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Zinc Dumping

Postby ROC » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:04 pm

How are most of you getting rid of your Zincs?

I personally have a rotation of banks that I dump my zincs.

But these banks I go to are getting lazy that they've been making up excuses like saying that the next time I can only bring in bags weighing under 25 lbs or that their vault doesn't have enough room.
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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:42 am

Which So Cal banks are you able to drop off bags with? I know that BofA lets you do it but are there others that you know of? Almost all of them expect to have the coins rolled.

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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby penny pretty » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:44 am

more info please! what kind of quantity are you talking about?
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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby ROC » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:39 pm

TwoAndAHalfCents wrote:Which So Cal banks are you able to drop off bags with? I know that BofA lets you do it but are there others that you know of? Almost all of them expect to have the coins rolled.

Oh, and welcome aboard!



I go to BoA's and a couple credit union's
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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby ROC » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:40 pm

penny pretty wrote:more info please! what kind of quantity are you talking about?



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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:23 am

ROC wrote:
TwoAndAHalfCents wrote:Which So Cal banks are you able to drop off bags with? I know that BofA lets you do it but are there others that you know of? Almost all of them expect to have the coins rolled.

Oh, and welcome aboard!



I go to BoA's and a couple credit union's


Thanks for sharing. Even the credit union's here in So Cal charge fees to customers for using their coin counting machines. At least that's what I have found to be the case in OC. I'm still looking for a good credit union that will actually allow me to dump for free.
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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby CopperHound » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:59 am

There are banks that will let you dump for free if you have an account. Small drops and small talk work best for me.
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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby baggerman » Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:06 am

I keep my dump bags at around 27 pounds which is right around $50. By doing this the tellers don't have to change bags while I wait.
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Re: Zinc Dumping

Postby mtldealer » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:09 pm

I am in So Cal and I have found that it isn't so much about the bank (BofA, Wells ect) as much as it is about your relationship with the managers and tellers. I have a route that consists of pretty much every bank type from my work and back (5 for dumping) - I offer to drop off the night before their pick up and make sure to always be on my best behavior. When I was first starting, I called a bank that I had just started dumping at and ended up talking to the manager (I didnt know it was him) - The conversation wasn't a bad one it's just that I was pretty persistant... within a couple of days I got a call from someone at the bank saying they couldn't accomadate me any more. You always catch more bees with honey.
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