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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1246436, member: 31533&quot;]<b>Good Banks Want Your Business</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are two basic methods of dumping coins I have. I have one bank that has a coin machine that used to be free for all, but recently, they changed it to free only for their customers. I immediately BECAME A CUSTOMER by opening two accounts there and have been keeping the accounts up by generally &quot;depositing&quot; the value of the coins I put in the machine into my accounts, or at least some of it. This, in their eyes makes a valuable customer, and in fact if they had not had the machine and I had not heard of them having it, I may never have stepped foot into their bank. </p><p><br /></p><p>I try not to dump so much at one time as to have them have to change out bags while I&#039;m there, and except for an occasional roll or coin I buy there, I can order the lower coin denominations through them in boxes if I want. I don&#039;t do too much of that because I don&#039;t want to alienate them, and I can get my boxes at my primary bank where I&#039;ve been a good customer for years and they are good to me (as opposed to other banks I&#039;ve &quot;quit&quot; being a customer at because of horrible customer service, etc.). I also don&#039;t have a business account, but find they like it if I go to the merchant window, and since they are a major bank that provides local businesses with coins, I usually take in my rolled searched quarters to give them. They like this because they have to provide a lot of quarters to businesses in the area. I also have a credit union and another bank where I don&#039;t dump coins, but go in to get rolls of coins from. </p><p><br /></p><p>All the banks I&#039;ve gone to occasionally tell me (in various branches), essentially that one or two guys come in for the halves or other rolls, and so they can&#039;t give it to me. Weird, but I let it slide and go to another branch if they&#039;re adamant. It&#039;s too hard for some tellers to believe that more than one person in an area is doing this, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, as far as banks &quot;supporting&quot; our hobby. Not in my view. I see this as a way to keep customers who have the resources to do this. Banks take your deposits and earn interest on them. The cost of maintaining a coin machine is small compared to getting X number of valued customers who will REMAIN your customers, and perhaps do loans through your bank, etc. in the future. Also if there&#039;s no coin machine and they are accepting coins (CRW) without a hassle, one or several roll searchers aren&#039;t going to take up so much of the bank personnel&#039;s time as to be a true bother to the bank. </p><p><br /></p><p>The hardest part right now is getting the rolls of halves to look through, or Ikes. Others are easier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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