Posted on 28/03/2017 11:13
The new 12 sided pound coin comes into use today.
I believe the old ones can still be used until 15 October, so we will have two types in circulation.
Apparently, a lot of vending and ticket machines (car parks etc) and shopping trolleys haven't yet been adapted to accept the new coins.......so we could be some fun and games for a while!
Posted on 28/03/2017 12:08
I wonder how many parking meters will become pay by phone only? Great excuse now. Money saving will be justification as won't need to empty coins. Can't imagine the cost for all the trollies, I'm off mine 😉, vending machines, lockers etc. I guess all costs will be passed on 😯
Posted on 28/03/2017 19:30
I checked both out earlier under latest discussions both had 0 replies and both closed. Just went to like your comment as way of logging in. Logged on thread then says 0 replies. Go back to latest activity click on your post and low 3 replies. Who can say what's happening???
Edit brue managed a post too.
Posted on 28/03/2017 21:47
Not been into any shops etc today so I've not seen one yet.
But I don't understand why there has been such a big change ? I believe it's smaller and lighter than before and so every mechanism using them needs to be changed/adapted to take them -- seems utterly pointless to me. Change them by all means but this seems an expensive step {for the population} too far !
IanH