I've got a suspicion that the Post Office staff will mutter something about money laundering regulations and the consequent need for there to be a paper trail for all transactions.
That's what happened when I took some old pound coins into Barclays (whom I bank with) and simply wanted to change them for some new ones. I was told that I'd have to
(a) bag all of my coins up ;
(b) pay them into my account ; and then
(c) make a withdrawal.
I was there 40 minutes!
Chris, I could endure the mutterings but not sure about a 40 minute wait. I've only got 2x20s so hope to get a muttering and delay reduction.
Thanks you all for your answers.
yes - I have just transferred all my old notes to the plastic ones about 2 weeks ago. Because I said I believe these have to be changed by September. Well she said that's true but we will be still taking them after September so you should be ok.