Now I've Heard Everything

Trilby · 07-26-2011, 01:08 PM

I cannot believe this.

I went to my bank today (a credit union, actually) and gave them a ten-dollar roll of quarters to put in my checking account

The girl said, "I'll let it slide this time, but just so you know, we charge a 2% fee for depositing rolled coins."

"What? You charge me money to deposit legal tender into my own checking account?"

"Yes. Brinks charges us. They have to unroll it and count it..."

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

My credit union is charging me to put legal tender in my account.

Bend over baby. It's only just begun.

Clodfobble · 07-26-2011, 03:01 PM

Strange. I've had a bank tell me that they wouldn't take them rolled, but then they just escorted me back to their coin-counting machine and said, "Open them all and dump them in here. When you're done we'll look at the final tally."

Rhianne · 07-26-2011, 03:14 PM

I don't think I can actually remember putting money into my account.

monster · 07-26-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Strange. I've had a bank tell me that they wouldn't take them rolled, but then they just escorted me back to their coin-counting machine and said, "Open them all and dump them in here. When you're done we'll look at the final tally."

That's what I get too.

classicman · 07-26-2011, 03:29 PM

Similar to Clod - I just take all the loose change and put it in the counter-thingy and then deposit the amount on the slip.
If you guess how much change you have with a dime or something you can "win" a lollipop too.

BigV · 07-26-2011, 03:46 PM

Time for a new credit union. Or, the teller didn't have their facts straight. It's horseshit to have to pay such a fee. This sounds like BANK tactics, the whole reason I withdrew from my (former) bank.

If you don't get satisfaction, you should publish their public information, a la Dr Bobblehead from Blue Bell PA. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

classicman · 07-26-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

If you don't get satisfaction, you should publish their public information, a la Dr Bobblehead from Blue Bell PA. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

you mean this guy?

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Originally Posted by classicman

Dr Ken Siegel of Blue Bell is certainly NOT the one to go to for any type of excellence. Dr. Siegel is not a man of his word. He is a bad man who does lousy work and does not warranty it.

kerosene · 07-26-2011, 04:26 PM

Isn't that that dentist I kept hearing about for a while?

BigV · 07-26-2011, 04:34 PM

yes, I was holding my fire. I think Bri will be able to get satisfaction one way or the other, and I hope no beat down is needed.

Trilby · 07-26-2011, 06:14 PM

the coin counting machine at my bank charges you 4%.

It's not the charge, it's the damn prinicple of the thing.

monster · 07-26-2011, 06:23 PM

The bank I use, they do not deduct the counting charge if you are depositing the cash.

bbro · 07-26-2011, 06:38 PM

Huh - I never heard of that. I don't even have to take my change to some counter. Usually I don't deposit the change, though. I just exchange it for paper. Maybe that's why I never had to go to the counter?

classicman · 07-26-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

the coin counting machine at my bank charges you 4%.

You need a new bank. Thats BS.

richlevy · 07-26-2011, 10:06 PM

I thought that the coin machine at Commerce Bank (now TDBank) was free, but I guess I'll have to check.

BrianR · 07-26-2011, 10:51 PM

My credit union (Navy Federal) will accept rolled coins with no charge and they have a coin machine that doesn't charge a fee either.

I really like this credit union for a number of reasons but one. They don't have many branches and none within two hours of my house. So I never go to the bank unless I really need to. Last trip I made, I ordered checks, a new ATM card (my stripe was worn to nothing) and deposited $258 in loose coins from my piggy bank. That should do me for another year.

Pam

07-26-2011, 01:08 PM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Now I've Heard Everything I cannot believe this. I went to my bank today (a credit union, actually) and gave them a ten-dollar roll of quarters to put in my checking account The girl said, "I'll let it slide this time, but just so you know, we charge a 2% fee for depositing rolled coins." "What? You charge me money to deposit legal tender into my own checking account?" "Yes. Brinks charges us. They have to unroll it and count it..." RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT. My credit union is charging me to put legal tender in my account. Bend over baby. It's only just begun. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-26-2011, 03:01 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Strange. I've had a bank tell me that they wouldn't take them rolled, but then they just escorted me back to their coin-counting machine and said, "Open them all and dump them in here. When you're done we'll look at the final tally." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-26-2011, 03:29 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Similar to Clod - I just take all the loose change and put it in the counter-thingy and then deposit the amount on the slip. If you guess how much change you have with a dime or something you can "win" a lollipop too. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-26-2011, 03:46 PM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Time for a new credit union. Or, the teller didn't have their facts straight. It's horseshit to have to pay such a fee. This sounds like BANK tactics, the whole reason I withdrew from my (former) bank. If you don't get satisfaction, you should publish their public information, a la Dr Bobblehead from Blue Bell PA. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-26-2011, 04:34 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	yes, I was holding my fire. I think Bri will be able to get satisfaction one way or the other, and I hope no beat down is needed. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-26-2011, 03:14 PM	#3
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I don't think I can actually remember putting money into my account.

07-26-2011, 04:26 PM	#8
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Isn't that that dentist I kept hearing about for a while?

07-26-2011, 06:14 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	the coin counting machine at my bank charges you 4%. It's not the charge, it's the damn prinicple of the thing. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-26-2011, 06:23 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The bank I use, they do not deduct the counting charge if you are depositing the cash. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-26-2011, 06:38 PM	#12
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Huh - I never heard of that. I don't even have to take my change to some counter. Usually I don't deposit the change, though. I just exchange it for paper. Maybe that's why I never had to go to the counter?

07-26-2011, 10:06 PM	#14
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I thought that the coin machine at Commerce Bank (now TDBank) was free, but I guess I'll have to check. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-26-2011, 10:51 PM	#15
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	My credit union (Navy Federal) will accept rolled coins with no charge and they have a coin machine that doesn't charge a fee either. I really like this credit union for a number of reasons but one. They don't have many branches and none within two hours of my house. So I never go to the bank unless I really need to. Last trip I made, I ordered checks, a new ATM card (my stripe was worn to nothing) and deposited $258 in loose coins from my piggy bank. That should do me for another year. Pam __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

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