And now….. my bank won’t take cash

LargeAddick

ME14addick said:

I work for a charity and we have a wonderful team of volunteers who visit establishments that have our collection boxes. They empty them and have been paying the funds into the charity's bank account via branches where they live. They are finding it much harder to find a bank that will accept cash these days.

Could try paying it into the charity’s account at a Post Office, they do banking for all the major banks these days.

eastterrace6168

Think you'll find  @Henry Irving accepts cash donations for the museum...🙄

seth plum

Wheresmeticket said:

seth plum said:

Wheresmeticket said:

seth plum said:

Wheresmeticket said:

seth plum said:

The bloke in the hardwear shop a couple of weeks ago said it was cash only for a small purchase,  it was for some small hooks I wanted for the curtain rail.

I'm loving the detail. Did they do the job or did you need to find another solution?

They didn’t!
I had to get plastic ones with a sticky back!

Ah mate you've bought your future self a problem. That must be a very narrow profile curtain rail.  Is it a flat profile runner or a round one for curtain rings?

Flat.

OK but you'll need to redecorate after you remove the runners. Long panel pins might have been a good option if you couldn't run 3x5 screws into rawlplugs.

When you say I will have to decorate that may be true, but as you know DIY means 'don't involve yourself'.

clb74

shirty5 said:

Arsenetatters said:

Is it because of the quantity or will they simply not take any change? ( I thought they had to)

They don’t take cash!

That’s like a diner that don’t serve food

Years ago the boy was about 6
We had gone in McDonald's and we were told they had no chips.
My boy pipes up saying that's like going to a swimming pool with no water in it

Rothko

10m people bank, with a bank, that doesn’t have a branch, cash use is dropping, despite of a blip in the last year. Cash is massively expensive to handle compared to card, and acceptance of card, and open banking will keep eating into it  

ShootersHillGuru

Watch anyone under 30 pay for something. It’s invariably done by phone. The days of cash are definitely numbered. 

Off_it

Rothko said:

10m people bank, with a bank, that doesn’t have a branch, cash use is dropping, despite of a blip in the last year. Cash is massively expensive to handle compared to card, and acceptance of card, and open banking will keep eating into it  

So how many people does that leave who bank with a bank that does have a branch?

LenGlover

Off_it said:

Rothko said:

10m people bank, with a bank, that doesn’t have a branch, cash use is dropping, despite of a blip in the last year. Cash is massively expensive to handle compared to card, and acceptance of card, and open banking will keep eating into it  

So how many people does that leave who bank with a bank that does have a branch?

My bank had branches, or other outlets where you could obtain cash, when I opened my account but I have no idea where the nearest branch is now. I use the Post Office these days.

eastterrace6168

I bet you wish you had never started this thread eh @Arsenetatters...🤷‍♂️

masicat

There’s a baker in Sidcup who will take it. Apparently he kneads the dough.

Manic_mania

In my last job a good few years ago now we sold fitted kitchens - it always baffled me the number of people that would go to the faff of going to the bank withdrawing ten grand in notes (which i'm fairly sure involved calling the bank ahead of time to do), then come to the branch to pay where it would invariably then go straight back in a bag and be swiftly taken right back to the bank the following morning (or even later that same evening) 

I realise that is almost the exact opposite problem you are having but i'm bored so thought i'd share.

Covered End

This must be very worrying for the drug barons.

Manic_mania

Covered End said:

This must be very worrying for the drug barons.

"for everything else, there's Mastercard"

CAFCsayer

MStuartPerm said:

Boom said:

Arsenetatters said:

Nat West in Dartford have a machine for paying in cash. It rarely works. Having been there with a load of coins from the egg box a few times when it’s broken I decide to bag the cash up  and take it in. No - they don’t take cash. WTAF? I need to use the machine. 

So where can I take £700 of loose change?

Browns

Asking for a friend who wants to know is it still only £1? 

Still a quid... great place

Arsenetatters

valleynick66 said: I

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

and what did they actually say / advise?

They said pay it into the machine (which doesn’t often work). They won’t take it at the counter as they don’t do that anymore.
The machine is either broken or full.

Kap10

ForeverAddickted said:

lol!... Sorry not laughing at you... More the timing given the post I've just put on the Cashless Society thread

Sympathise with you though, all the Natwest branches round me are closing

Catford Nat West has joined Barclays and closed.

Wheresmeticket

Manic_mania said:

In my last job a good few years ago now we sold fitted kitchens - it always baffled me the number of people that would go to the faff of going to the bank withdrawing ten grand in notes (which i'm fairly sure involved calling the bank ahead of time to do), then come to the branch to pay where it would invariably then go straight back in a bag and be swiftly taken right back to the bank the following morning (or even later that same evening) 

I realise that is almost the exact opposite problem you are having but i'm bored so thought i'd share.

I think you're getting kitchen fitters  mixed up with heroin dealers 

fenlandaddick

Just buy some more eggs with your £700 pound from another egg seller. Take those eggs down to natwest and see if they will accept those instead of cash?

cafcfan

Covered End said:

This must be very worrying for the drug barons.

And the window cleaners.

valleynick66

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said: I

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

and what did they actually say / advise?

They said pay it into the machine (which doesn’t often work). They won’t take it at the counter as they don’t do that anymore.
The machine is either broken or full.

So your complaint to them should be they advertise a counter service but don’t actually provide one?

Did you have the coins pre counted or just a large bag(s) of random sums?

On a positive note to your original question of what to do is it possible that if you returned on another day it may well work and you can get the coins paid in?

Arsenetatters

valleynick66 said:

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said: I

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

and what did they actually say / advise?

They said pay it into the machine (which doesn’t often work). They won’t take it at the counter as they don’t do that anymore.
The machine is either broken or full.

So your complaint to them should be they advertise a counter service but don’t actually provide one?

Did you have the coins pre counted or just a large bag(s) of random sums?

On a positive note to your original question of what to do is it possible that if you returned on another day it may well work and you can get the coins paid in?

I like a positive spin on things if possible - and you’re right - it may work another day (although the last time I tried it wasn’t working as it was too full!!)

I did bag them all up into the proper amounts so all  they had to do was weigh them. 

I think I’m going to try another post office next time.

iaitch

Kap10 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

lol!... Sorry not laughing at you... More the timing given the post I've just put on the Cashless Society thread

Sympathise with you though, all the Natwest branches round me are closing

Catford Nat West has joined Barclays and closed.

Natwest in Beckenham shuts next month. In the last couple of years Beckenham has seen HSBC, Halifax, Santander, Barclays and Lloyds all close.

guinnessaddick

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said: I

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

Arsenetatters said:

valleynick66 said:

Was it today you had this problem or another day? I ask because the website notes the branch does not have a counter service on a Saturday but does otherwise:

https://www.natwest.com/search-results/locator/branch.html?sortcode=600633&name=Dartford

It was today

and what did they actually say / advise?

They said pay it into the machine (which doesn’t often work). They won’t take it at the counter as they don’t do that anymore.
The machine is either broken or full.

Obviously the machine was designed by Schrödinger.

Pedro45

Nationwide took a load of our coins a few months back, about £57 worth if I remember.  You had to bag it all up as per instructions depending on what coins, but they accepted all of it and credited the account.

sillav nitram

My NatWest has a cash counting machine, I’ve used it frequently without woe.

Boom

iaitch said:

Kap10 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

lol!... Sorry not laughing at you... More the timing given the post I've just put on the Cashless Society thread

Sympathise with you though, all the Natwest branches round me are closing

Catford Nat West has joined Barclays and closed.

Natwest in Beckenham shuts next month. In the last couple of years Beckenham has seen HSBC, Halifax, Santander, Barclays and Lloyds all close.

Where was Santander?

SporadicAddick

Boom said:

iaitch said:

Kap10 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

lol!... Sorry not laughing at you... More the timing given the post I've just put on the Cashless Society thread

Sympathise with you though, all the Natwest branches round me are closing

Catford Nat West has joined Barclays and closed.

Natwest in Beckenham shuts next month. In the last couple of years Beckenham has seen HSBC, Halifax, Santander, Barclays and Lloyds all close.

Where was Santander?

North coast of Spain.

Alwaysneil

bored monkey with drum meme

eastterrace6168

Alwaysneil said:

bored monkey with drum meme

...Ok

TelMc32

ShootersHillGuru said:

Watch anyone under 30 pay for something. It’s invariably done by phone. The days of cash are definitely numbered. 

I’m closer to 60 than 55 now and I always use my phone and most people I know around my age, and older, are the same.