Needing Some CRH Help Please :-)

Thanks :D - and OUCH! I hope not, otherwise it'll be back to playing with paper instead of plastic for me... Yeah I'm not sure why they'd charge me, but it really bothers the heck out of me. I've got the funds to order a fairly large amount of coins, I've now got accounts at 3 banks, which will all be dump banks now... I've got the machinery to sort the coins.. I'm just stuck in a jam, and contemplating moving if necessary just so I can sort some coins!

That is one thing I am in the process of doing, as far as building a relationship with the head teller. A person might think, that after having a bank account for 20+ years would help, but apparently not. I never bring in loose coins to this same bank in particular either. I hear of people getting boxes of coins free of charge elsewhere, and refuse to lose more money (foreign coins, washers, etc, often found) on the fee's. I went as far as saying that I will take their pennies and nickles weekly free of charge, since it costs them money to ship them as well. I could see a small fee, I'd possibly be willing to choke that down, but paying 10-12% for $1000-$9000 ( Fee's = @10% $100-$900, @20% $120-$1080) worth of coin? I don't think so.

I threw in an extra one for those that didn't.
As to banks that do anything helpful to coin collectors. Not really to good around me. Lately I'd have a better chance and more luck robbing one than asking for coins of any kind.

I get a box of cents and nickels each week from Wells Fargo. I return my coins to BBVA Compass. They give me heavy plastic bags; I include a deposit slip and dont have to roll the coins. Not sure who there servicer is, but they pick up once a week (wednesdays). My deposit ususlly shows up about 5 days later.

Thanks for all of the input guys! I've been driving truck for a farmer throughout the night, so finding time to get back online can be tricky. I think I may be able to get up to 4 boxes from Wells a week, after talking with the head teller on the phone for awhile. I think what I will most likely have to do is have several accounts, and get the max amount of boxes and bags from each bank as possible. I'm mostly after wheats and coppers, but also seperate canadian coppers and canadian non-coppers. The toughest part is having enough pennies to make it worthwhile. Earlier in the summer, I ordered $500 in pennies and 1k in nickels from my regular bank, they failed to tell me about fee's until after I had the boxes. They said "Next time the bank will have to charge you a fee as it costs us money to order." Well, that seemed logical n' all enough to me, but I was still quite a bit bummed out. Ever since then I've been searching banks within a 200 mile radius in hopes of finding one that will order a massive load for me. If all else fails, I suppose I could set up a Tuesday route, since all banks ship out loose change and excess change on Wedsnday mornings.

Any input is always appreciated guys :-) I'm starting to think it may be a regional thing. I'm certain I could get more boxes n' such from a bank in the cities, I just don't want to run the risk of getting mugged...

Oops, nearly forgot to mention that I do have accounts with all of these banks. I've now become accustomed to having a list of questions I ask before I open an account. I do recall, and my fiance can vouge for me that a Wells manager told me there wouldn't be any fee's if I were to order coins from there. I also gave him figures as he asked how much n' all. Even at 9k in halves he said it wouldn't be a problem. I'm not sure if he wasn't taking me seriously because I'm 22 living in a medium sized town, but it's no joke when I come to order change :P

I think I may have finally found a way to get the slip on fee's... My fiance's dad mentioned that an armoured car company was hiring drivers. Needless to say, if it means the possibility of ordering boxes for free I'm in... The pay and benefits would just be a bonus then :)