Tellers asks you "what are you doing with so many X" you respond with:

[OnARoll]

Now I usually use the poker story(works like a charm) when buying loose half's and such but I came up with a new (brilliant) story for large orders, it goes as follows.."What are you going to do with all these half dollars?" Me: My nephew only 10 years old just got a metal detector and for his birthday all of his metal detecting friends are going into a field together to search for "treasure", we bury the coins for the kids, the kid with the most coins wins a prize. Thought that this could be a cool place to tell our outlandish story's we have told to tellers when we get asked the famous question..sometimes its easier and more entertaining to make up some crazy story than to simply tell them your a "coin collector", the teller sure shutted up after I told her that one above..I usually never use story's, in fact I usually don't say anything at all, I don't get too friendly with my order banks as I do with my dump banks but I figured these types of story's are great for one time stops at a bank you will never hit up again! Looking forward to reading some more outlandish story's you have told tellers..

 

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I tell them because I can't afford to cover my bed in 100 dollar bills before rolling naked in them. Plus no paper cuts this way

 

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[hotrod]

never trust a TELLER!!!!!!

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

I don't CRH as a hobby per se, (collected most mime working retail and convenience store, plus I have other means to getting them), BUT, It would tick me off, someone being nosey as to what or why I do what I do. I find it a shame folks would need to lie or make up stories. It's no ones in the banks business, imho, what or why you want what you request. You could be a retail business owner, own a bar, or scrap metal bussiness, and need the change for customers.

While I (I guess being the type person I am), would want to tell them none of your business why.........
I do understand though, you catch more flies with honey, than vinegar.
Good luck to you CRH folks, hope your finds are good.

 

[sagittarius98]

Or you could say you use the full boxes to line your bunker to keep the riff raff zombies out when the zombie apocalypse happens. Or, on second thought, they might never let you in the bank again.

Well they won't remove you from the Canadian Parliament:



This is real.

 

[50cent]

never trust a TELLER!!!!!!

Hotrod, you hit the nail on the head---with a hammer, a sledge hammer. Just how physics has laws, this is one of the laws of C/H/R/'n.

 

[jybgess]

Sir, why do you want two $250 box of dimes. I say to pay my child support to my ex wife lol

 

[bob nm]

I say that my grand kids collect coins and I get to go get them and return them. Works every time.

 

[hursst]

Tell them that you collect and/or restore antique slot machines and that you need these coins to supply the machines.

 

[quiksilver]

Since i have established myself as a coin collector and not a half collector this has not been a problem for me. I find that the truth works better then lies in the long run. " I collect coins , all kinds of coins. I look mostly for the old stuff and the shiny proofs." This has been working for me. My problems all stem from "half" collectors asking for halves halves halves and halves. Or from collectors asking for silver or pre 65 coins.

 

[GlenDronach]

Since i have established myself as a coin collector and not a half collector this has not been a problem for me. I find that the truth works better then lies in the long run. " I collect coins , all kinds of coins. I look mostly for the old stuff and the shiny proofs." This has been working for me. My problems all stem from "half" collectors asking for halves halves halves and halves. Or from collectors asking for silver or pre 65 coins.

Incredibly frustrated with the half dollar buyers. I have a feeling my bank availability will die in the near future because of people ordering these uncommon coins, out of the blue, in large amounts, and dumping them, usually at the same bank.

I've learned to take the statements tellers make with a grain of salt. However, a teller told me yesterday that they're issuing a statement in March ending sales of boxes to regular banking customers. I've heard that kind of thing before, but I'm still a little wary.

My regular bank told me that a few weeks ago someone started ordering 2k in halves weekly out of the blue from that branch.

Another told me that a half buyer brings them back and dumps them in the machine.

 

[silversnacher]

May I ask what the problem with telling the truth is?

 

[GlenDronach]

May I ask what the problem with telling the truth is?

Absolutely no problem if you do it softly.

"I collect coins"

"I'm costing you money by ordering boxes, searching through them for anything valuable, and then dump them at another bank, costing them money. Do you have any pre 1965 coins? Those are silver and are very valuable. I would like to order $3,000 in halves for next week. No, I don't have an account..."

 

[SilverForBrains]

tellers around here know better. "looking for silver?" they ask. they don't care. they usually will still give me silver from their teller trays