Brighton & Hove Buses - Change...

[ROSM]

Definitely write to Roger French at Brighton and Hove buses. I wrote about a bus (the first of the day) that always ran between 3 and 4 minutes early but one day was a massive 8 mins early (which 6 stops into a route was quite an achievement). The next bus which should have been 15 mins later was a further 10 mins late. Having written and complained the bus failed to run at all the next day.

I did get two saver tickets (£7.20 worth) free for taking the trouble to send a snarl mail.

 

[sam86]

Cheers chaps.

Normally don't bother with complaining, but the thought of him getting a lashing (I have his driver number), makes it worthwhile this time round.

 

[clippedgull]

What this boils down to is the idiotic decision by some banker to stop supplying £5 notes to cash machines.

Brighton and Hove bus drivers are mainly miserable bastards, although as noted above there are a few decent ones around too.

 

[8ace]

I might right to them as my bus is five minutes late every single morning.
Roger French sent me a christmas card so I must be entitled to do this.

 

[BensGrandad]

What this boils down to is the idiotic decision by some banker to stop supplying £5 notes to cash machines.

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Read somewhere that they are printing less fivers cant remember which way round it was either 8million less each year for 5 years or 5million less each year for 8 years.

 

[Mellotron]

I'm too young/stupid to even remember £5s in ATMs.

 

[sam86]

There is / was an ATM at Preston Circus that used to give £5's. That is the only reference I know about ATMs and £5 notes.

 

[Gazwag]

Just think yourself lucky Ireland and Canada to name two countries where I have got a bus, they would let you on unless you have the correct money.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Barclays still do 5ers don't they?

 

[scooter1]

Barclays still do 5ers don't they?

I don't think any ATM's do fivers these days, perhaps with the exception of the Universities

 

[Jamon Jamon]

Just think yourself lucky Ireland and Canada to name two countries where I have got a bus, they would let you on unless you have the correct money.

when i lived in Crawley (albeit a long time ago) we used to have to drop the coins in a slot, you never got any change. and they never ran on a Sunday morning! and don't get me started on them Manchester buses, I caused considerable dalay to an 86 when i asked for 4 singles to piccadiily, It took the driver about 5 minutes to locate his calculator before charging me £8.80, luckily i didn't pay with a tenner

 

[Yoda]

I don't think any ATM's do fivers these days, perhaps with the exception of the Universities

Think you're right with that. The last I remember doing £5's were HSBC, not long after they changed from Midland.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Barclays still do 5ers don't they?

They certainly do in the Cockcroft Building at Brighton University.

I was very pleasantly surprised when I discovered this.

 

[ROSM]

the reason why fivers were taken out of cash machines was two fold:

- it reduced the overall cash that could be held and so caused additional refilling

- the quality of £5 notes meant more note jams

a lot of work has been done on atm redesign and with the BoE on note quality and the number of machines that gives fivers will increase but with key sites being identified such as secondary or tertiary shopping areas e.g london road or whitehawk broadway and also student areas

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Fivers get tatty and worn out pretty quickly . They are normally in short supply and until we convert over to euros we'll have to wait for the €5 coin to appear. Bus drivers are only give a small float of coins when they leave the depot , OAPs and the disabled travel for free , a large number use prepay tickets so the driver wont have a mountain of coins to give out as change. In some parts of the UK you need the correct money as no change is given.