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So the minimum price in the bookstore is a quarter - no tax. One of my shifts consistently deposits large amounts of assorted coin.

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Jun 23 '15, 20:56

Now I know there are occasional customers who clean out their loose change to buy a 25-cent book but today this guy's deposit of about $52 included over $12 in coin.

Guess I'll have to somehow ask him how this is happening :/

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I suspect changing cash out, either for himself or others. -- nm - mafic Jun 23, 21:10 3
- Yep, and I'm the one who has to explain I have to count it, cash it out, and take it to Coinstar because banks don't like large amts of loose change. -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 21:23 2
  - my favourite one of these: a bank near a friend's house in Vancouver had a coin counting service, he took his mass of coins in. - mafic Jun 23, 21:30 1
    - Since I discovered Coinstar will issue Amazon credit - and not take a commission - it's no problem to use that. It's the counting so I can balance the - Meg Jun 23, 21:57
Sounds like he's literally shaking down the customers -- nm - JD Jun 23, 20:57 3
- Figure he's either panhandling on the side or cashing out change for some of the folk that live in the park :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 21:00 2
  - Or it's the chickens. -- nm - tobor.2 Jun 23, 21:13 1
    - If it was breadcrumbs I could buy that :) -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 21:25

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So the minimum price in the bookstore is a quarter - no tax. One of my shifts consistently deposits large amounts of assorted coin.

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