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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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 Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:12:08
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If you are a bank and you run out of money.. who you gonna call? Not Ghostbusters!
Got an interesting call from one of my banks this morning. Seems somebody messed up their weekly coin order and sent them a bunch of boxes of nickels and only one box of pennies. They wanted to know if I could do them a huge favor and sell them several boxes of rolled pennies to get them through the week. It never hurts to help out your local banker when they are in a bind. Should generate some good karma.
Plus there is the ego factor:
When Bank of America runs out of money.. I'm the guy they call. 
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If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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norcal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:16:40
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| You da man! |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
 Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:18:09
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 That's nothing, just wait until you get a call from the U.S. Mint.  |
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:32:39
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"Mr. Ton, you have a call from the Secretary of the Treasury. They need you to supply Northern California with pennies for the month. Seems the San Francisco mint missed their quota."
That would be what, a couple weeks worth of zinc dumps for you eh HCBTT?
Amazing! |
Sorting In Northwest Mississippi |
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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:36:56
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| That is awesome! You might be onto something, if you control the whole penny market, they will have to pay you a premium instead of brinks or the fed :). |
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scooter
Penny Pincher Member
240 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:54:25
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wow . massive R E S P E C T HCBTT.
Im a new member/sorter, already got a few hundred pounds. you guys over a ton should form some sort of loose group. Just in case of an emergency/shtf. A club with a quanity over a 100 tons could have some pull, working together in certain situations.No rules just a alignment of like minded people who have dedicated real time and if a good oportunity came along you could come together like voltron!
just a thought. $$$$
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 19:54:40
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we need to stop now before his head gets so big it pops; then his gf is left with 87+ coin machines that she has no use for. lets think of the poor lady for once.  |
Edited by - MormonMetal on 05/20/2008 19:55:06 |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:16:17
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| Sweet! |
Are you throwing that out? |
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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1680 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 20:25:20
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| We're not worthy, we're not worthy...(well, Cessna is, but otherwise..)We're not worthy..... |
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." Thomas Jefferson
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topeka
Penny Pincher Member
160 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 21:45:08
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You ought to be able to ask for a big favor from Bank of America.
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Silver..poor mans gold
Copper..peasant silver |
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No82s
Penny Pincher Member
USA
198 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2008 : 21:50:25
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| Nothing like knowing your customers.......... |
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that the pessimist is better informed. |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 00:29:27
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| Hoady,weren't you the one walking into the bank with tha hand cart and told the guy I'm not here to work.I still tell people that one. |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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hector6man
Penny Pincher Member
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 01:07:35
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| Wow, thats must of been an awesome phone call. Man, when I ask for pennies I usually get a ugly face from the cashiers. But to be known as the biggest hoarder in town and to get a phone call like that would make me feel like a champion! HCBTT, do you have a lot of zinc pennies to give to them? |
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." -George Washington
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 08:15:46
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| Ha ha...that is awesome. Send them zinc boxes/rolls but put a mark on the roll or box so that you know if you get them back on your next scheduled pickup. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 08:27:47
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| I love it!! Sure sell them some pennies. Also, tell them if they need you to transfer some cash from one bank to the next because they are short $100's do that too!!! :-) |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 08:33:14
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That, my friend is simply AWESOME!
Did you wave your normal fee? |
Beer is my currency. |
Edited by - TXTim on 05/21/2008 08:35:14 |
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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
669 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 11:05:11
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| You are living the dream HCBTT. :) |
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starwarsgeek171
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
651 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 13:17:32
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| Very cool. |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 14:41:41
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Wow, I've gotten calls from banks saying they have pennies for me, but never asking me for pennies.
I would have charged them a delivery charge |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 15:31:02
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Definitely cool. Absolutely agree with the karma factor.
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 15:47:04
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| Excellent!!! I'm sure you probably owe them a lot more favors more than they owe you. I agree it's definitely something you can be proud of. Kind of reminds me when the US Olympic Committee contacted me for help. |
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 17:57:41
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| why did the US Olympic Committee contacted you for help |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 21:48:16
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| I had a program I created for handling the College Basketball brackets called Tourney64. They wanted something similar for handling the various brackets that they handle with some of their tournaments. I was unable to help them due to the timing of when they needed it and the busy time of the year for selling my program. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2008 : 23:43:30
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I get calls to pick up pennies from several of my banks, but this is the first time I got a call asking for pennies.
Dropped them off 8 boxes today.. all machine wrapped in N.F. String & Son paper. No way to mistake them with the plastic Brinks wrap they normally give me 24 boxes of. I was a hero at that branch today.
CopperCatcher.. seems I am never short of zinc, but constantly short of $100 bills. But if I ever do have an abundance of them I have the equipment to handle those too.. a nice Glory currency counter.
No delivery charge on this one. Telling the story to my buddies here was worth way more than any delivery fee I might have charged. I took them in on a folding hand truck. As some of the regulars at the bank were checking out my fancy alumimum hand truck I told them "I use the smaller cart for smaller deliveries!" |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2008 : 15:22:58
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| You've set the standard HCBTT, great work! |
Sorting In Northwest Mississippi |
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