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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 403253, member: 4920"]We were on a golf vacation a few years ago and we get off the green and are making our way to the next tee and there's this young kid, there, selling golf balls. He had a 5-gallon bucket of balls, and was selling the balls at a half-buck a piece. So I told him I'll give him 10 bucks for the bucket and all...and, after a little hesitation, he sold it to me. So I put the bucket in the cart in between my partner and me, and we're driving to the next tee...and then I get the lecture. "How could you take advantage of a young kid like that? There must be fifty to seventy-five dollars worth of balls in that bucket. The poor kid probably spent weeks, maybe months, going around the perimeter of the golf course in the hot desert sun collecting these." Do you know what my reply was? "I just taught the kid a valuable lesson in business." Think about it... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway...if I were the bank teller, here, and I could see the coins were worth substantially more than face value, I'd without a doubt inform the depositor of same, and suggest he/she think over making the deposit. I know that's not my "job," but I know I'd do it. But, then again, if it were an 1893-S Morgan Dollar...well, there <i>are </i>limits. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 403253, member: 4920"]We were on a golf vacation a few years ago and we get off the green and are making our way to the next tee and there's this young kid, there, selling golf balls. He had a 5-gallon bucket of balls, and was selling the balls at a half-buck a piece. So I told him I'll give him 10 bucks for the bucket and all...and, after a little hesitation, he sold it to me. So I put the bucket in the cart in between my partner and me, and we're driving to the next tee...and then I get the lecture. "How could you take advantage of a young kid like that? There must be fifty to seventy-five dollars worth of balls in that bucket. The poor kid probably spent weeks, maybe months, going around the perimeter of the golf course in the hot desert sun collecting these." Do you know what my reply was? "I just taught the kid a valuable lesson in business." Think about it... :cool: Anyway...if I were the bank teller, here, and I could see the coins were worth substantially more than face value, I'd without a doubt inform the depositor of same, and suggest he/she think over making the deposit. I know that's not my "job," but I know I'd do it. But, then again, if it were an 1893-S Morgan Dollar...well, there [I]are [/I]limits. ;)[/QUOTE]
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