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And oddly enough, coins are less of a vector than the folding money. Fun with chemistry and biology: The metal content tends to play rough with certain organic things, and they don't hold moisture like bills can. Still not exactly 'safe', but...
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When coins started being in short supply, I got in our change jar and sorted a lot of the coins into $5 bags. When going through the drive through, I always ask if they would like a bag of change should I use my card. Its about half and half.
I also handed bags of change out to any panhandlers I saw.
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Quoth Gravekeeper View PostMan, no where around here wants you to pay in cash or coins at the moment for obvious plague reasons. They'll look at you like you just proposed bartering goats.
Anyway, they started in Greater Philadelphia and now can be found in a big chunk of the US east coast.
They started radio ads a bit ago where they are running a sweepstakes for free sandwiches for a year or something, to enter you just have to sell them at least $5 in coins.
I have worked with many cashiers in years past who would only accept large amounts of change in the form of rolls.
I am just the opposite.
I mean, I want the paper rolls, but I am DEFINITELY not going to take most people's word that the roll contains what it should.
I have encountered what I presume to be accidents: rolls of pennies that actually averaged to 50 coins per, but individually fluctuated from 47 to 52.
Malice: multiple rolls of dimes that were each 3 coins short.
Extra malice: rolls made from notebook paper that contained 48 pennies with a dime on each end. (Only seen that once)
And bizarre accident: a roll of pennies that contained a micro SD card.
I have also found in my cash drawer a penny that had been meticulously ground down to exactly match the diameter and thickness of a dime.
I am not going to trust that the "roll of quarters" you just handed me contains exactly $10 until I have counted them all myself, though I might settle for counting one roll and deciding that the others all seem to be the same length.
I will let a small number of pennies slide, because despite my being able to count quickly and roll coins quickly, I make 12.5 cents per minute and cannot roll pennies fast enough to be cheaper than Coinstar's 8% fee.
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Quoth SpyOneAnd bizarre accident: a roll of pennies that contained a micro SD card.This was one of those times where my mouth says "have a nice day" but my brain says "go step on a Lego". - RegisterAce
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Even though we're a bank, we charge a 10% fee for non-customers (anyone who doesn't have an account with us) who bring in coin to be counted. And like others here, we've had rolls of coin that have been short in the past, so we insist that coin is brought in loose.
Unsurprisingly, we had a guy bring in a bunch of wrapped coin the other day. He started griping when we told him there was a fee. And he continued griping when we handed him a bucket and told him to unwrap all the coin. But apparently, nobody else in town would take it, because he didn't take his coin and leave."I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
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Quoth Ghel View PostUnsurprisingly, we had a guy bring in a bunch of wrapped coin the other day. He started griping when we told him there was a fee. And he continued griping when we handed him a bucket and told him to unwrap all the coin. But apparently, nobody else in town would take it, because he didn't take his coin and leave.
Making him unwrap the coins destroys his plans, he he he.
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Quoth Ironclad Alibi View PostI have heard of coin rolls with a length of pipe in the middle, as well as being full of metal slugs and washers.
Fortunately it didn't happen too often and the one person I remember paying with rolled change was just pissy about it but that was it.
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Quoth Dreamstalker View Post...I still cannot accept $20 in pennies, nickels and dimes. That's not what "exact change" means. If you want to do that go to SCO...
I've had customers who don't think they have enough money for their purchase because they dumped all their change on the counter and don't have any quarters. I've counted through and yep, they did have enough, and I will happily take it, and they're glad to not have all that weight in their pockets.
And I still prefer the change-payers over the fools who buy a 50¢ item with a hundred dollar bill, first thing in the morning.I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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Quoth Ironclad Alibi View PostThat's because you will have $99.50 in change to give to those fools.I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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Quoth XCashier View PostAnd I still prefer the change-payers over the fools who buy a 50¢ item with a hundred dollar bill, first thing in the morning.
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