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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 7585425, member: 13307&quot;]I once found a dead lizard in a bank lobby coin counter (I always check to clear the reservoir prior to dumping any coins inside.)&nbsp; At first, I thought it was a piece of tissue paper.&nbsp; Picked it up and thought, &quot;Hmm...that&#039;s not the texture I was expecting.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do I ALWAYS check the hopper?</p><p><br /></p><p>Back when I could coin roll hunt (when banks would order me boxes of halves and other banks would accept them, before everyone removed the counters from their lobby) I got two boxes of halves from my order bank (a credit union).&nbsp; Drove to my dump bank (a Bank of America) and went through the boxes in the parking lot.&nbsp; Pulled just two impaired proofs, put the rest directly into an empty canvas bag, and walked in to deposit them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could tell they weren&#039;t happy about getting such a large quantity of loose halves, but they took them into the back anyway.&nbsp; Came out after about ten minutes with a count that was about $250 short. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yep, you read that right, about $250 short.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I knew this was incorrect because I&#039;d JUST gotten the coins from the bank in a sealed box, pulled TWO COINS, and dumped the rest in an empty bag.&nbsp; I politely told them that their count was incorrect and I&#039;d like them to check it.&nbsp; They refused, so I asked to speak with a manager.&nbsp; I explained that I&#039;d counted the coins before coming in and I knew their count was off, so I asked them to check the machine.&nbsp; He initially refused, but eventually (I wasn&#039;t giving up on $250 when I knew they were wrong) he conceded and went in the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>After about a half an hour, he came back out with a nasty look on his face.&nbsp; Stopped in front of me and angrily tossed a screw on the desk in front of me.&nbsp; &quot;This yours?&quot; he asked me with a sarcastic/smug look on his face.&nbsp; &quot;No, it&#039;s not.&nbsp; I guarantee it&#039;s not.&quot;&nbsp; He sneered at me and informed me that basically the screw had gotten lodged in the counter and spit a ton of halves into the guts of the machine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, yeah, and the count was more or less correct that time (it was still short, but only like $1 this time.)&nbsp; Instead of arguing, I accepted the deposit, and the after thinking about it overnight closed my account with them.&nbsp; Never went back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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