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Looking for a job.... I'm a sales manager by experience, but have not been able to find comparable employment within a reasonable salary range and my unemployment comp is running out.  So.... I'll be forced into the first "job" that'll take me...  I have 15+ years sales experience with 6+ managing. I also have a BS in communication - I cannot afford to take anything less than 45K/Year...  With those variables in mind - what type of job would put me in front of/have access to/be exposed to the most coinage. Before you start throwing out the obvious ones, let me explain (with no offense to those who are in these types of occupations currently) what I wouldn't be willing to do (until.. maybe the ramen noodles run out): Gas stations, fast food, bank teller, restaurant worker, retail sales - eg JC Penny - stuff like that. So... whats left?    You tell me!  Get creative! - No answer is wrong! If I end up doing what you suggest - there might be some fresh finds for YOU!  ..OK... lemme have em!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
538 Posts |
Coinstar owner/operator? Or some other coin change machine company.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Vending machine or games arcade owner would put a lot of coin in your hands. Try and get a job at the mint. They seem to get first dibs at all the genuine and 'questionable' errors out there.
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United States
386 Posts |
Collections agent for the mob. You can search any register you want.
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I wish I was close enough - I'm located near Cleveland, Ohio.
Does Coinstar franchise? Anyone wanna give me a loan to set up penny candy vending machines all over town? ha
good input... keep em comin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
Move to north Dakota. You can find a job with no problem. McDonald's is even offering a $200.00 hiring bonus because the area is growing so fast. Everything and everyone is hiring. I'd take any job to get off unemployment!
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.... that would seem to be the logical choice; however, in my situation if I took a job simply to be "off unemployment" it would be detrimental to my family. E.G. - need employment that pays what I'm getting now plus what I'll pay in childcare - just to break even. Unless McDonald's is paying 45K/year?
... tick tock tick tock..... Would you like fries with that?
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United States
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I know you said you don't want to work as a bank teller, but what about working as a banker/loan officer. That's what I do and yet I still an able to go through all our coinage. Go for a smaller branch in a neighborhood where there are more elderly...the pay well be there plus the coin Hunters paradise! Its the perfect job for a coin hunter!
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
A family member owns a number of vending machines. Great way to get quarters/dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, seems to be a question you should have asked yourself many months ago. Why did you wait until you are you are cut off from unemployment to look for a job? Now it seems you are being extremely discretionary despite your need for employment.
Have you ever worked any of the jobs you listed? Perhaps you it would rid you of complacency.
Edited by Drsandman2
09/26/2012 01:47 am
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 United States
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How about an armoured car company like Brinks?
John1
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09/26/2012 05:15 am
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brad - didn't think of that aspect, but have applied as a loan officer to a few... that was months ago, time for a second look. @DrSandman2 - 1. Not complacent 2. I've applied for/interviewed for around 165 jobs since my permanent separation with my previous employer, struggled to start a photography business - but having trouble funding marketing efforts, and have sold some coins on ebay, all while caring for two young children. So... This isn't my first venture into the job market after swilling beer, comfortably perched on my lawnchair watching the grass grow. To the contrary. I've never "worked" so much in my life. Just wanted to gain a new perspective with an interesting topic via my coin hoarding brethren. @John1 - are they allowed to "buy" coinage or even touch it once its out of the machine? ... great comments.... love em... so far Brads seems the most reasonable for my situation. |
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United States
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I was going to suggest my job until you said no gas station, so *huff* *goes into her mumbled, patented rant about working way harder and caring more about the customers than the six-figures bozos who run this company bass-ackwards*
I . . . . honestly I have nothing for you. I've spent most of my life being "paid" on the barter system. Good luck, though.
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09/26/2012 08:53 am
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Papa aint too proud to beg, I delivered pizzas all through college, worked fast food, factory assembly, customer service for a credit card, cleaned barber shops (oh the hair....), delivered newspapers, peddled lawncare, knives, magazine subscriptions, newspaper subscriptions, and natural gas and electricity, retirement accounts, financial aid services, photography, coins, and graphic design.
@ Ninamason... Any good finds during the gas station gig? I talk to alot of people that grab the silver from the folks that can't smoke it! The owner of the local 7-11 has stacks of Morgans from his customers.
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United States
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Lonz: 99% of my collection is all out of my drawer. Finds include two IHC, a nice little collection of silver (say maybe 30 pieces total, mostly dimes), a couple of hundred wheats including dates as early as 1913*, a handful of silver certs, some bills from the 1960s, half a dozen buff nickels, a whole bunch of foreigns including a franc from the 1960s, and on one memorable night, I opened three rolls of customer-wrapped quarters to find 38 of 50 State Quarter cameo proofs (apparently undamaged), with four bucks' worth of what are either BU staties or--I suspect--satin proofs. I've found other odd proofs here and there, but that was the motherlode. For a "poor man's collection," I have quite the stash. Also, a 1922 Peace that someone sold me for ten bucks. It's nice to have regulars who appreciate your hobby. Finds I have heard of from other clerks in my area who were luckier than me: an entire roll of silver dimes; a Morgan dollar (this is the one I posted when I was just a baby-member--my boss found it, lucky *coughcoughahem*); a $10 silver cert; a "funny quarter that didn't have Washington on it"; a "funny $2 bill" (I suspect it might have been a red seal). This doesn't count whatever small stuff they might stumble over, too. *This is the oldest I have found. I have a 1911 I've mentioned before, and it is purchased. |
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United States
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You forgot toll booth operator.  |
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Posted 09/25/2012 9:50 pm
