To get change from self service machines?

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We often need a few pounds in change (tooth fairy, school fairest/disco/party, church donations, dh gets a raffle ticket at the football etc). Occasionally, I will pop into my local supermarket (like Tesco Express but not that) and use a £10 note for something £1 at a self service machine to get £9 change. I've started to wonder if I can get in trouble for this is I do it often? Or am I entitled/allowed to do this as regularly as I want? Genuinely don't know if IABU.

Supermarkets want you to spend money in them. They will do anything they can to get your custom. Whilst you think you're "pulling a fast one" by doing this, actually it's them doing it to you. That's the beauty of a great confidence trick, to make the victim feel like they are the winner.

Believe me, if self-service checkouts operated at a loss in terms of revenue generated versus cost to install and operate them, they'd be switched off instantly.

Get into trouble? Of course not.

Yes, if you don't spend the full tenner every month they will eventually escort you from the premises and ban you for life. Then they will cry and go bankrupt....all because you wanted a pound for the tooth fairy. How do you live with yourself?

Your cleaner costs £5? And why not hand over a £5 note? I'm confused

I even have the nerve to do it at the till. Though I do do the opposite when I have too much change and pay with that.

I've done this regularly.
It doesn't take any longer to insert a note into the slot than tap contactless
It's fine

I used to do the opposite and pay using small change to get rid of it.... perhaps we balance each other out!

It seems to be the 21st century version of what we did in the '70s. No cash machines etc so if we needed cash for a Saturday evening out we would buy something from M and S using a cheque then return it and get cash! If we were a bit short near the end of the month we would use a cheque for all our purchases in the knowledge that by the time they hit the bank our salaries would be in! The advances in technology has put pay to all our little tricks!

I do this in shops and at manned checkouts too! I don't think the change police will be hot on our heels to be honest!
Money is money, so long as you're buying things and paying for them, it really is a none issue!

There is literally no reason this would even be slightly an issue. There's over-thinking and then there's just inventing a problem out of thin air.

It's about on a par as wondering whether the shop would mind if you always wear a green jumper or you're left-handed or anything else entirely inconsequential

@ladygindiva

No it's £34. So I can easily get notes but it's the £4 in coins thats the issue -maybe they expect me to give them £5 note and say "keep the change."

There's over thinking and then there's being absolutely ridiculous ...

I agree.

I cannot imagine giving shite like this any head space or thinking time whatsoever.

Please do not worry about this. I have worked in supermarkets on the checkouts management. They have tons of change. You taking a tenner here ( in your rightful change) and there is nothing to them.

I sort of do this, but not so much any more. I used to save small change and bag it up until I decided it was a faff, so now I just throw it in the self service till and pay the rest by card.

But now I hardly use any cash, it's once or twice a year that I decide to clear out my change stash.

But unless you're using this to swap fake £10 notes for £9 of genuine money OP, no-one is going to notice or care. Hundreds/thousands of people a week will use that till so you getting some change is a drop in the ocean. Plus it's much harder to fake notes these days, likely no-one is going to bother with £10 notes, and I think the self service tills can detect fakes anyway, so crack on.

When I worked in Tesco 25 years ago someone used to come in and piss on the floor, and they didn’t get into trouble 😫 This is well within the normal behaviours category!

I worked in retail for years and indeed customers did all sorts of revolting and annoying things that we (as floor staff) were pretty helpless in stopping.
It really seems that (going by several threads on here recently) there's suddenly this strange paranoia from people doing something that is so unbelievably normal in a shop and they think the staff are going to be judging them or banning them from the shop or whatever.
The world seems to have gone odd.

That makes more sense 🤣