Coin exchange @ supermarkets in North/ Central London

[nigmenog]

Hey - I've been trying to find one of those coin exchange facilities somewhere nearish me (Finsbury Park). I have about �500 in small coins, but want to get cash rather than vouchers. There's one in Sainsbury's @ Wood Green, but they only give vouchers. Tesco's claim to have them, but their 'customer service' can't tell me where (gah!) and every store I've called says they don't have. Help!

[Hellion]

I think ASDA has them.

[mccfluff]

i think asda gives vouchers as well, but if you bag it up your post office should exchange it for you, they do for me!

[Top_Gooner]

Am i right in saying that these shops charge for this service ?

[mccfluff]

i think so top, i think they give you vouchers and charge a commission

[jenstar]

Take them to the bank.

[nigmenog]

Hello - I would take them to the bank, except they only accept five bags of coins at a time. By my estimation, I'd need to go to the bank 25-30 times!

[Wellard]

Are you sure that Sainsbury`s nearest to you only give vouchers?. The ones here in Bournemouth (including Sainsburys) all give a voucher as a print-out from the machine which is then taken to the store who gives Cash in exchange. The standard charge by the machine seems to be seven pence per pound, which doen`t sound bad for smallish amounts but is a whopping 7% so changing 500 would cost �35. However, we have seen charity collecters changing massive amounts so they must find it worth-while.

[dzug]

I'm sure I've taken more than 5 bags of coins to a bank. Paying in, rather than changing, though. Maybe you need to change your bank.

A Post Office will take any amount of coin if you are paying in (which you can to many banks (Barclays, Lloyds, Coop, A&L, but not HSBC or Natwest) and many will change as a favour, particularly if they need it to pay out again. They will appreciate it being bagged up accurately and you may get sent away if more than the odd bag doesn't weigh right..