Beware the "floating" teller!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:56 am
So I have 2 dump banks-- a main and a secondary, both free, one faster, etc.
Problem is both banks have a ton of local branches, so I'm tempted to do some drive-buy pickups at the more remote branches. Couldn't hurt, right? Wrong. I've run into the same teller at 3 different branches of my secondary dump bank- the main downtown office, another city branch, and an out-in-the-sticks small town branch. She told me yesterday, "I'm a floater."
Luckily, I was just in there to get wrappers, and didn't pick up from her. But if I were trying to buy coin, she'd be onto me, and I would have jeopardized my relationship with that bank.
I think the safe rule is to never pickup at a dump bank (vice-versa), INCLUDING BRANCHES!
Problem is both banks have a ton of local branches, so I'm tempted to do some drive-buy pickups at the more remote branches. Couldn't hurt, right? Wrong. I've run into the same teller at 3 different branches of my secondary dump bank- the main downtown office, another city branch, and an out-in-the-sticks small town branch. She told me yesterday, "I'm a floater."
Luckily, I was just in there to get wrappers, and didn't pick up from her. But if I were trying to buy coin, she'd be onto me, and I would have jeopardized my relationship with that bank.
I think the safe rule is to never pickup at a dump bank (vice-versa), INCLUDING BRANCHES!