Dumps at the Banks

Ok, one of my biggest fears is dumping my box of halves at the coin machine and having it break down. That's $500 that some of which could not be recovered. Anyone have experience with this happening? What does the bank do? I have learned a technique that helps. I used to just dump the whole box in at once. Well that is a lot of weight on the machine and could cause it to stop or pause or get jammed. If you do it one big handful at a time it's easier on the machine and jams are less likely to happen.

 

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I put them in a stream, but keep the coins flat on the conveyor belt. I have had it break down in the middle of my halves, but not to fear. The machine's memory remembers where you are at. You just have to have the employee give you back what is on the belt or in the hopper if they can't fix it. If they do, it will start back up at the point you left off on.

 

Got it, thanks!

 

Do you guys know how often the machines need to be emptied? I have 6 big Ziploc bags that I need to bring to the bank, I don't know if I should bring them all at once or just a couple at a time. I don't want to go there with 6 bags and make them empty out the machine like 2 or 3 times in an hour lol

 

I go to Wells Fargo and First Bank. They have different machines. If the Wells one fills up they take out the box with a dolly and have another box ready to put in. At First Bank they have plastic bags attached to the machine and when they fill up they replace them with a new bag. Takes them 2 seconds to replace the bag.

 

What BMan said

 

Thanks for the info

 

Today I dumped a box of halves and the coin machine went down about half way through. Took about 15 minutes for the manager to fix it. Was worried there for a bit. Then I went to another bank to deposit and had $12.00 of halves to dump and the coin machine shorted me one half. This has been happening a lot. I know the money lost is just a drop in the bucket but still kind of feel ripped off.