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Valued Member
United States
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Today, I went to a nearby Bank of America (this branch was in a heavy urban zone) with my standard request for halves, Ikes, and "any weird old money", trying to score some blue/red seal notes without giving away their value. The teller says yes, she has several old notes. She pulls out FIFTY (yes, 50!) $1 silver certificates in a "$50" wrapper... then three $5 US notes, three more $5 silver certificates, a $10 silver certificate (I didn't even know they existed), and then, the kicker: a 1929 $10 Federal Reserve Bank Note, brown seal. All the non-singles were at minimum VF condition. This was a primo find. But... she said they were for her and not for sale. AHHH! I offered to pay a premium, but she has to "check with her guy". I was angry for an hour after this.  It's really <Family Friendly Staff Slap> of a teller to leave those bills in the till, 'claiming' them for a long time (she said they'd been there for months and weren't going anywhere soon). Buy the bills or let someone else take them! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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But... she said they were for her and not for sale. What a tease...but understandable I guess. If the bank lets you, why not? I sure would...but I wouldn't rub it in.  Edited by DVCollector
03/24/2009 10:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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When I worked in a bank, that would have been a big no-no! It would have been fine to keep them in your till until you buy them, but once you show them to a customer, you can't claim them as your own. I would think the branch manager would have had something to say about that experience.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I agree. It's unfortunate that your teller felt the need to rub her finds in your face. I find it really odd that her manager allows her to hoard the bills for months.
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
I would have talked to the branch manager or the head teller immediately. That teller was extremely rude and should have had the buy out privilege taken away from them.
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Moderator
 United States
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 I would have made sure that teller never forgot the day!  |
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Valued Member
United States
325 Posts |
I agree, she should have sold them to you right then. Trust me, Bank of America has done enough to this country without having a teller act uppity.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1691 Posts |
Bring in a $100 bill and ask her for 50 singles and 25 $2 bills every day for the next month!  Edited by atlashealth
03/25/2009 10:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
858 Posts |
The nerve of this teller! She should have never showed you what she had. At the very least you found a new dump bank.  Start ordering boxes of half dollars and make sure to dump every one of them at this bank. |
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United States
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The nerve of this teller! She should have never showed you what she had. At the very least you found a new dump bank. Start ordering boxes of half dollars and make sure to dump every one of them at this bank.
Yeah, and don't roll them or anything |
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Valued Member
United States
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Well at the bank that I work at and I would think it should be like this everywhere if a customer knows you have something in your drawer like you obviously did because she showed you and you ask for it then it's yours. I do buy coins and bills from my drawer. I've never had anything like that just wheaties and some serial numbers I think are neat and simple things but I buy them from my drawer right away. Actually I sell them to another teller then buy them from their drawer.
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Valued Member
 United States
95 Posts |
I went back a couple days ago. The teller claimed she bought them all up herself. She said that the brown seal note went for $500 on ebay. Hers is a NY Fed issue. She probably saw the Dallas issue, as I told her, but it was irrelevant. She oscillated between still "checking with her guy" to "keeping them for her grandkids." Fail. She also threw in the fact that somebody brought in five '64 halves. Insult to injury. Thanks a lot, lady. Congratulations on the establishment of a new dump bank! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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sounds like a good dump bank to me, I'd take every half dollar you can get your hands on and take them straight to her line....even if there was nobody waiting in the other lines.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
...and bring her a bunch of $1 notes with the corners torn off. Ok, I shouldn't be mean, but golly that teller isn't very professional.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
Walk in with $123.67 in loose pennies and ask for a certified check and make her count all the pennies out.
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Valued Member
United States
99 Posts |
What a rude teller! She knew you'd be interested in that stuff after you asked. She didn't have to show it to you and then say you couldn't have it. Major tease! I'd just stay away from that bank if I were you, there's no need for that kind of kick in the pants.
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Posted 03/24/2009 9:12 pm
