are we being embarrassed into not taking our change?

[Scougar]

Always get change if I want it. Sometimes I'm the one that doesn't bother with wanting it, and walk off and have to say it's OK for them to keep it.

I don't actually recall a time where I wasn't offered change.. you know.. as in the legal thing to do.

 

[Marky]

Wouldn't be surprised if they did this on purpose... 10p a time here and there, all adds up

 

[Tefal]

tefal apologised via my trust so consider it sorted!

did i?

i'm pretty sure i didn't as first i knew about any of this was huddy sending me a msg. about this and i have not even read any of the posts that were removed and i have no idea what you have even said.

Also i don't apologise for it, whatever it may be.


i'd prefer it if you didn't make things up.

 

[andy_mk3]

I own one of these jars.

Only problem is they sometimes register 1p's as 5p's and vice versa due to their similar size.

I've never had that problem, and did expect it to happen. The spring in mine is quite strong and no matter how fast or slow you push the coins in, it always registers correctly

 

[alexakasloth]

I'm stingy so don't feel any shame in taking my 1 penny change thank you It all goes into a tin at home, every couple of months I put it in the machine at the bank and that's an extra 20-30 pounds.

 

[CircleFaust]

I started using my credit cards for everything all the time about 5 years ago to get free airmiles and cashback which i then just pay off as soon as i get on my online banking, any change i do end up with ends up in self service machines because its just easy lol

this is what i try and do now. i used to have the mandatory penny jar, but i can't me farsed anymore. so just try and spend it now but throwing it into self service machines

or count out the right amount, which again i think some people get annoyed with. pubs especially i think paying for a pint

 

[tm1210]

I usually say put in the the charity box. If I hung onto it I'd put it in the charity box at home. I hate having loads of "coppers" in my pockets.

 

[MBennett]

I use card to pay for everything when possible though

I am the polar opposite, everything is bought in cash (except online). Willing to bet I am in a tiny tiny minority though!

 

[KatanaDV20]

Wether £1 , £100 or £1p - its your money. You earned every last bit of it so they dang well better give you your change! Dont be embarrassed! I always wait for mine and its straight into the jar at home. Quite a nice surprise when you take it to the bank @ the end of the year

 

[Infidelus]

It's my money, and I'm keeping it. Have no issue waiting for it to be handed over. If I want to give money to a charity, I'll do so as and when *I* choose.

 

[Nexus]

Only time I've encountered it is with some dodgy market type traders. They think you won't spot or ask that you are missing your 1p, so if they do this with everybody it slowly adds up.

Personally it just makes me never want to shop with that trader ever again, silly over such a paltry sum.

 

[Third Opinion]

Shops dont care if the tills r over at the end of a shift just get put into banking, its when the tills are under when questions r asked.

Not strictly true. Tills that are over can sometimes mean money is finding its way in there without being inputted. That can sometimes be a sign the cashier is pocketing these sales by removing the funds from the till when the customer has left. They take the notes but leave the change causing tills to be over.

Saying that it is much harder nowadays, but was rife when I had a part time job in a shop many years ago.

I don't like it in restaurants when they ask you 'if you need change?'. Quite embarrassing, and I must admit to being tucked up before when I have let them keep a fiver for £25 meal and later find service was included, lol.

 

[Craigus]

Coins are for paupers.

 

[KaiserDJG]

99% of the time i get my change, only very rarely someone dosent give me the change and its usually 1p , i save it all up and then cash in above 5p and spend the 2ps at the seaside amusements... cheap thrills, i've got £50 in a drawer at home in money bags, it all adds up

 

[Hades]

I wait for my change and ask for it if it isn't forthcoming. Over a long period it adds up to quite a large amount of money. If you don't want it then why not take it anyway and drop it into a charity collection box. I'm sure the charity could do with it more than a shopkeeper.

 

[CircleFaust]

just remembered another occasion recently. manchester airport T3. had a meal, went to pay. was a couple quid under £20. handed £20 note over.
he said thanks again with the air of 'this is all for me aint it?'
i stood there and he took his sweet time to give me 1ps 5ps 10ps to make the £2 up.
i don't mind tipping but it's not a right

 

[2bit]

...
i feel awkward standing waiting on 1p change, but why?

I dunno mate - why do you feel awkward?

Just wait for your change and pocket it. Walk away.

If you're talking about tipping than that's different - but collecting your change from a small transaction is no issue surely.

If it's that painful then maybe look for a collection tin for a local charity and deposit the odious shrapnel in there.

 

[dexter27]

Always wait for my change. Its my money god damnit.

 

[Karl]

It's rife in America where tips are more frequent. I was in New York a little while back and was meeting a friend in the Roosevelt hotel.

I paid for a beer with a $20 note, the bar tender said thank you, and disappeared. I waited at the bar for ten minutes, and when he finally returned, I asked him where my change had gone. He gave me my change, and I didn't tip him.

Over here, you don't tip shop keepers, so there should be no awkwardness.