What am I going to do without CRH?

[FingerGrime]

I was off last week for spring break and I did quite a lot of hunting. I'm back at school now. I decided to return some pennies (after wrapping them) and buy a box of nickels. After I sold the pennies to her, she said she had to speak to someone to see if I can buy a box of nickels. I had to sit down and wait about five minutes. When she came back she said that since they have to have the boxes shipped from the federal reserve they cost the bank money and she couldn't sell me a box (even though I would be returning most of the coins in a few days, wrapped). I don't know what to do now. I don't have a car and there aren't any other close banks. Maybe I can convince one of my friends to drive me. Otherwise I think I will go crazy.

 

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[Shake-N-Bake]

One of the main rules of CRHing.

NEVER BRING BACK COINS TO THE SAME BANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you tell them you save the coins, for them to deal with getting you the coins only to get them back is terrible. Even if you bring back the coins wrapped they still have to send them back to get them verified.

You broke the golden rule and it bit you in the BUTT

 

[47thelement]

I'm sorry but no sympathy

 

[jrf30]

I was off last week for spring break and I did quite a lot of hunting. I'm back at school now. I decided to return some pennies (after wrapping them) and buy a box of nickels. After I sold the pennies to her, she said she had to speak to someone to see if I can buy a box of nickels. I had to sit down and wait about five minutes. When she came back she said that since they have to have the boxes shipped from the federal reserve they cost the bank money and she couldn't sell me a box (even though I would be returning most of the coins in a few days, wrapped). I don't know what to do now. I don't have a car and there aren't any other close banks. Maybe I can convince one of my friends to drive me. Otherwise I think I will go crazy.

I agree with the others. Find a dump bank. If you do, then maybe you can work your way back into the graces of the first bank. But tell the that anything they give ot you will NOT come back to them.

And also go in and askf or whatever rolls they have avaialable. It might be some pennies and some nickels. NOt a full box, but that will show them that you are just doing what they allow. Work your way back up to a box. And never bring them even coins you got elsewhere. Sorta like a dog never poops where he sleeps. Don't dump where you want to acquire coins. :-)

 

[FingerGrime]

At hope I use several different banks. I don't have the option to use two banks since I don't have a car (there aren't any other banks within reasonable walking distance). So I figure I should take what I can get.
I got the box of pennies from the same banks a few months ago but I didn't have time to look through them for a while (busy with schoolwork).
I don't really see why they would get them counted. She didn't have my name. So if I was wrong with counting the coins what would be the point of sending them away to be counted if they couldn't call me to pay the difference? She put the pennies in some sort of open plastic trays. Each one held ten rolls. I think they are the trays the tellers at that bank use to store their coins in.

 

[FingerGrime]

Home* not hope lol

 

[enamel7]

Let me try to explain this so you understand. Say you order half dollars. If you take them back to the same bank they will be stuck with them.They won't order you more. Why should they? they already have them in the vault. The head teller would have to explain to the Bank Manager why they were ordering coin they already had in the bank.

 

[FingerGrime]

True. I understand the whole bit about keeping your banks separate. At least if you are forcing the bank to both ship coins out and ship coins in.
In this case though I would just be swapping rolls for other rolls. Now unless I had used up all of their boxes and replaced them with my rolls and then demanded that they get me more boxes, I don't see why they couldn't fill my request. (This argument is pointless if they do indeed have to ship my rolls out to be counted again)
Maybe if I had an account they would have been more receptive to my requests...

sorry if I am seeming argumentative...just trying to make you guys see my side of it...

 

[how u do n]

you do not have an account with them?
I'm sorry here but I also side with the bank.
They will still be stuck with the coin,and they
do tend to bend the rules some for people
who have accounts with them.
I'm not trying to sound rude here but, open an
account with them.
They are there to make $$
GL

 

[fistfulladirt]

Or you could take up metal detecting, Lol!

 

[FingerGrime]

Yeah. I actually have a metal detector (well my dad does) and I use it a bit. I'm not very good with it yet but I plan on detecting a lot this summer. So far the only decent thing I have found is a Mercury Dime.

 

[Darth Walker]

Invest in a sheap car. It will be worthy.

I do break the rule of returning to the same bank but I return to a Machine and from there goes directly to the
carrier. The halves I get come from the FED.

DW

 

[HolyDiver]

Hey FG, looks like we're both in the same boat. I'm on spring break this week and have been crh'ing like a mad man. (Look for a post soon) But when I go back to school, I have no car with me and the only bank that has a coin machine is a good distance away.

 

[terryin pa]

FG....you dont have a leg to stand on here. Im regards to you situation regarding transportation, OPEN an account at that bank at once . Now you are a customer of theirs. If you open an account I'm sure in a short while you will be able to get boxes , and please for your own sake follow the advise of the CRH veterans here....and dont say...you dont understand this or that. They are giving you a gift of knowledge most of them had to learn the hard way. If you try to learn for yourself...and no transportation......you'll CRH hobby will consist of reading our posts.

 

[Codes]

I guess no CRH for a while is your punishment for not reading and following the rules of CRH. Think of it as a temporary suspension for breaking the rules.

-Codes

 

[alabamadan]

I'm headed out of town for Spring Break too, I'm thinking about calling a bank where I'm going and trying to order a box or two while I'm there. Does that mean I have a CRH problem? But, I won't be dropping it off at the same place.

 

[srcdco]

Ok, I know that everyone says not to return coins to the same bank you order from. That's exactly correct for denominations that don't circulate, like half dollars. However, you might be able to do what I do, which is to TRADE rolls with the bank. I do this with cents, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They have no problem with that because these are all denominations that they use daily and have to order each week anyway. You do need to have an account to do this and you should talk to the branch manager and the head teller (the one responsible for ordering coin and currency). It would also be good to see what you can get in advance to trade with. It's hard to start out because they will have to order extra for you the first time. After that, it's a simple switch. I've been doing this since 1974 and have never had a problem. Twice I've even helped them out when they didn't get their coin order in and sold them mine for the week. I didn't have anything to look through, but it kept me on their good side. I count every roll and guarantee that they are correct and have never had a problem. I even return the rolls in the boxes that they give them to me in and they don't have a problem with that either. They even hand them out to other customers (usually businesses) next to get mine out of there so I won't see them again.
This does work. I do occasionally bring in boxes of candy for them and when the branch was robbed, I brought them a large box of doughnut holes from Dunkin' Donuts the next day. It can't hurt to ask. Just be sure to have a schedule and try to stick to it. I'm in every Friday between 5:00 and 6:00pm. If I have to deviate from that, I let the teller know at least a week in advance and I have called her to tell her of a last minute change, but NEVER on the same day that I'm going to come in. She has to get everything out of the vault and ready and that is additional work. It's only right to give advance notice.

Good luck,
Scott

 

[alabamadan]

Ok, I know that everyone says not to return coins to the same bank you order from. That's exactly correct for denominations that don't circulate, like half dollars. However, you might be able to do what I do, which is to TRADE rolls with the bank. I do this with cents, nickels, dimes, and quarters. They have no problem with that because these are all denominations that they use daily and have to order each week anyway. You do need to have an account to do this and you should talk to the branch manager and the head teller (the one responsible for ordering coin and currency). It would also be good to see what you can get in advance to trade with. It's hard to start out because they will have to order extra for you the first time. After that, it's a simple switch. I've been doing this since 1974 and have never had a problem. Twice I've even helped them out when they didn't get their coin order in and sold them mine for the week. I didn't have anything to look through, but it kept me on their good side. I count every roll and guarantee that they are correct and have never had a problem. I even return the rolls in the boxes that they give them to me in and they don't have a problem with that either. They even hand them out to other customers (usually businesses) next to get mine out of there so I won't see them again.
This does work. I do occasionally bring in boxes of candy for them and when the branch was robbed, I brought them a large box of doughnut holes from Dunkin' Donuts the next day. It can't hurt to ask. Just be sure to have a schedule and try to stick to it. I'm in every Friday between 5:00 and 6:00pm. If I have to deviate from that, I let the teller know at least a week in advance and I have called her to tell her of a last minute change, but NEVER on the same day that I'm going to come in. She has to get everything out of the vault and ready and that is additional work. It's only right to give advance notice.

Good luck,
Scott

Sounds like you've got a good relationship there and I agree for non-denominations it make since. Nice of them to know what you're doing and ship your searched rolls out to businesses so you always get new ones. I must admit that once I took some rolls of nickels back to the branch downstairs that gave them to me. She looked heartbroken and said, I thought you weren't bringing those back. Since then I've not done that.

 

[rsc]

Fg.......I realize you do not have a lot of money, BUT you do spend some....sometime? Right?
For pennies and nickles, SPEND THEM..... for lunch, or whatever........
I know that reduces the "hunt fund", but you should consider this as an option for getting cutoff..
HH Gayle

 

[FingerGrime]

Scott,
You said that you have been doing this since '74. How did your finds back then compare to your finds now?