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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 581390, member: 17753&quot;]<b>my bank loves me (but it&#039;s still no help!)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ahh yes, the sweet touch.&nbsp; I used that, too *before* I ever asked about boxes.&nbsp; I established a good working relationship in just 2-3 weeks by doing the following:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>I made a point of going every day to transact real business (e.g., if I had three checks to deposit, I went three days in a row to deposit one check).</li> <li>I chatted them up</li> <li>I finally asked one of them if they had any 2009 pennies -- she said, &quot;no I haven&#039;t, and I don&#039;t even know what they look like)</li> <li>ding ding ding -- I recognize an opening when it stares me in the face -- so the next day I brought in a 2009 cent, the teller was impressed, and all business in the bank shut down for two minutes as she rushed to show the cent to the other tellers (I went during a &quot;dead&quot; time!)</li> <li>I eventually found out that two tellers (and the bank asst manager) collect coins in a very rudimentary way (very rudimentary -- they had never noticed mint marks before I explained it to them!)</li> <li>I brought in some chocolate coins one afternoon, they were very psyched (it was just in time for that late afternoon sugar lull)</li> <li>another day I brought in pictures (from the &#039;Net) of all four 2009 lincoln cents -- they were happy to see them</li> <li>another day I purchased a few rolls of cents with some brand-spanking-sparkling new Andrew Jackson dollars.&nbsp; They had never seen those, either.</li> <li>I brought in some Puerto Rico quarters -- which they had never seen -- and gave some of them out -- along with my business card (I wrote &quot;the coin guy&quot; across the top) and asked them to call me if they ever got anything out of the ordinary</li> <li>nowadays when I walk in -- one of them will say &quot;so what have you got for us today!&quot;</li> </ul><p>After all this . . . I had enough nerve to ask the manager how/when the ordered boxes, could they get any, and so forth.&nbsp; She was extremely unknowledgeable, and, thus, not as helpful as she could have been.&nbsp; But she was very very willing to help.</p><p><br /></p><p>This hasn&#039;t gotten me anywhere yet.&nbsp; It&#039;s the bank near my work, and they just don&#039;t seem to deal in coins that much.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think they supply any local retail places with coins.&nbsp; And there are no residences near them, so it&#039;s not like any folks are breaking their piggy banks or collections and bringing them into the branch.&nbsp; But . . . that&#039;s the bank I have access to.&nbsp; Being the eternal optimist, I suspect one day it&#039;ll pay off.&nbsp; And, heck, even if it doesn&#039;t, I&#039;ve made a few young bank-ladies happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously: YMMV[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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