EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Do banks offer this service? Bring in a bucket of coins and dump it in a coin counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 33 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Do banks offer this service? Bring in a bucket of coins and dump it in a coin counter. My resident expert who knows all, said no. She usually empties her Moo bank every year and heads to the gold shop with it. Good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 4 minutes ago, riclag said: My resident expert who knows all, said no. She usually empties her Moo bank every year and heads to the gold shop with it. Good luck Does the gold shop count the coins for credit towards gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 42 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Do banks offer this service? Bring in a bucket of coins and dump it in a coin counter. I guess, you'd have to roll it... Better to spend it, e.g. for BTS and MRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 4 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said: I guess, you'd have to roll it... Better to spend it, e.g. for BTS and MRT. I don't do public transportation, I really don't want to roll it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Our 7/11 changes them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 3 minutes ago, brianthainess said: Our 7/11 changes them. Do they dump coins into a counter and give you credit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 10 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: I don't do public transportation, I really don't want to roll it. How about paying bills (convenience stores, restaurants) with it? Nothing wrong with paying 100 baht or so in coins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 (edited) 6 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said: How about paying bills (convenience stores, restaurants) with it? Nothing wrong with paying 100 baht or so in coins. And I don't want to be "that" guy. I just pay with bills mostly, so the coins add up quickly. If there's no easy fix I'll just have to be more diligent with coins at the ready in stores. Edited February 4 by EVENKEEL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 24 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Does the gold shop count the coins for credit towards gold? She says she buys gold and they count it. She never comes back with notes , always gold. Somebody mentioned 7 .My wife was keen to that too. Good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etaoin Shrdlu Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Yes. For a long time, SCB's branch at Mega Bang-na had one. That is until Mrs. Shrdlu and I took our hoard to be counted. We were informed that it had been removed to SCB's headquarters on Vibhavadi-Rangsit. I suggest calling the bank to find out where their coin-counting machine is stationed before lugging coins about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Use my coins at BTS/MRT. Easiest way if in Bangkok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 4 49 minutes ago, soi3eddie said: Use my coins at BTS/MRT. Easiest way if in Bangkok. Using coins at the mb fuel machine and phone time machines with coins might be the easiest way to get rid of it. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted February 4 Popular Post Share Posted February 4 Option 1: tip Option 2: I put it in my pocket. And when I come home I empty that pocket. My gf collects all those coins and bring them from time to time up country for the kids. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Bones Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Put them all in a sturdy sock. Tie the sock off with a bit of slack. Place sock visibly in front of your nether regions. Take a walk along Pattaya's Beach Road. Prepare to play Whack-a-Mole on the Lady Boys. If you are lucky they may drop a gold chain or two. Take sock (& gold chain). Go home.🙃🙃 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I have a moo bank for my GF's grandchildren. All my coins go there. Quite heavy when it is full. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prubangboy Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I save about 20 10's in case I have to do laundry while traveling. Increasingly, a hotel with a coin op laundry option is appealing to me. Otherwise, we let the change pile up and then give it to FreeBird Cafe here in Chiang Mai to help Myanmar refugees. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttradit Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Buy an Adidas coin bag. Put in pocket. Use it at 7/11 or markets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Most weeks I buy flowers for the temple. (Son, wife and friend's ashes are there.) When I pay for the flowers at the shop, I use the loose change. Always more than the bill. (13 baht x 3 for chrysanthemum sprays is ridiculously cheap.) The old lady there is always happy to see me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I took about 5,000 baht in 10 baht coins to ttb and the lady counted every single one of them. I wasn't expecting that in this day and age. What made things worse is that for every 100 baht (I think), she had to put them in the small plastic bags. I just give them to the in laws now to spend at the local market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick Carter icp Posted February 4 Popular Post Share Posted February 4 Take all the coins to a self checkout till at a supermarket , but something and put all the coins into the tray and the machine counts the money 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 I find it amazing that with all the technology of today that coins can't be counted and rolled by machine. In the US you have machines at Walmart that you can dump your change into, it spits out the foreign money, gives a paper receipt minus a % for service. Cash in at check out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 11 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: Do they dump coins into a counter and give you credit? Nah my missus leaves 'em there and goes back later, they manually count them, as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 8 minutes ago, brianthainess said: Nah my missus leaves 'em there and goes back later, they manually count them, as far as I know. Thai ladies can get away with that, now imagine me waltzing in with a large amount of coins. Anyway thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 minute ago, EVENKEEL said: Thai ladies can get away with that, now imagine me waltzing in with a large amount of coins. Anyway thanks for the update. I'd rather not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouatchee Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 12 hours ago, riclag said: My resident expert who knows all, said no. She usually empties her Moo bank every year and heads to the gold shop with it. Good luck mine just emptied her hen bank yesterday... turns out she has 5000bht 12 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: Do banks offer this service? Bring in a bucket of coins and dump it in a coin counter. they will take your coins... but might i suggest wrapping them? my darling used saran wrap and neatly wrapped all her 10 bht coins. if you have kids... or maybe the wife/gf might wrap them for you if you get a percentage... darn coins they do add up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) 2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: I find it amazing that with all the technology of today that coins can't be counted and rolled by machine. In the US you have machines at Walmart that you can dump your change into, it spits out the foreign money, gives a paper receipt minus a % for service. Cash in at check out. Yup. Those Coin Star machines are great. But at 6 or 7% service fee, I'm sure you could hire a local kid here in LOS to do it for you for 5%. I used to use 1.5 liter water bottles because the bigger coins don't fit through the mouth. One day, my apartment manager asked me what I planned to do with them (I had 4 bottles full). When I told her I didn't have a clue, she offered to change them for bills. A couple of days later, she brought me a wad of cash. I don't know how I made out on the trade, but we were both happy. I'd hire a local kid to do it... BTW, the 4 bottles I had were after I had donated a couple to a Wat around 3 Pagodas that my friend used to bring me to for weekends. Edited February 5 by impulse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: I find it amazing that with all the technology of today that coins can't be counted and rolled by machine. In the US you have machines at Walmart that you can dump your change into, it spits out the foreign money, gives a paper receipt minus a % for service. Cash in at check out. They will probably become increasingly rare with time. Coins and machines both. Last year, I was in Australia for six months. With the exception of a cash gift I drew at an ATM ( becoming rarer also ) all my transactions were with a debit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 13 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said: How about paying bills (convenience stores, restaurants) with it? Nothing wrong with paying 100 baht or so in coins. Really? B1/50/25 satang coins? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 13 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: I don't do public transportation, I really don't want to roll it. 13 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: And I don't want to be "that" guy. I just pay with bills mostly The irony of the grand one who won't use public transport and only pays with notes now worrying about his small change and what to do with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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