Anyone else get a tampered with box?

[mrbelvetron]

I ordered $1,000.00 in halves from the bank and when they arrived, my usual teller told me "one of the boxes is really tore up." I checked and the box was being held together by packing tape. I thought maybe it had been damaged in shipping but when I opened it I saw that about 10 of the rolls were wrapped in different wrappers than the others, and about all of the rolles had one end crimped by the machine while the other end was simply folded over.

All of the rolls with the folded ends were solid date rolls of 72's thru 79's, various circulated grades, and the 10 mismatched rolls had dates written on them but were not the dates as labeled. Still solid date rolles though.

It took me about two days to pick them up after they arrived so I can't help but think that someone at the bank may have gone through them. I doubt that though, but I can't think of an explanation for getting them from the company in such a sorted way.

My teller told me before that one other guy orders halves so if it turns out that he brought a box back in (not cool though, to use the ordering bank as a dump) and took one of mine, I'm going to be having a little conversation with the branch manager.

Of course, I was skunked on the jacked up box, and the other box, which was by all appearances normal.

 

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[jim4silver]

I haven't had any boxes come with coins re-rolled but my CWI boxes are usually bursting at the seams. The tellers are usually tiny girls that can barely carry one box out of the vault let alone the two they usually try hauling. Occasionally they will drop them on the counter for me and bang, the side blows out and the rolls go flying . The Brinks boxes are much better designed and I've never had one come to me taped up. I think I would have to let it slide once but after that I would make a stink about it.

Maine_Jim

Different locales use different boxes for Brinks rolls. Here they use the square, 25 rolls on top of 25 rolls in 5 x 5 columns. In these boxes, they should all be taped shut when you get them from the bank. By taped I dont mean scotch tape, but that brown, paper-like material tape that seals the box on the ends that you can pop open and reclose. If that part is not taped shut, then somebody has been in the box before you.

Jim

 

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[TxTim]

The first two boxes I ever bought were Brinks boxes from a local bank. All opened and repacked then the box re-taped. The opened ends were put facing down.
two coins short.

I have seen several times in my taped brink boxes rolls that fit this description that have silver in them. Sometimes the rolls have one end that looks normal and one end that seems open but smashed closed. I don't know why some rolls come this way but I have seen boxes where all the rolls look like this and there is a decent amount of silver in them. Sometimes one end looks like the roll is coming apart and you can easily grab the corner sticking out and rip the roll open. But these rolls were not "recycles".

If the box is not re-taped and the rolls look tampered then they probably are. For the past few weeks many Brinks boxes here have had rolls that look like this but I have found keepers in them. In the past there would always seem to be 5 to 10 rolls mixed in the box that have this appearance, but again sometimes they have silver.

The key has been is the box re-taped. A couple of times I have gotten boxes that were not taped, and the rolls looked different. In my area the recycled rolls have both ends looking somewhat normal, but upon closer inspection one side is tucked under.

Jim

Several boxes I've gotten have come from Brinks in new, taped boxes that have opened rolls with numbers on the side probably indicating the number of keepers found in the roll. There always seems to be a couple short rolls and no silver in those boxes. I just edge check, slide the halves back in the same roll and write a ficticious acct# in large numbers on the side, hoping they get the message.

 

[jim4silver]

The first two boxes I ever bought were Brinks boxes from a local bank. All opened and repacked then the box re-taped. The opened ends were put facing down.
two coins short.

I have seen several times in my taped brink boxes rolls that fit this description that have silver in them. Sometimes the rolls have one end that looks normal and one end that seems open but smashed closed. I don't know why some rolls come this way but I have seen boxes where all the rolls look like this and there is a decent amount of silver in them. Sometimes one end looks like the roll is coming apart and you can easily grab the corner sticking out and rip the roll open. But these rolls were not "recycles".

If the box is not re-taped and the rolls look tampered then they probably are. For the past few weeks many Brinks boxes here have had rolls that look like this but I have found keepers in them. In the past there would always seem to be 5 to 10 rolls mixed in the box that have this appearance, but again sometimes they have silver.

The key has been is the box re-taped. A couple of times I have gotten boxes that were not taped, and the rolls looked different. In my area the recycled rolls have both ends looking somewhat normal, but upon closer inspection one side is tucked under.

Jim

Several boxes I've gotten have come from Brinks in new, taped boxes that have opened rolls with numbers on the side probably indicating the number of keepers found in the roll. There always seems to be a couple short rolls and no silver in those boxes. I just edge check, slide the halves back in the same roll and write a ficticious acct# in large numbers on the side, hoping they get the message.

That sucks if you are getting them from Brinks in that condition. Is it possible that the bank is simply taking someone's rejects and retaping the box then giving them to you that way?

I have had lots and lots of Brinks boxes here and have not seen that. I guess it all depends on the policies of each individual facility.

Jim

 

[TxTim]

Yes jim4silver.
I just got another one of those tonight - they just repackage rolls that are restuffed by customers.