would set up camp further from the shop, far enough away that the other kids couldn’t be bothered to take trolleys back this far. We would collect any we found, bring them back to base, using another trolley to liberate the pound. This meant we could liberate all but one of the pound coins! We were back in the black!

This still meant humping trolleys around all day though! We needed something easier!

Phase 3 of the Operation was enacted!

What we needed, was one of the 'keys' from a trolley!
Our first attempt at this was an abject failure. We quickly learnt that the chain holding them on is tougher then junior hacksaw blades.
So, the next day we found a long pole, inserted it into the chain, and twisted. The metal fatigued, and then broke! We now had a key so we could do 'on-site' pound liberation!

That was a good summer!

[croyde]

The only flaw would be that your "key" would then be stuck until you had liberated it with a pound.

It's only as I have been tempted as times are getting hard.

[Silver993tt]

croyde said:

The only flaw would be that your "key" would then be stuck until you had liberated it with a pound.

It's only as I have been tempted as times are getting hard.

er, i think the point is that the disc unclips from the ring

[Sciroccology]

aclivity said:

make a point of going into the shop and asking the "greeter" or customer services to get you a trolley. Tell them that you do not have a pound coin, nor do you want "change", as you will be paying for your shopping by card.

Do it loudly if you have to.

I do this every time, even if I have a pound coin, unless I am with my wife (as she embarrasses easily). When with her, I will use my pound, but pull it out of the slot and leave the trolley where I want. Pulling the coin out of the slot can be difficult, but if you are determined enough, it can be managed.

Jesus, there's tight, as in "gnat's chuff" and then there's really tight, as in "you".

Edited by Sciroccology on Friday 6th March 15:04

[sleep envy]

Sciroccology said:

aclivity said:

make a point of going into the shop and asking the "greeter" or customer services to get you a trolley. Tell them that you do not have a pound coin, nor do you want "change", as you will be paying for your shopping by card.

Do it loudly if you have to.

I do this every time, even if I have a pound coin, unless I am with my wife (as she embarrasses easily). When with her, I will use my pound, but pull it out of the slot and leave the trolley where I want. Pulling the coin out of the slot can be difficult, but if you are determined enough, it can be managed.

Jesus, there's tight, as in "gnat's chuff" and then there's really tight, like "you".

it's being more awkward than tight as you get the nugget back

[scotal]

sleep envy said:

Sciroccology said:

aclivity said:

make a point of going into the shop and asking the "greeter" or customer services to get you a trolley. Tell them that you do not have a pound coin, nor do you want "change", as you will be paying for your shopping by card.

Do it loudly if you have to.

I do this every time, even if I have a pound coin, unless I am with my wife (as she embarrasses easily). When with her, I will use my pound, but pull it out of the slot and leave the trolley where I want. Pulling the coin out of the slot can be difficult, but if you are determined enough, it can be managed.

Jesus, there's tight, as in "gnat's chuff" and then there's really tight, like "you".

it's being more awkward than tight as you get the nugget back

Which makes it an entirely pointless thing to do, no?

[Silver993tt]

scotal said:

sleep envy said:

Sciroccology said:

aclivity said:

make a point of going into the shop and asking the "greeter" or customer services to get you a trolley. Tell them that you do not have a pound coin, nor do you want "change", as you will be paying for your shopping by card.

Do it loudly if you have to.

I do this every time, even if I have a pound coin, unless I am with my wife (as she embarrasses easily). When with her, I will use my pound, but pull it out of the slot and leave the trolley where I want. Pulling the coin out of the slot can be difficult, but if you are determined enough, it can be managed.

Jesus, there's tight, as in "gnat's chuff" and then there's really tight, like "you".

it's being more awkward than tight as you get the nugget back

Which makes it an entirely pointless thing to do, no?

the whole idea is that you don't have to worry about having the right change i.e a pound coin or whatever.

[sleep envy]

Silver993tt said:

scotal said:

Which makes it an entirely pointless thing to do, no?

the whole idea is that you don't have to worry about having the right change i.e a pound coin or whatever.

a £1 coin?

hardly difficult to remember if you're going shopping or unlikely to find in the car seeing as you have to pay for parking fairly often these days

[rabw]

I knew this thread would be about this! I use a 20c coin for the £1 lockers at the gym. It's especially good as because you can't spend it, you've always got your 20c on you.

I did it at the snowdome once only to find after that it was a charging locker so I didn't get my 20c back, but at least I saved about 85p.

[aclivity]

Silver993tt said:

scotal said:

sleep envy said:

Sciroccology said:

aclivity said:

make a point of going into the shop and asking the "greeter" or customer services to get you a trolley. Tell them that you do not have a pound coin, nor do you want "change", as you will be paying for your shopping by card.

Do it loudly if you have to.

I do this every time, even if I have a pound coin, unless I am with my wife (as she embarrasses easily). When with her, I will use my pound, but pull it out of the slot and leave the trolley where I want. Pulling the coin out of the slot can be difficult, but if you are determined enough, it can be managed.

Jesus, there's tight, as in "gnat's chuff" and then there's really tight, like "you".

it's being more awkward than tight as you get the nugget back

Which makes it an entirely pointless thing to do, no?

the whole idea is that you don't have to worry about having the right change i.e a pound coin or whatever.

We have a winner. I don't actually carry cash that much as it is, most things can go on the card, so why should I worry about carrying a pocketful of shrapnel around with me specifically for trolleys?

Being pointlessy awkward in non serious situations is also strangely rewarding. Give it a try one day. There is also the schadenfreude of watching opportunist kids running for your trolley to liberate the pound coin, only to be denied any fiscal reward!

[Silver993tt]

sleep envy said:

Silver993tt said:

scotal said:

Which makes it an entirely pointless thing to do, no?

the whole idea is that you don't have to worry about having the right change i.e a pound coin or whatever.

a £1 coin?

hardly difficult to remember if you're going shopping or unlikely to find in the car seeing as you have to pay for parking fairly often these days

I have the same problem on the continent where it's normally a 1 euro coin required. Actually happened to me yesterday - I had 5x2 euro coins but no 1 euro.