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I was walking past the grocery store bank office today and I noticed they had a coin counter there, just around the corner from the Coinstar machine. I looked into the reject hopper and it was chock full of assorted coins. It had to have been 2-3 inches deep with an even mix of various coins.
It was too much for me to snag and feel OK about it, I was estimating it was $20 or more. If it was a buck or so I would not have felt bad about it...
I asked the teller at the bank counter if anyone had used the machine recently and she said yes, a lady had been there 5 minutes ago turning in coin. I told her what I saw and she came around and looked at it. She said the lady was a regular customer and had deposited her coin stash. She asked if I was going to take it and I said no, but could we run it through the machine and deposit it to the lady's account like she had intended. We did and it turned out to be $30 and change.
The teller told me the lady was elderly and probably didn't think to check the reject bin.
I didn't go through any of the coins but it didn't look like there was anything interesting in it. My guess is she just fed it too fast.
BTW, this TCF grocery store branch machine was labeled to show an 8.9% take for non-customers and no fee for customers. The Coinstar machine 20 feet away was 9.9%. (and no coins in the reject bin...)
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Valued Member
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That was nice. I can umderstand taking a few but that might have been alot for the old lady.
You should have looked for silver and replaced it with regular coins.
Let us know if something good happens to you.
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 That was a good deed. Unless she looks and finds two deposits for coins, the customer may not even realize it. |
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Unless she looks and finds two deposits for coins, the customer may not even realize it. The teller said she would send her the deposit receipt, she knew who she was. |
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Valued Member
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 good job!  |
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Valued Member
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very cool and great deed! Wow $30.00 in change I am guessing she had a lot of change that day.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would have had to scan for Silver. First thing I thought of when I read the beginning was.. Its all silver. lol That was a very nice thing you did. It was very smart to run it back through the counter and have it deposited into her account. If you had just walked away, whos to know if the teller wouldn't just keep it. Not saying she would have, just a lot safer. Smart quick thinking! Now when ever you see an elderly lady at the coin counter you'll wonder if that's her.
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Valued Member
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very nice....you must have been a Boy Scout in a former life.LOL
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That was very nice of you. I am sure you got a good night's rest from it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a nice thing to do. If I had seen any silver coins in the bunch I probably would have taken them and replaced them with a clad coin, but only because in that situation it would have been deposited as a regular dime or quarter anyway.
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very nice....you must have been a Boy Scout in a former life.LOL Even better, a cop! Edited by n9jig
11/17/2011 7:57 pm
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Valued Member
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Good deed n9jig. It's so nice to know that this kind of reaction is the norm here at CCF. This is a great community of people.
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Pillar of the Community
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You are a very thoughtful person. Good job :)
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Valued Member
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Good job....was it hard not to search through em' or didn't have the time?
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Bedrock of the Community
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You are to be commended on your good deed, n9jig |
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Posted 11/16/2011 9:40 pm
