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<p>[QUOTE="CoinGal07, post: 261460, member: 8843"]I dont have the strength to read through this a second time.. the first time has been a roller coaster of emotions... disbelief, sadness, dumfounded, I am going to just tell myself it was probably silver halves at best probably 40% kennedy's... i have to tell myself this story so i can sleep tonite ... that no way an elderly lady had that many silver dollars and tried to put them through coinstar.. even if they were her husbands & she wanted to get even she'd still get the $$ from the teller rather than giving coinstar a percentage, because every town has an ad 'we buy coins' in the paper these days... </p><p> </p><p>my two cents about the $1000 of 90% silver ... because while i prefer to live in disbelief this story is entirely true I do know many people do take rolls of silver to the bank all the time .....</p><p> </p><p>am i the only person who thinks the banks should have an information sheet? i.e., 'we cannot personally recommend a dealer because that would be wrong but you should know the coins and bills you are cashing in at face value are worth more?</p><p> </p><p>i realize as long as they pay for it bank tellers should have the same right to it as anyone else but i think its wrong that they DONT direct these people with these huge hoards to coin dealers or bullion buyers. these people are in the position of handling money on behalf of their customers and it seems to me they take advantage. perhaps i'm just still reeling from this story ... but how does this differ from any other situation where an uninformed person is taken advantage of ? </p><p> </p><p>i am just thinking about the big story in the news about universal 'taking advantage of the elderly by selling them coins at 2-3 times their value' and most people are outraged... how in the world does this differ?</p><p> </p><p>$1000 morgans.... in a coinstar.... not true not true not true.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinGal07, post: 261460, member: 8843"]I dont have the strength to read through this a second time.. the first time has been a roller coaster of emotions... disbelief, sadness, dumfounded, I am going to just tell myself it was probably silver halves at best probably 40% kennedy's... i have to tell myself this story so i can sleep tonite ... that no way an elderly lady had that many silver dollars and tried to put them through coinstar.. even if they were her husbands & she wanted to get even she'd still get the $$ from the teller rather than giving coinstar a percentage, because every town has an ad 'we buy coins' in the paper these days... my two cents about the $1000 of 90% silver ... because while i prefer to live in disbelief this story is entirely true I do know many people do take rolls of silver to the bank all the time ..... am i the only person who thinks the banks should have an information sheet? i.e., 'we cannot personally recommend a dealer because that would be wrong but you should know the coins and bills you are cashing in at face value are worth more? i realize as long as they pay for it bank tellers should have the same right to it as anyone else but i think its wrong that they DONT direct these people with these huge hoards to coin dealers or bullion buyers. these people are in the position of handling money on behalf of their customers and it seems to me they take advantage. perhaps i'm just still reeling from this story ... but how does this differ from any other situation where an uninformed person is taken advantage of ? i am just thinking about the big story in the news about universal 'taking advantage of the elderly by selling them coins at 2-3 times their value' and most people are outraged... how in the world does this differ? $1000 morgans.... in a coinstar.... not true not true not true..... ...[/QUOTE]
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