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[chris_newton]

As titlw says, its estimated that 85% of vending machines will acccept the new £1.  I am not sure if that means that 85% have been converted to accepr it or it they will accep it anyway as its very similar!

 

Wouldnt it be lovely it tomorrow comes and we put a new coin into our machines and it just works!!...yea i know probably not but nice to dream :-)

 

 

[richy1976]

Im hoping it pays out on tubes first.

[I have finished]

Hi Chris, I've not yet felt the new £1 coin, yes I know it's early days, but I need to get first-hand experience as I am blind and need to get the shape of it so I can get to recognise it. Due to my autism, I need to get used to a change of routine, but the fivers were OK as I had a system of keeping them straight then folding teners in half and 20's in half and half again. It's just that we've got a whole load of old £1 that we need to use before, uh, when was it? Think it was October.

[chris_newton]

Hiya

 

Yes we have until October to cash in our old £1 so plenty of time :-)

[spa]

Hiya

 

Yes we have until October to cash in our old £1 so plenty of time :-)

 

Post offices will most likely take them forever. They still take the old style £2s and large 50ps.

[stanmarsh14]

Hi Chris, I've not yet felt the new £1 coin, yes I know it's early days, but I need to get first-hand experience as I am blind and need to get the shape of it so I can get to recognise it. Due to my autism, I need to get used to a change of routine, but the fivers were OK as I had a system of keeping them straight then folding teners in half and 20's in half and half again. It's just that we've got a whole load of old £1 that we need to use before, uh, when was it? Think it was October.

 

My local NatWest has promised me some soon as they arrive, which could be as early as tomorrow.

[letmein]

I live ten mins away from the Royal mint, but our local banks wont get them until Thursday.

 

Of course the capital " Cardiff" had them today.

 

 

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[richy1976]

I asked today in bank.
None

[stanmarsh14]

Picked up a bag of em today from my local SlagWest....

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[chris_newton]

tried a few in my machine, no joy, didnt think they would work but hey ho!

 

Coin mech sent off to be updated

[Mavroz]

No, they won't work in un-modified mechs.

 

We have been using them in our vending machines at work since monday when they started coming through, so i can only guess they have had their mechs updated before general circulation.

 

Hoppers seem to work fine with them but tubes possibly a bit iffy.

[richy1976]

Apparently they payout of tubes no problem according to someone on the mecca.
Not got my mitts on any yet to try.
They are not much bigger compaired apart from the corners stick out a bit.

Edited by richy1976, 05 April 2017 - 04:50 PM.

[richy1976]

I got 2 new £s, work in tubes no probs.

[vectra666]

They also come out of the hoppers too but atm mine spits em out, nasty things!!

[chasnbons]

I just had my sr5 reprogrammed to take new £1 coins plus the new 5p's and 10p's as I never bothered when they came into circulation.

 

I used this guy http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2047675.l2559

 

I rand him from one of his listings on ebay, he's a really nice bloke to talk to and done off ebay and money sent as a gift via Paypal he charged me £16 including return postage.

 

I posted the mech to him on Monday tea time and it arrived back this lunchtime, stuck it in and tried it, not one coin rejected everything going to correct exits with original routing plug in I'm so happy with the deal I thought I should mention it here.

 

He will also do mechs while you wait if you're close to him, but you need to ring first to arrange a time and day etc. 

[richy1976]

Mines going on monday to a different guy, me129 needs new prom, new £ & 10p for £19 & return postage.

[snakey147]

This may be a daft question, but once updated will the coin mech stop taking the old £1 coin? or will it then accept both? 

[renoufchr]

depends on how they program it can be set up to take both or 1

[richy1976]

Sent mine to this guy posted it monday, back today (thursday).

http://www.ebay.co.u...qMAAOSwOgdYtIpC

Even went off ebay cash in box.

 

Edited by richy1976, 13 April 2017 - 01:35 PM.