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Hi everyone. I was wondering how people go about getting boxes of pennies or oher boxes of coins from the bank. I just go in and ask the teller but every time i do they give me a bad look but they allways give me the 2 boxes of pennies i asked for. So my question is do you just walk in and ask or do you call and ask if you could come in and get a box or 2? If you call do you ask for somone. Thanks Chris

The best thing I have come up with is to talk to a branch mgt or someone in charge of the drive thru lanes. The drive thru lane deals in lots of change and generally has boxes and boxes stacked up in there. I get them to arrange for me to pick up every week at the same time. So now I hit on Wed morning right after the Tue afternoon drop. I go every Wed and never leave them holding the extra pennies. If I am going out of town, I tell them in advance to stop ordering until I return and start it put again. This way they never have extra boxes taking up space. Also I only hit them for 4 boxes at a time. They seem to think that is an ok number.

I always take what they give even if there all new pennies, I always thank them and sometimes take my son who sorts with me. A kid in the car saying "thank you" goes a long way.

I think the drive thrus are the key as they have the boxes and do not have to go somewhere to recover them. The in bank tellers are usually the grumpy ones who have to get up and leave their station to track down boxes.

This is what works for me. Good luck!

I also order ahead I order four boxes each at two different banks. They call me when they get in and I pick them up right away.
My next step will be to pick up 10 boxes at the main(Vault) branch downtown in addition to the 8 I already get.

Hope this helps...Bob.

Thanks for the help Newton7, and tbram88. I will be going to the bank tomorrow and ask 2 get 2 boxes and ask her if i could get 2 boxes a week. Chris

I asked mine to just order me a box per week. One of them likes me to call before coming so they can get them out of the vault when the lines arent busy.
This works for me also because I do not want to wait long to leave with my box.

Also, some banks tend to lock their vault down in prep to leave at 5pm or whatever, so if you plan to get your pennies late in the day a call might be good.

I order my boxes usually 10 at a time from my credit union, and pick them up promptly. My credit union also calls me when they have pennies and other coins come in.

Thanks for the help Finder, and Tourney64. I am going to ask the teller if she wants me to call her before i came and pick up the coins. Chris

I call and order. No need to see the dirty looks. "Sir , do you know how many boxes that is?" Yes I am aware