Anyone else do this...

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Endeavor, Jan 3, 2014.

  1. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

    Buy something unnecessary (like a pack of gum), just to get back coins as change? Also, try to calculate tax to see what item gets back most change? Something that costs like $2.02. I tell the cashier "sorry, I don't have any change", even though I might. Got to be careful to not be too greedy cause sometimes the cashier rounds it off and gives me back bills only.
     
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  3. Tom B

    Tom B TomB Everywhere Else

  4. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

    Sarcastic no or real no?

    I figured my question was rhetorical. This is a coin collecting forum. I guess maybe not though.
     
  5. jlogan

    jlogan Well-Known Member

    yes, but only when i cant get to a bank and the cashier wont sell me rolls of coins. ill buy an entire rack of 10c candy in seperate transactions to the point that they get so annoyed they sell me a few rolls of dimes just so ill leave
     
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  6. BooksB4Coins

    BooksB4Coins Newbieus Sempiterna

    No would also be my response, but there seem to be plenty here that may do so. There is no right or wrong and to each his own.
     
  7. mikem2000

    mikem2000 Lost Cause

    My honest reply is no also, but on the humorous side, How do you walk by a fountain that is chock full of coins without getting wet:)
     
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  8. kaparthy

    kaparthy Well-Known Member

    No, is the easy answer. However, I do accumulate my change into containers and sort through it. I separate out the pre-1982 cents. All nickels go into another jar.

    Right now, I am working on the "America the Beautiful" quarters series. Yes, I could just buy them, but what fun is that?

    But I do not obsess about it to the degree that Endeavor does. However, I doff my hat to him for his passion.
     
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  9. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    I carry way too much change to begin with. No......

    And I don't think TomB was being sarcastic. I believe he was being honest. :)
     
  10. Phil Ham

    Phil Ham Hamster

    I must admit that I sometimes look into the penny tray at the cash registers to see if they have something interesting. I've never taken one but I've been tempted.
     
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  11. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

    What would you do if you saw a 1909-S VDB or 1992 close AM?
     
  12. Phil Ham

    Phil Ham Hamster

    If I saw a 1909-S VDB, I would offer the attendant $100 for it after a close inspection. If I saw a 1992 AM, I would need to use a life line and call Rare Tim for advice:)
     
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  13. kaparthy

    kaparthy Well-Known Member

    It would never happen. The date is on the obverse and the VDB is on the reverse. If I saw the 1909, I would want it, VDB or not.

    What is a "close AM" that I should care ?? Yet another blah blah blah... You collectors of American Federals, mired in details because you have no history...
     
  14. Phil Ham

    Phil Ham Hamster

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  15. ken454

    ken454 Well-Known Member

    i never pay with change, whenever i buy something i always pay with bills so i always get back change... bought a burger an coke this summer came to like 4.98, got home checked my 2 cents an one was a 98 WAM:D
     
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  16. Tom B

    Tom B TomB Everywhere Else

    Seriously. No.
     
  17. ReaperRuler

    ReaperRuler Resident Numismatist

    Yes, but only when I purchase things with cash which doesnt happen very often.
     
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