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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 2168003, member: 28199&quot;]I do love these threads.&nbsp; You should probably read one of these sites:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.themint.org/kids/how-banks-work.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.themint.org/kids/how-banks-work.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.themint.org/kids/how-banks-work.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/personal-finance-101-how-does-a-bank-work/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/personal-finance-101-how-does-a-bank-work/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thesimpledollar.com/personal-finance-101-how-does-a-bank-work/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Banks are in the business of lending and investing money, and managing those accounts.&nbsp; They are not in the business of &quot;selling&quot; coins for face value.&nbsp; Why be a (...any word I&#039;d put here would probably violate forum rules...) about it.&nbsp; Remember the bank is about making money, they are businesses just like any other.&nbsp; They are not government run, they are not public entities, they are private business who can (within the letter of the law) pick and choose who they do business with.&nbsp; Swapping a five dollar bill for 10 rolls of cents is not a business transaction.&nbsp; This is no different that asking a stranger on the street for change for a dollar.&nbsp; Some may reach into their pockets, or apologetically say they don&#039;t have the change.&nbsp; Some may very well tell you to (...again, no forum-friendly word...) off.&nbsp; The fact that the teller is in a stone building, behind a mahogany counter, and the stranger is on a park bench, makes absolutely no difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why plot revenge?&nbsp; Policy is what it is.&nbsp; You are not conducting business, you are asking a favor.&nbsp; What you said sounds more like what a teenage would say behind his parent&#039;s back when told he couldn&#039;t have the car tonight.&nbsp; See the difference?&nbsp; Why would they adopt this kind of policy?&nbsp; Maybe you&#039;re not the only one who does this, and it all adds up to one big pain in the rear (I can use this?) for them.&nbsp; For the record, it does cost them money to exchange coin rolls, including paying the employee to count and sort the rolls (you don&#039;t really think they trust you, do you?).&nbsp; The armored car and their employees also do not work for free.&nbsp; See where this is going...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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