polygonum wrote:

On 28/10/2013 09:50, Weatherlawyer wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

coin counter (like the coinstar ones in supermarkets

are like ursury aren't they. Why do people give money away like that and why is such ursury permitted?

Actually on the odd ocasion when I've tasked my nephews to count a chunk
of change for me, I gave them 10%

The thing that got me about Coinstar was that they offer to send the
money to a charity. And still charge almost exactly the same amount.

I always wondered about that, presumably the donation is made in their
name, not yours, so is gives them corporation tax relief?