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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 403256, member: 5233"]This is exactly how I feel. The truth is, I could have told her and my boss wouldn't have cared...he doesn't care about things like that. In my case, I wasn't 100% sure that the roll was solid walkers while she was still in the branch (I thought the chances of that were decent) but I had my own customer to help. But, I work at a bank and banks give you face value for your money. Customers need to be responsible for their own actions. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, it is cherrypicking. By saying it's not, it's acting as if I have never set aside anything for myself at the bank before. It's almost as if everyone here envisions me as a teller who all of a sudden one day happened across a roll of walkers and I jumped on it...that's not exactly true. I always check the cash and change I get in through my deposits looking for things. I don't know how many star notes, radars, low serials, silver coins, old design coins, ect... I have found, but a lot. Was I ethically obligated to tell those depositors that "this is a radar note and some collector out there would pay more for it than $1," or is this moral code simply applied to old people with coins? To me, this was just another example of a nice find because I was looking while I worked at the bank. I was hired to do face value transactions and, if in the course of doing that I find things that I want for my collection, I can set them aside so I can buy them at face value. Its amazing that until now, with all my other finds (see Paper Money board & this Board) which I never mentioned what the age/gender of the depositer was I always had the "collectors dream job."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A blind beggars cup? Nah, the chances of something nice in there is pretty slim. Actually, I was thinking that since now I'm evil...I suddenly realized the chances for personal gain are much higher. I'm going my sites on something else. You see, there is this Christmas tree every winter that my church puts up and you can buy something for an underprivileged child and leave it there for them. The church than gives it to a child in need. Well, those presents always look mighty nice and...well...you know, I really can't go into any more detail about my plan. :whistle:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 403256, member: 5233"]This is exactly how I feel. The truth is, I could have told her and my boss wouldn't have cared...he doesn't care about things like that. In my case, I wasn't 100% sure that the roll was solid walkers while she was still in the branch (I thought the chances of that were decent) but I had my own customer to help. But, I work at a bank and banks give you face value for your money. Customers need to be responsible for their own actions. To me, it is cherrypicking. By saying it's not, it's acting as if I have never set aside anything for myself at the bank before. It's almost as if everyone here envisions me as a teller who all of a sudden one day happened across a roll of walkers and I jumped on it...that's not exactly true. I always check the cash and change I get in through my deposits looking for things. I don't know how many star notes, radars, low serials, silver coins, old design coins, ect... I have found, but a lot. Was I ethically obligated to tell those depositors that "this is a radar note and some collector out there would pay more for it than $1," or is this moral code simply applied to old people with coins? To me, this was just another example of a nice find because I was looking while I worked at the bank. I was hired to do face value transactions and, if in the course of doing that I find things that I want for my collection, I can set them aside so I can buy them at face value. Its amazing that until now, with all my other finds (see Paper Money board & this Board) which I never mentioned what the age/gender of the depositer was I always had the "collectors dream job." A blind beggars cup? Nah, the chances of something nice in there is pretty slim. Actually, I was thinking that since now I'm evil...I suddenly realized the chances for personal gain are much higher. I'm going my sites on something else. You see, there is this Christmas tree every winter that my church puts up and you can buy something for an underprivileged child and leave it there for them. The church than gives it to a child in need. Well, those presents always look mighty nice and...well...you know, I really can't go into any more detail about my plan. :whistle:[/QUOTE]
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