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do banks usually stock boxes?

how many do you guys buy at a time?

do you take them back to the bank?

Yes they do have the boxes. I usually buy a box at a time. No I dont take them back to the back.

Substantial orders will require you to pre order. You may be able to get 4 boxes on hand if the bank does some volume and will give it to you.

do you guys take them to coinstar?

do you ask for customer rolled pennies?

Coinstar is not ideal because if you cash out, you lose 10%. You need to find a dump bank. A place where you take back the zincs and convert them to cash so you can buy more coin to sort. Dont pickup and dump at the same place. Oh yes,welcome to the club.

You can usually pick up a box by just walking in. if you need more you will need to order them. Always take the customer wrapped rolls (CRW's). The bank has to break them open to send back and the love getting rid of them.

NEVER take coin back to the bank you get coin from. This is the ultimate no no.

Never use coin star unless you need a gift certificate.

Find banks that have a free lobby machine. Don't wear out your welcome dumping too much or too often.

Open up accounts at any bank that is supplying coin or allowing you to dump. Get in good with the head teller. Always show up when you say you will.

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I normally buy boxes one at a time. Only once when buying a single box did I get a "did you call ahead for the box?".

I can sometimes get 1-4 boxes on a driveby.. if they have extras. But they usually like me to preorder.. since I like to get 24 boxes at a time.

thanks guys, what is the best way to take them back - boxed up again?

The best way to take them back is to find a bank that has a coin counter in their lobby for their customers to use. That way you don't have to take the time to reroll them. It is much easier and quicker to take a $50.00 bag of loose pennies back than to sit there and reroll them. And a lot banks will break open the rolls and run them through their coin counter before they will pay you anyway. So look around and if you can't find a coin counter in the lobby then ask them how they would like the pennies returned.

There is at least one bank where you just give them all your coin, they bag it and then it credits your account a few days later. This is convenient too. Just make sure if you find this and can do it, check "mixed coin" even if it is all pennies. You may get shorted (since the zinc is lighter) as I found out and at least one other member in another state.

Edited, you get shorted because they weigh it (forgot to add that) In this particular case it was Loomis, Thats what the bank said but I have no idea of the truth, very long story.....

TXBullion wrote:There is at least one bank where you just give them all your coin, they bag it and then it credits your account a few days later. This is convenient too. Just make sure if you find this and can do it, check "mixed coin" even if it is all pennies. You may get shorted (since the zinc is lighter) as I found out and at least one other member in another state.

My local BB&T branch lets me return my zincs in coinlok bags of $50.00 and credits my account or my pocket immediately! This really comes in handy when you don't have a huge bank roll to work with. But this also may vary branch to branch.

I have a BB&T that will let me bring in bags of pennies. She limits me to 200.00 a week, but it helps

slickeast wrote:I have a BB&T that will let me bring in bags of pennies. She limits me to 200.00 a week, but it helps

I must have the best BB&T branch ever! They let me bring in like $600 a week!

Joogaler wrote:

slickeast wrote:I have a BB&T that will let me bring in bags of pennies. She limits me to 200.00 a week, but it helps

I must have the best BB&T branch ever! They let me bring in like $600 a week!

WOW, sweet.

She is also kind enough to order up to 3000.00 a week in LOOSE halves.

slickeast wrote:

Joogaler wrote:

slickeast wrote:I have a BB&T that will let me bring in bags of pennies. She limits me to 200.00 a week, but it helps

I must have the best BB&T branch ever! They let me bring in like $600 a week!

WOW, sweet.

She is also kind enough to order up to 3000.00 a week in LOOSE halves.

That's pretty awesome! I think it's weird how they seem to have different rules from branch to branch. But hey I'm not complaining, if they had the same rules us realcenters probably wouldn't be able to get anything.

yOu guys that get bags are darn lucky!

I have never had the luxury of a loose back to sort. I can only imagine. Roll opening is so time consuming. I had a chance with one bank but chose them as a dump instead of supply but I might try another branch as a supply just to get a taste of the good life

misteroman wrote:yOu guys that get bags are darn lucky!

how do you get bags?

how much are they?

Yep.. you guys with the bags are so darn lucky.. some of us gotta work a little to get our copper. I don't think Santa is gonna be bringing the RollCracker1000 this year either.. even though I been good.

Since we're on the box topic. Anybody have a favorite among the suppliers, Brinks, Dunbar, etc?

i just picked up mt first box, they were rolled in plastic. i have only cracked open 1 roll and it's yielded 10 coppers, is 20% about on par?

its pretty tedious work for the pay, im not sure if im cut out for it.

exbingoaddict wrote:Since we're on the box topic. Anybody have a favorite among the suppliers, Brinks, Dunbar, etc?

I like brinks because of the plastic wraps. Some people might think I'm crazy for saying that, but it takes me about 5 seconds to have the whole roll out of the wrapper, and stacked in my hand so I can feed my FrankenSorter.