jrzyshawn

I did. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/12209686-post3378.html

IAHtraveler

They definitely remember me... I went in today with my convertible. The manager asks, "Mr. IAHTraveler, did you get a new car?" I said, "No, the purple one I had this weekend was my wife's." She looked confused and said, "What about the Camry you've had a few times?" So not only do they remember me, they must have a watch out for my vehicles, too.

Oops, sorry.

tattikat2

Bank of America told me (at 2 seperate branches) that I'll very likely be charged a $4 counting fee for each bag that they send out when they are counted at the depository to verify the amount.

IAHtraveler

The first time they try to charge you, ask for a copy of their policy in writing... as required by law. It was posted a few days ago on the spcifics of the rewuirement if you want to search for it.

mrpickles

Or better yet why can we just have UPS deliver it to the Chase cc payment center.....

Comicwoman

The second bank manager was way nicer than the one that dinged my account. The second restored the amount that the machine reported short! She even mentioned that they could/would do the coin machine...that they would take rolls of coins will rolled ends (versus the fold ends you do at home). I have her hours and may take her up on that.

mrpickles

The $4 fee is for loose coins. It's only $3 for rolls and you can put up to 50lbs per bag. It is published but it is published for commercial accounts only.

pawtim

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)

Thanks. I'll try this, and the 4 rows of 5 (offset) suggested by the next poster. My method seemed to make the most sense to me, but oftentimes when I get to the bank they've gotten all jumbled anyway, so my method is not great.

Anyway, now I may be getting burnt out on this; maybe time for a break for me. (It is kind of addicting though.)

compuser1973

Something freaky is happening - I had 3-4 orders - each for 1000 / 1 of 1500 $ range. Most 1000$ ones are in 19-20 lb range in wt. on UPS tracking. The only 1500 order I had is split in two - one for 1000 and other 500. One of those is showing weight of 133+ pounds I am hoping it is just a glitch in the system and that I am not getting one someone else's order worth 1000s of $

jlgrandam

This has been going on since the beginning. I've had many 500 coin orders show up as 133 lbs in UPS tracking system. In the end, I've only ever gotten the exact amount I ordered.

mikeef

Cool, my order has gone from backordered to "in stock and reserved," although it's still showing up as "on hold" under the order status, with no shipping info listed. From reading the FAQ and the past 85 pages, it seems to me that:

A) "on hold" is a rather nebulous term, and

B) the shipment should leave sometime soon, since they are no longer backordered

Mike

Xyzzy

After being "on hold" for a few days, your order will show up as "processing." it will likely show as being shipped the next day. The time from date of order to date of receipt is generally 8 to 10 days.

Carl Johnson

Yeah, I capped out the rewards on my wife's Citi Amex Platinum, plus achieved Hilton Gold status, and slowed way down. Now, though, I find that we can stay at the Conrad in Hong Kong at the VIP points levels, so that 7 days would be 205,000 points. I have enough for 6 days, I need to order enough to get up to 7. My wife also has a lot of points but is Silver, so maybe get her up to Gold so that we can use her points with Gold Status. Then a voice keeps whispering to me, why 7 days, why not 8? why not 10?

Also, 120,000 Alaska Airlines miles can allegedly be used for free first class on Cathay Pacific. So my voice says, that's only 240,000 coins! Less than two metric tons if you don't count the weight of the boxes! You can do that!

mikeef

Very cool. I ordered $5k worth, so I'm hoping for the expedited shipping.

Mike

Helena Handbaskets

You know what we need to do now?

We need to start calling and writing congressmen/women with Crane Paper (the company that makes currency paper) and Bureau of Engraving and Printing facilities in their jurisdictions. And maybe also those who represent manufacturers of bill-changing machines or even vending machines if we can determine that vending machine vendors don't want to rework their machines to accept dollar coins. Or the representatives of anyone else we can find who has a stake in opposing the elimination of the paper $1 note.

We need to lobby Congress to enact a "circulating $1 note" program to counteract the unfair assault on the greenback being perpetrated by the US Mint. The bill will encourage the use of paper $1 notes by offering them for sale at face value with free shipping, and no upper limit on the order quantity. Since it would be meaningless to accept paper money payments, the only accepted payment options would be credit cards and $1 coins.

When bank tellers complain about our coin deposits, we can encourage them to support our legislation.

We'd eliminate the coin deposit hassle, and the competetive nature of the two programs would ensure their continued survival well past the time the coin program would otherwise die a natural death.

Then all we'd have to worry about is SARs and suspicious Amex spending analysts.