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Sep 24, 2009, 10:52 pm
#4711
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: California, SMF
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Sep 25, 2009, 4:53 am
#4712
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: ABQ, NM
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Anyway to stay on topic, it looks like the MVBs are now backordered to 10/10/09 as well as the NAs. Luckily I got my two boxes and now I can look forward to seeing the bemusement on people's faces when I give them a coin with some crazy looking bald guy on it.
Sep 25, 2009, 7:24 am
#4713
Join Date: Nov 1999
Programs: UA, DL, AA, Sutherlands Lumber
Posts: 7,359
My UPS driver is pumped. Dollar coins provide great winter traction.
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BTW, Chasey makes a good point. Kinda hard to dance around it. Let's try to keep this thread alive.
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BTW, Chasey makes a good point. Kinda hard to dance around it. Let's try to keep this thread alive.
Last edited by pierre mclopez; Sep 25, 2009 at 7:32 am
Sep 25, 2009, 7:58 am
#4714
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: BDL
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Posts: 5,351
My dry cleaner only takes cash, but is happy to take 2 $25 rolls for a bill of $32 and give me change in paper bills
My wife's chiropractor only takes cash or check; it's easy to pay a $25 co pay with a roll of dollar coins.
Sep 25, 2009, 8:13 am
#4715
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York
Posts: 13,644
I had gotten some questions a couple of pages back about the Fidelity cards and the 1.5% vs. the 2% cards. I have the 1.5% card (which is 1.5% for the first 15k and 2% on anything over that). Interesing tidbit: My first credit card bill just had its first cycle and totaled about 40K (coins and bank accounts), and I was expecting to get 72,500 points (1.5X for the first 15K, 2X for the remainder). Instead, they gave me 2% on the whole amount. I'm wondering if the card doesn't "recognize" the first 15,000, since it was part of a larger bill that put it in excess of the threshhold.
Mike
ETA: On a totally different subject, I'm going to start holding some coins back to put them into circulation.
Mike
ETA: On a totally different subject, I'm going to start holding some coins back to put them into circulation.
Sep 25, 2009, 8:13 am
#4716
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,763
Therefore my limitation is 3000 at a time, in terms of moving them, and using the wheeled cart as help. The wheeled cart actually is a folding box with telescope handle and 2 wheels. I got it free at Office Max last year when it was on sale at 9.99 50% off, and I had a $10 coupon - bought a 0.06 X'mas pencil per the kind cashier's suggest, so to use the $10 coupon. :P
Last edited by Happy; Sep 25, 2009 at 8:20 am
Sep 25, 2009, 8:58 am
#4717
Join Date: May 2001
Location: RSW/FMY
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)
There was an article in yesterday's WSJ that says Citibank is going to pull back from having branches where it isn't competitive, and focus on 6 retail markets (IIRC, NYC, WAS, MIA, ORD, SFO and LAX). Too bad; I liked being able to pay off my Citi card with coins directly at the Citi branch, to spread them around a bit more.
There was an article in yesterday's WSJ that says Citibank is going to pull back from having branches where it isn't competitive, and focus on 6 retail markets (IIRC, NYC, WAS, MIA, ORD, SFO and LAX). Too bad; I liked being able to pay off my Citi card with coins directly at the Citi branch, to spread them around a bit more.
Sep 25, 2009, 9:04 am
#4718
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 253
Weight?
From the above, I gather that the weight of these coins is about 20lbs per $1,000. Could somebody please advise if this is correct? Each roll ($25) weighs about 1/2 lb?? I have just started but missed the UPS man by about 15 minutes this AM -ugh!
Sep 25, 2009, 9:09 am
#4719
Join Date: Nov 1999
Programs: UA, DL, AA, Sutherlands Lumber
Posts: 7,359
Re: ETA....I'm looking for a tri-fold wallet with a bit of a coin purse inside. In Canada or Europe, I like to keep small change in my pocket and "large" change in my wallet.....it's a little saner.
Last edited by pierre mclopez; Sep 25, 2009 at 9:19 am
Sep 25, 2009, 9:33 am
#4720
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NY
Programs: The local deli gives me 1 free sandwich after I buy 10
Posts: 4,026
We're added a lot of exclusive member privileges and shopping tools to help you enjoy the U.S. Mint's new online catalog. Organize all your member information from this convenient page. Be sure to check back for the latest member services
Nice changes to 'my accounts' page on the Mints website. Less clicking to check on orders
Nice changes to 'my accounts' page on the Mints website. Less clicking to check on orders
Sep 25, 2009, 9:44 am
#4721
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 6,189
Alright, to rephrase myself...There's a certain subculture of older female employees who are somewhat bitter to be working at a Walgreens or Circle K in their 50s and not only do they have a jerk of an ex-husband and ungrateful children but now some joker is making them count out a bunch of dollar coins that nobody will take as change and will sit in her cash drawer for days costing her time when she has to count out her drawer at the end of each shift.
Anyway to stay on topic, it looks like the MVBs are now backordered to 10/10/09 as well as the NAs. Luckily I got my two boxes and now I can look forward to seeing the bemusement on people's faces when I give them a coin with some crazy looking bald guy on it.
Anyway to stay on topic, it looks like the MVBs are now backordered to 10/10/09 as well as the NAs. Luckily I got my two boxes and now I can look forward to seeing the bemusement on people's faces when I give them a coin with some crazy looking bald guy on it.
I once plonked 5 of them down and the lady said, "We don't take tokens."
I was nice and patient though. Part of me wanted to shoot back, "Do I look like Chuck E Cheese?"
Sep 25, 2009, 9:45 am
#4722
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: IAD, and sometimes OMNI/PR. Currently: not far from IAD, but home will always be SAN (not far from the "touch my junk and I'll have you arrested" Memorial TSA Check Point) even if I'm not there so much these days.
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Sep 25, 2009, 9:46 am
#4723
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: America's Finest City
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Is the dolly just awkward? I'm a little old lady and have no trouble with 15K (300 pounds) in a supermarket cart.
Sep 25, 2009, 10:08 am
#4724
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 1,139
Alright, to rephrase myself...There's a certain subculture of older female employees who are somewhat bitter to be working at a Walgreens or Circle K in their 50s and not only do they have a jerk of an ex-husband and ungrateful children but now some joker is making them count out a bunch of dollar coins that nobody will take as change and will sit in her cash drawer for days costing her time when she has to count out her drawer at the end of each shift.
Anyway to stay on topic, it looks like the MVBs are now backordered to 10/10/09 as well as the NAs. Luckily I got my two boxes and now I can look forward to seeing the bemusement on people's faces when I give them a coin with some crazy looking bald guy on it.
Anyway to stay on topic, it looks like the MVBs are now backordered to 10/10/09 as well as the NAs. Luckily I got my two boxes and now I can look forward to seeing the bemusement on people's faces when I give them a coin with some crazy looking bald guy on it.
On a serious note, I have learned to open the boxes with a pair of pliers. All of that tearing open of boxes with hands causes soreness.
Sep 25, 2009, 10:09 am
#4725
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Chicago
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Posts: 882
Chicago Trib:Trading Coins For Bills Without Paying A Fee Can be Nearly Impossible
When I first saw the title of this article in the Chicago Tribune I was a concerned as I thought it was going to spill the beans on the $1 Coin deal to the whole world. Fortunately, the it was not about dollar coins, but coin counting and acceptance in general.
Trading Coins For Bills Without Paying A Fee Can be Nearly Impossible
Trading Coins For Bills Without Paying A Fee Can be Nearly Impossible
Last edited by OnAMileHigh; Sep 25, 2009 at 10:50 am Reason: link corrected.