The Tin Vault, Craigie (1996 – 2026)
Perth's only shop selling secure biscuit tins for household savings closes, saying crypto has 'confused the market'.
A row of biscuit tins, Scotland's traditional savings accounts. Photo: Gryffindor, “Biscuit tins VA 2488”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Tin Vault in Craigie, a shop that sold sturdy biscuit tins for keeping savings in, has closed after 30 years, blaming “crypto” for “confusing the market”.
The shop sold tins of every size, from “the Rainy Day” (a small travel sweets tin) to “the Nest Egg” (an extra-large shortbread tin with a lid so tight it came with its own butter knife).
Customers trusted it. “I bought my first tin in 1996,” said a Craigie pensioner. “It’s had my savings in it ever since. Never been hacked. Never crashed. And there’s a picture of a Highland cow on the lid.”
Business started falling when young people began asking whether the tins came “with a digital wallet”. The owner said: “I’d say, it is a wallet. It’s a tin. You put money in it.” They would leave, confused.
The remaining stock will be sold off this weekend. All tins come empty, though the owner says some still “smell faintly of Tunnock’s”.
The real story: Business news (BBC)
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I’ve got two of the Nest Eggs. Never been hacked. Sad to see it go.
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