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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Louie_Two_Bits, post: 581052, member: 17748&quot;]At least it appears that way. I have gotten several boxes of cents at different locations from my bank, and every time the tellers go from pleasant to disgusted and annoyed with me. The most common interaction I get is...the teller takes a big sigh and yells to the bank manager, &quot;this member wants a box of pennies...&quot; and the manager replies, &quot;they want a box of pennies?!&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> One had the nerve to roll her eyes, so I asked her what the problem was. I have been asked what I was doing with the pennies, and explained to them that I am a coin collector and was trying to put a set together, and then they told me they didn&#039;t have any! So the last time I was asked, I politely told them that it wasn&#039;t any of their business. And when I <i>have </i>gotten a box, every box includes healthy side of snarkiness.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it&#039;s important to note, that I&#039;m very mild-mannered and am not one who goes out looking for trouble or someone who wants to create waves, but when tellers get miffed because I want to exchange paper currency for coinage, they act as if I&#039;m some dreg on society. And especially as a bank member, I refuse to be treated that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else have issues with their bank when trying to get boxes?</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that coinage is more expensive for the banks to transport, so most locations don&#039;t even order coins, but I would think that I am doing them a favor by taking coinage surpluses off their hands so they don&#039;t have to pay to have it transported away because it&#039;s taking up too much room in their vaults.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>:loud:</b><span style="color: Indigo"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Are there any tellers/branch managers out there that can pull back the curtain and explain the logic to me?</span> </span>Or is there a better way to work with the banks...like tell them what I am doing, and special order boxes, or only exchange searched box for new box etc? And if negotiation is the best route, who at the bank is the best person to talk to?</p><p><br /></p><p>Friday, I went to 3 branches trying to get a box, and all told me they didn&#039;t have any. :crying:</p><p><br /></p><p>I know many will respond, get a new bank, but I have been with them a long time and have all of my money with them...all the more reason for them to work with me on this IMO. And others may reply, banks are businesses, not coin shops...but isn&#039;t that one of the basic functions of a bank account? The same thing is done with paper currency...money comes out through being spent, and money goes back in through paychecks/dividends/returns...in this case, coinage comes out, paper currency goes back in. I guess, I just don&#039;t understand what the problem is.</p><p><br /></p><p>-LTB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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