Stores not taking old pound coins today...?

[poo at Paul's]

Hi, anyone else find any stores refusing to take the old pound coins today? Plenty in the press about some retailers carrying on accepting them next week etc, but I found Wickes today refused to take them, I was in at 430pm and they said they finished taking them at 4pm. I suggested if they didn't want to accept legal tender after 4pm, they should close at 4pm.

Anyone else find retailers would not accept them today?

[poo at Paul's]

QuickQuack said:

I think you'll find that the old £1 coin stoped being legal tender a day earlier, on Saturday 15th October,

[poo at Paul's]

HantsRat said:

poo at Paul's said:

I suggested if they didn't want to accept legal tender after 4pm, they should close at 4pm.

It was not legal tender. You were wrong.

Again, why not?

Per the Telegraph Money page, they were legal tender until 23.59 Sunday 15th October.

The shop told me Lidl and Aldi were still taking them, but they don't do wallpaper strippers!.