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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1511320, member: 12789&quot;]I have been actively mining cents since 2005/6 or so and have lots of stories.&nbsp; Over time though I have finessed my experiences, and do not accept disappointment.&nbsp; Sure I go into banks that don&#039;t know me well and are initially standoffish about selling coins.&nbsp; Sure sometimes I come out with maybe only $10 worth of cents, but I talk my way up whenever possible.&nbsp; I have made tellers, branch managers etc my friends(even on facebook!).&nbsp; I don&#039;t mind handing out boxes of my favourite candies, occasional baseball or hockey tickets, gift cards where allowed, and one teller even had me search out my bags of British coins for ten silver sixpences for her grandchildren&#039;s weddings.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is this, you reap what you sow.&nbsp; This is a dog eat dog business, and if you go in with a chip on your shoulder you are going to crash and burn.&nbsp; I have a couple of credit unions that take all my discarded coin in their machines.&nbsp; I usually never buy coin there because they generally don&#039;t have it - but unlike most people that come in and dump coins and ditch the place, I like to donate to their competitive charity programmes, bring boxes of you guessed it - my favourite candy! etc.&nbsp; They like me because I appreciate them.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know they love you when they call you on your cellphone when they have special things come over the counter and ask you to get in quick.&nbsp; My wife wonders who all the ladies on my answering machine are - bank tellers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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