New Posts For Thread: 1p and 2phttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2pshould they be scrapped, the end seems nigh. Would imagine prices will increase.i still use mostly cash for shopping. ( and punting)but a couple of weeks ago, faced with a queue at the checkouts in supermanketa nice assistant told me the card only tills were less busy.off i went, 65p on my cardreminded me of my younger days andhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557088641#557088641i still use mostly cash for shopping. ( and punting)but a couple of weeks ago, faced with a queue at the checkouts in supermanketa nice assistant told me the card only tills were less busy.off i went, 65p on my cardreminded me of my younger days andMon, 29 Apr 2019 11:30:24 -0500Also, without cash you'd lose one of the great pleasures in life: putting on a coat you haven't worn in years and discovering change you'd forgotten about in an inside pocket.One pundit on Racing TV was packing up his belongings following a split frohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557088605#557088605Also, without cash you'd lose one of the great pleasures in life: putting on a coat you haven't worn in years and discovering change you'd forgotten about in an inside pocket.One pundit on Racing TV was packing up his belongings following a split froMon, 29 Apr 2019 11:13:46 -0500There's more than a few people for whom cash bets in shops is the only possible way to get a bet anywhere but on here.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557088553#557088553There's more than a few people for whom cash bets in shops is the only possible way to get a bet anywhere but on here.Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:00:31 -0500The problem is who really uses cash to buy things anymore? don't most just use their card in everyshop, I've even seen people selling the big issue who take payment cards. Hence the talk of a soon to be cashless society? though don't thing it will evhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557088321#557088321The problem is who really uses cash to buy things anymore? don't most just use their card in everyshop, I've even seen people selling the big issue who take payment cards. Hence the talk of a soon to be cashless society? though don't thing it will evMon, 29 Apr 2019 10:15:57 -0500They're a bit of a waste of time. I don't suppose there are still penny sweets for kids any more, are there?When my kids were little, I remember taking about a year filling an old baby bottle steriliser thing with 1 and 2p's. Only to discover the banhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557088233#557088233They're a bit of a waste of time. I don't suppose there are still penny sweets for kids any more, are there?When my kids were little, I remember taking about a year filling an old baby bottle steriliser thing with 1 and 2p's. Only to discover the banMon, 29 Apr 2019 10:03:19 -05001 and 2 p now i just have coffee jars, check em with a magnet..one for cheapo steel ones which get bagged and donated, and one for older full copper oneswhich i bag and stick in cupboard, awaiting copper prices risinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557087899#5570878991 and 2 p now i just have coffee jars, check em with a magnet..one for cheapo steel ones which get bagged and donated, and one for older full copper oneswhich i bag and stick in cupboard, awaiting copper prices risingMon, 29 Apr 2019 08:55:08 -0500gallonhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557087873#557087873gallonMon, 29 Apr 2019 08:45:53 -0500we filled a gollon whisky bottle with pennies, i think we had about £60then filled it with 2ps , just out of change...got slightly lessgot it almost full of 5ps now, has taken ages, must be 300-400 quid when full.supermarkets have them machines thathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557087869#557087869we filled a gollon whisky bottle with pennies, i think we had about £60then filled it with 2ps , just out of change...got slightly lessgot it almost full of 5ps now, has taken ages, must be 300-400 quid when full.supermarkets have them machines thatMon, 29 Apr 2019 08:45:22 -0500Well we all KNEW the germans are very good at counting certain low value copper coins and how it cheers people up. Thus the term "two-tonic efficiency".https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557087859#557087859Well we all KNEW the germans are very good at counting certain low value copper coins and how it cheers people up. Thus the term "two-tonic efficiency".Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:39:40 -0500Who on earth charges money to count it? Here in Germany we have atm machines that will take the coins, count them, and deposit them into your account right there. All you have to do is bring your money to the atm machine. Banks without a counting machttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31524603/1p-and-2p?post_id=557087747#557087747Who on earth charges money to count it? Here in Germany we have atm machines that will take the coins, count them, and deposit them into your account right there. All you have to do is bring your money to the atm machine. Banks without a counting macMon, 29 Apr 2019 08:16:13 -0500