How mad is this?

[stepmum]

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/201...-petrol-bill-in-copper-coins-100252-31269388/

I've never tried to spend £30 in coppers before but still I always thought legally they had to accept them.

 

[Tanikins]

Well i didnt know that

 

[tallybee]

Stupid ey, it's all money!

I went to Morrisons today, wanted to use the coinstar machine to change up our loose change jar, but it was full I went in anyway and got some shopping (came to about £7) then went to the self service till, was happily feeding all my change into it and the woman came over and snootily told me I should be using the coinstar I quite happily informed her it wasn't working as it was full. Not to mention it charges a %!

I must've filled up the till machine as it stopped accepting my coins at 33p left, so I had to put 33p on my debit card

 

[Jem88]

I didn't know that either. x

 

[charlotte-xo]

Ooer that's such a silly law money is money at the end of the day xx

 

[zanDark]

I'd be too embarrassed to show up with all those coins LOL

I'd probably just take them to the bank and have them give me their worth in bigger bills! The bank has to accept them!

 

[TFSGirl]

People are such assholes. Just take the money for crying out loud. I guess she could take it to the bank and exchange it.... right....?

 

[xlouloux]

That's insane, I always send DF to the shop with our pennies, they are usually grateful for them but I guess £30 is a bit excessive!

 

[Eternal]

I knew it was illegal to use too much change, stupid though. I hardly ever use cash and never use change, same with husband so results are that we have bags full of change! Arh. We keep saying we will do something about it but never do.

 

[Lauren25]

Well I never knew that

 

[Floralaura]

I am forever filling the self service tills up with copious amounts of change we have gathered from around the house..I knew shops could decline change, didnt know it was illegal though

 

[kaylajade.x]

I think its a silly law moneys money... I wouldn't do that though I'd be slightly embarrassed lol

x

 

[Vesta]

Could you imagine being the customer behind this lady, waiting while the shop assistant counts £30 worth of pennies?

I think the article is worded badly. It isn't illegal to try and pay with so much change, it's just the shop has the legal right to refuse to accept it.

 

[lhancock90]

Thats insane!
My friend once spent a whole pound and counted it all out in pennies, then the woman at the till recounted it...

 

[Ceejay123]

Lmao how stupid is that!! x

 

[supertabby]

The law is there to protect shop keepers against this kind of situation. It would take ages to count out 300 coins and there might've been a queue, it could've been closing time etc, and given the tiny margin made on petrol by the stations, the wages to pay the shop assistant to count out the pennies would cost more than the money made on it.

Its also way too many pennies for the float, they might not have enough space in the safe and therefore would've had to make an unscheduled bank trip which they made not have had staff for.

Its not as straightforward as "money's money". She should've taken her copper to the bank where they can weigh it in seconds on specialist scales and swap for notes.

Also regardless of laws relating to pennies, a shop can refuse any payment type if they so wish. A purchase is classed as a negotiated barter still - you want xyz and profer your cash, then the shop agrees to the trade or not. I worked in a shop years ago and we used to refuse Scottish notes, yes they are legal tender, but because we only saw one once every couple of years so had no idea if a note was genuine or fake. Its quite legal to do so.