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 Posted - 05/24/2008 : 15:39:06
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I just went to the bank with my paycheck the other day. It's right on the edge of a poor area of the city. Right on the edge of the inner city of Buffalo.
I usually get around $3 to $5 of pennies a week to sort but today was different. There were 45 rolls spread out on the bank tellars booth and I asked if I could buy them all. She said YES! Thanks! oh and by the way I have another $25 that a customer just brought in along with them. Bought them all and cringed when she brought out an open Brinks box. Thought a SERIOUS HOARDER just did a zinc dump but bought them anyway. What a score! Almost 40% copper with around 40 wheats including a nice uncirculated 1919 red cent and a 1917 along with a real nice 1937. The rest all 40's and 50's plus a dime and a Euro 2 cent coin. Huge number of Canadian copper, at least $2.50 face with a bunch of Kings and the majority being pre-97.
The tellar told me that people in the area (poor minority population for the most part) are bringing in huge #'s of pennies and change to buy gasoline with. It might be worth it to try the banks around the edges of the inner city for some great scores. I've never bought this many before and the bank tellar was loving me for it.
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NotABigDeal
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Posted - 05/24/2008 : 23:05:47
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It's what I do. Going to the inner-city banks that is.... Nice finds as well.
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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misteroman
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 01:25:51
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Edge of buffalo?!?!?!?!?!?! Where you at cupro?
Grand Island here |
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 06:23:36
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| West Seneca for now. Looking to relocate. I wish my camera could focus on this 1919 penny I got in this load. It's in outstanding condition and I'm still blown away by it. |
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NotABigDeal
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 10:17:46
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Originally posted by CuproNickle
West Seneca for now. Looking to relocate. I wish my camera could focus on this 1919 penny I got in this load. It's in outstanding condition and I'm still blown away by it.
Scan it. Works better if you have one, from what I hear.
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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misteroman
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 10:32:11
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| ahhhh I have a house I'm going to be listing soon on Grand island.5bd 2.5ba 2600+ sq ft on dead end street for $135K cash. |
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 11:50:54
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| By relocation, I mean anywhere but NY State but thanks for the heads up on the house. |
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NotABigDeal
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 21:16:48
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ahhhh I have a house I'm going to be listing soon on Grand island.5bd 2.5ba 2600+ sq ft on dead end street for $135K cash.
So, is this the freakin ghetto or what? $135k around here wont buy too much of a house, let alone 2600+ square feet....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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TenBears
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 22:22:06
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| The cost of living up around Buffalo must be fairly low. I don't know of anywhere in or around Dallas where 135k would touch a 2600 sq ft house -- unless most of that 2600 had already burned to the ground. That must be nice to get a lot of house for the money up north. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/25/2008 : 22:24:58
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Give it time, tex.. real estate values are adjusting.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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misteroman
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Posted - 05/26/2008 : 00:57:03
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Deal,
It's in a very nice area actually but does need a little work.
I'll give ya a better one that will shock ya.
My House- 4,000+ sq ft, 5bd 4ba, 250' lot directly on the water,concrete dock,indoor pool,8 person redwood sauna,beautiful area,etc.Picked it up for $450K 3 years ago.I've been told it would be a 5 million dollar house in Florida or Cali.
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Posted - 05/26/2008 : 08:08:36
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The bad thing about Western NY is: No jobs, highest taxes in the nation and declining population. Government is the largest employer by far. Private sector jobs that pay well just don't exist. Young people are leaving in droves. That's why the home prices seem low. My house is assessed at $95,000 and the taxes are over $4500 a year. For Sale signs are everywhere. There are over a dozen on my street alone. Taxes are totally out of control. 8.75% sales tax, every single town, village etc has it's own police force, school district, highway dept etc. Duplicate government is everywhere and the employees are friends and family. Can't wait to get out.
Buffalo is the Ghetto for the most part. Outer suburbs can be very nice. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 05/26/2008 : 09:51:04
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Originally posted by misteroman
Deal,
It's in a very nice area actually but does need a little work.
I'll give ya a better one that will shock ya.
My House- 4,000+ sq ft, 5bd 4ba, 250' lot directly on the water,concrete dock,indoor pool,8 person redwood sauna,beautiful area,etc.Picked it up for $450K 3 years ago.I've been told it would be a 5 million dollar house in Florida or Cali.
Plenty of room for guests....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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misteroman
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Posted - 05/26/2008 : 11:25:33
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Have to agree with pretty much everything cupro says.When Delphi(spin off from GM) was hiring for $13 an hour factory jobs with no benefits, there was literally a line of close to a 1/4 mile long.
And talk about ghettos I think Niagara falls is even worse as at least buffalo has some better areas.They had a study or whatever a few years back and found that something like 65% of people living in the falls didn't work.They were either retired,on unemployment or welfare.How's that for pumping $$$ into the economy.
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