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Australia
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I always check the reject tray of any coin deposit machines I come across. Here are my finds for this year so far: (No I don't feel guilty about pocketing coins other people leave behind - the machine tells them on multiple occasions to CHECK THE REJECT TRAY FOR ANY UNDEPOSITED COINS)  The machines only accept Australian coins, but that doesn't stop people from putting in foreign coins:  |
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Australia
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Yes the machines are very clear but I occasionally find some stuff - bit of Australian and bit of international.
Never much in the way of keepers in the Australian stuff though.
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Australia
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I once got a florin from the reject tray. It's in my collection now!  As for foreign coins, most get handed over in business with a lot of cash flow such as cafes etc. I suspect it just easier for the business owners to feed it all through the sorter rather than removing the coins beforehand. |
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Australia
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Went to deposit some coins in the machine , money from previous user was still inside and seemed jammed.
Stuck my hand in to dislodge coins and some coins started going into my account. Some coins came out of the reject shute as well.
Could not fully unjam the machine so went to another bank.
Here is the dilema...... to keep the money or not?
Was not my fault that someone left money in the machine.
Was not my fault some went through and deposited in my account.
Was not my fault some came out of the reject shute.
I was not going to leave the money there for someone else.
I think it was the previous users money not the banks and they left it .
Trying to justify to myself that is ok to keep it.
Maybe the police will come calling and charge me with theft?
What do you think?
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Australia
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depends on how much if it was a couple of dollar I dont think its even worth the time to be honest, if quite a lot then ill try to have enough evidence to protect myself first and foremost rather then go to the bank straight away. Then it best to check with the bank first and if they want to settle it on a private basis as it would involve them revealing the identity of other person, if they can't then its really up to the other person to contact the police and then have them contact you.
never heard of this but I guess it's possible.
Edited by ryurazu
05/01/2022 9:46 pm
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Crab eater - depends, if its just a few dollars or say 20c coins, I would keep it, mainly as I deposit coins after work which is like 6am and no one is around.
But say if you saw a $100 note on the floor, that I would hand in. My threshold is $5 or under I keep, $10 or more I hand it in and anything personal like creditcards, licences, wallets full of stuff - gets handed in.
But if you find a few coins in the reject tray - then keep them by all means. Unless there is a like a really poor looking broken down person outside whining about how she lost $2 or whatever.
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Surely the previous user would have alerted staff that the machine jammed while they were using it.  Very strange indeed. I had to go to the bank to chase up why a deposit of coins wasn't credited to my account. Apparently went into someone else's account. Entirely the Bank's fault and after 20 minutes of farting around they put the money into my account with a "sorry for the inconvenience" which of course makes everything ok. But in your case any coins left in the machine would not appear in the transaction from previous user and if they walked away without reporting to staff then coins are up for grabs as far as I am concerned. If staff check to see who last used machine your name will pop up though. |
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Australia
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The machines are open 24/7 ,so no staff to hand the $100 note to or unjam the machine. I have had this happen before during opening hours, someone left money in the machine ,it went straight into my account as I was the next customer to use the deposit machine.  How could the bank know that money was still in the hopper from the previous idiot who left it there.?  I will ask a few questions at a different branch about the policy around this tomorrow.  |
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Australia
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How could the bank know that money was still in the hopper from the previous idiot who left it there.? They won't know about coins in the reject tray but they can check to see who used the machine around the time it was jammed. If you are the last person to have money credited to their account they will probably think you jammed the machine. All sorts of weird things happen with these coin deposit machines. The machine jamming while I'm using it when no staff are around is my greatest fear, so I only use the machine when the bank is open or I can at least see staff still inside the bank.
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Australia
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They would not know about coins left in the reject tray OR still in the deposit shute which is what I am talking about.
Sometimes I guess the machine jams and the uneducated people simply walk away leaving it still in the inserting hopper .
The automatic flap shuts and thats it.
Sometimes the machine will shut down at this point and will receive no more deposits, sometimes not in this case.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Two of those coins look good machine man.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1327 Posts |
They maybe car meter tokens or more car wash I look them up.
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Fake Italian 1 lira... tourist stuff I assume?
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