Hawkeye wrote:Nice. I need to start doing that. How do you approach getting change at a bank at which you don't have an account? Do you just go in and ask for pennies?
You just go in like you belong there, say hello to the teller, smile and ask if you can buy $xxx of pennies. I usually ask for $20. If they bring out a box I say I'll take the whole thing. If they act like they are overloaded with them, I ask if they have a surplus that they want to get rid of. I rarely get turned down.
The other day i asked for $20 and it was very evident that they had more to get rid of I came away with $40 (shame on me for not having more money in my wallet).
Yesterday I went in to pick up a bag, and the woman getting them out of the vault told me that they have lots of rolled cents. I walked away with two boxes of rolled cents as well. I have been picking up at this bank for almost 4 years. I don't have an account there. I offered one time, but they said it wasn't necessary.