Ordering boxes felt like an interview!

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I spoke to the manager of my credit union, and she agreed to order a box of dimes and a box of nickels for me each week. She seemed very leery of the request...these were her questions, and my responses (i tried to be as vague as possible, which i don't think helped the situation):
Her: "Do you own a business where you need so many dimes?"
Me: "No"
Her: "Oh, well what do you do with all these coins?"
Me: "Coin collecting is just a hobby of mine"
Her (after staring at me for a few seconds and raising her eyebrows): "You need that many coins?"
Me: "Occasionally i'll find something interesting when i look through them"
Her: "And if I order them, you promise to pick them up every week?"
Me: "Absolutely"
Her: "And how long will you be doing this?"
Me: "Indefinitely, and I PROMISE i won't return them to you (with a smile)"

I can't do halves at that credit union, so dimes and nickels will have to do until i find a bank that will get halves for me.
The boxes start next week, which means i'll be rolling in silver and buffalos soon!!! I'm excited.

 

[SeaninNH]

The only silver nickles are some of 1942-1945.

Don't waste your time with nickles. If you are hunting silver and can't do halves then double or triple your dime order.

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Oh man, that is a walk in the park.

Come to Phoenix...goes somthing like this.

Teller: Hi, welcome to xyz bank, how are you today?
ME: Im fine, thanks, how is your day going?
Teller: Im great, what can I do for you?
ME: Do you have any halves?
Teller: Jesus F#$ Christ, another one of you f#$%n low lifes!!!! I just dont get it. You are probably on welfare too right? Unemployment? DONT ANSWER NEEDLED#$%^K, IT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION!!!!! GO GET A JOB YOU SLIMEY RIVER RAT AND GO CHOKE ON A SNOWCONE!!!!
ME: Uhhhh maam, its just for a poker game Im having tonight.
Teller: Yeah , the last creep just said that but 15 minutes ago. OUT before I fill out a susicious dirtbag form!!!!!!

Some spit like that, pretty accurate though.

 

[SilverFace]

I'm glad I don't have to go through that with my bank. My bank always has plenty of cents, nickels and dime boxes at every location so there is never any need to order them - except for the halves.

Good luck with your searches & HH

 

[mws_1984]

Too bad it isn't easier to get certain things. My pickup bank which has been my bank since I was a kid can't get halves. But I figure it's best to use as a pickup since I have a better relationship there. But the other bank I use, as my dump(they take only loose coins) easier for me to dump. But one time I was itching for halves so I asked, they had rolls of them.

Is it safe if I use my 1st bank for all other coins and my dump to pickup halves? I'd also probably just dump them back there if they had rolls. I believe when they take them back they just go in an envelope in the tellers drawer. I also don't want to lose my supply that way. I know they don't reroll them as I got string rolls the one time I got them. But I bet it could happen that they say oh yeah I have some loose, which would be my dump.
I might just have to start picking some other banks to deal with for pickup and dumps, I don't want to get it into driving all over, but I don't want to deplete my supply/
I'm still not quite sure what to do. I am likely to get any other things from my pickup bank. But as far as halves my dump is the only one I know of that has them. Unless I just go into random banks-not sure how I feel about that yet, because a bit awkward to ask and then they don't have any, makes it a wasted trip basiclaly. I'd imagine I wouldn't encounter the same coins again as if they go in a counter they are bagged and sent out I think.

 

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The only silver nickles are some of 1942-1945.

Don't waste your time with nickles. If you are hunting silver and can't do halves then double or triple your dime order.

for some reason, she was only comfortable doing one box of each. Maybe after she sees that i'm good about picking them up each week I'll be able to up my order of dimes. I wasn't about to push it though, that was the best reaction i had from any bank around here.

 

[GimmeSomeSilver]

Oh man, that is a walk in the park.

Come to Phoenix...goes somthing like this.

Teller: Hi, welcome to xyz bank, how are you today?
ME: Im fine, thanks, how is your day going?
Teller: Im great, what can I do for you?
ME: Do you have any halves?
Teller: Jesus F#$ Christ, another one of you f#$%n low lifes!!!! I just dont get it. You are probably on welfare too right? Unemployment? DONT ANSWER NEEDLED#$%^K, IT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION!!!!! GO GET A JOB YOU SLIMEY RIVER RAT AND GO CHOKE ON A SNOWCONE!!!!
ME: Uhhhh maam, its just for a poker game Im having tonight.
Teller: Yeah , the last creep just said that but 15 minutes ago. OUT before I fill out a susicious dirtbag form!!!!!!

Some spit like that, pretty accurate though.

Lmao. I love when you post things like this >.<

HH,
Cody.

 

[sshafer11]

After reading so many of Happy's posts I don't think I will ever hear of Phoenix AZ again without thinking of it as the CRH Wasteland. Where the silver huntin' isn't for the faint of heart

 

[Goldmanford]

After reading so many of Happy's posts I don't think I will ever hear of Phoenix AZ again without thinking of it as the CRH Wasteland. Where the silver huntin' isn't for the faint of heart

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Welcome to beautiful, sunny Phoenix, Arizona. A city on the rise, with banks on every street corner. A city unlike any other city in the world. Where rude tellers reign supreme and the silver is as rare as teats on a boarhog! Come...spend your money with us and we'll milk you dry and send you packing with little to show aside from a sore back and 1000 lbs of clad coins that we promise to NOT let you dump back in our city!

Once again we welcome you for purchasing your one way ticket to a CRH wasteland!