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PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/21/2010 : 13:50:09
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Today, I picked up a couple boxes of pennies and decided to drive down the street a little to the credit union and turn in some halves.
I have to admit I was throwing them in the bank bag at red lights when I was getting them ready. I was pretty sure I counted out $81.
I brought the bag in and told the teller I had counted $81. She took the bag in the back and dumped it in the machine. I cannot see the machine since it is in the back.
She came out and said you had $53.50 which shocked me. I asked her if she was sure and said yes that was what the print out gave her.
She had another teller go in the back and hand count verify them and they came out with $53.50 also.
I feel kind of stupid but also perplexed that I would miscount that badly.
The conspiracy theorist in me says they made some mistake. However, I know that I may have miscounted.
Has that happened to anyone else?
I didn't raise a big stink I just took the $53.50. I think for now on I will bring them wrapped so that I can reverify with myself that that is the amount I have.
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SELLING COPPER PENNIES 1.4X FACE SHIPPED......“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” Thomas Jefferson |
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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 13:57:59
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| Im in a situation where there was a bank that accepted loose (im only dumping pennies). The deposit then hits the account in which case I waited 3 weeks and no credit on my account. Called them and they investigated and added a credit on my account of 150.00. Whens the last time you put an uncounted amount of pennies in 3 bags and it happened to be 15000? They gave me some BS like they weigh it , blah blah blah. Really makes it difficult and frustrating. It will prevent me from going there again. |
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Kiwiman
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 07/21/2010 : 14:15:18
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| when they said they weigh it you should have told him not all pennies weigh the same. edit: comment is made to the above post i forgot to quote it. |
Edited by - Kiwiman on 07/21/2010 14:16:29 |
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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 14:29:00
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| I told them that, I told them all mine were the lighter ones so I got ripped off, It has been going on for a few weeks now and although I dont know the exact amount, i was shorted 9-40 dollars. There will still be further investigation so well see |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 07/21/2010 : 14:45:07
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that's tough.
They are going to be completely turned off of large coin dumps after this. Probably outright refuse them.
And you are stuck wondering how much you were shorted. |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1720 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 14:45:48
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TXBullion, I hope they clear that up. Guess we both have lessons learned the hard way.
I'm hoping I just really miscounted but I can't be 100% sure since I did it in more of a rush and everything from dumping them in the machine to the recount was not done in front of me. |
SELLING COPPER PENNIES 1.4X FACE SHIPPED......“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” Thomas Jefferson |
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TXBullion
Penny Collector Member
374 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 14:55:43
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Really makes a big dent if you are trying to obtain coin at a fair price. I dont know how you guys do it with the half miscounts. Really puts a dent in your overall progress when you cant even get back face  |
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 07/21/2010 : 15:06:18
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| bo A screwed me over in the same way. i lost several hundred before i caught on to thier scam |
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JustSayNoToFiat
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 07/25/2010 : 04:15:58
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Usually I have been pretty lucky (might be plus or minus 1-3 halves), though my last drop soured my faith in my dump bank.
I lost about 10 bucks on that drop in total.
To make it worse, the dump bank got all the deposit slips mixed up, combined multiple bags, etc. to make tracking everything to the bag almost impossible.
They must get sloppy in the coin room when there are multiple half sacks from different branches. |
It's Half Time...all the time. |
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