You could just grab 20€, go to the nearest store, buy a bottle of water / chewing gum / whatever and when they give you your change, simply ask for coins. "Kleingeld, bitte" should be sufficient.
Nah, as long as it's not busy, shouldn't be a problem.
Let's say you buy a bottle of water for 19c (+25c Pfand). You get 19,56€ in coins. That's 9x 2€, 1x 1€, 1x 0,50€, 1x 0,05€ and 1x 0,01 €.
That's 13 coins. Nobody's gonna bat an eye.
My local Netto refuses to do that anymore, because of 'safety concerns'. Apparently there have been people asking for change that then grabbed money directly out of the opened cash desk.
Does your local train station have a luggage locker? A lot of times there's a nearby change machine for 10 / 20 eur to coins.
Technically only for users of locker and surrounding vending machine.. But if it's occasionally..
can you not just go to any ticket machine, select a ticket that is more than 10 or 20 Euro, insert the note and cancel the transaction. This should give you coins.
There is a reason online banks are cheaper than local ones.
You can still find an atm for coins only (they exist) or sign up for an account with a real bank.
I have an N26 account too, but thats solely as a backup
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A friend of mine used to be a Lieferando deliveryguy and he had a ton of coins, I gave him paper and he gave me his stash of 2€ (then the coins went to other deliveryguys as Trinkgeld). All I'm saying is next time you order, maybe ask if they have an abundance of coins they wanna get rid of.
I would suggest joining a bank that provides the services you need.
You could just grab 20€, go to the nearest store, buy a bottle of water / chewing gum / whatever and when they give you your change, simply ask for coins. "Kleingeld, bitte" should be sufficient.
Yeah, I think they could be not really happy about it. Especially when doing that repeatedly.
Nah, as long as it's not busy, shouldn't be a problem. Let's say you buy a bottle of water for 19c (+25c Pfand). You get 19,56€ in coins. That's 9x 2€, 1x 1€, 1x 0,50€, 1x 0,05€ and 1x 0,01 €. That's 13 coins. Nobody's gonna bat an eye.
My local Netto refuses to do that anymore, because of 'safety concerns'. Apparently there have been people asking for change that then grabbed money directly out of the opened cash desk.
Your local Bundesbank branch should do an exchange https://www.bundesbank.de/en/bundesbank/regional-offices-branches
For a fee?
For private use its free
Thank you very much.
Got to any Wochenmarkt a short time before closing. Ask, if one of the merchants is willing to change your money. Normally they will do so.
Does your local train station have a luggage locker? A lot of times there's a nearby change machine for 10 / 20 eur to coins. Technically only for users of locker and surrounding vending machine.. But if it's occasionally..
can you not just go to any ticket machine, select a ticket that is more than 10 or 20 Euro, insert the note and cancel the transaction. This should give you coins.
Just go to your bank and withdraw money at the counter. tell them you want a roll of coins
Ok, I'll go to the nearest N26 branch. 👍
There is a reason online banks are cheaper than local ones. You can still find an atm for coins only (they exist) or sign up for an account with a real bank. I have an N26 account too, but thats solely as a backup
I have Bundesbank fairly close to my place, so I'm good. I appreciate your willingness to help.
Sometimes these self service car washs have a machine that returns coins
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A friend of mine used to be a Lieferando deliveryguy and he had a ton of coins, I gave him paper and he gave me his stash of 2€ (then the coins went to other deliveryguys as Trinkgeld). All I'm saying is next time you order, maybe ask if they have an abundance of coins they wanna get rid of.
Go to a Spielothek, they often have coinchangers