BAD, BAD NOTES!

Today I entered 205 BAD notes that are should be destroyed bt the bank as being consideredated as "mutilated" notes. These note will not / can not be read by ATMs, parking lot machines, candy/pop machines, etc.

Most of the notes are $5 bills. Others were $10 bills.

There reasons for these notes being reported as POOR (FAIR at best) conditions are for the following reasons:

-torn
-missing pieces
-taped
-unreadable serial numbers
-severe folds
-missing colours (showing clear polymer)
-badly scratched "clear" windows
-melted areas
-some "idiot" writing all over the note in ink or felt marker in a 'discerning' way (I find these ones usually from the "other" well-known site, and MAY be written in French..I refuse to even enter those notes to give them a "hit"). I have on occasion, sent them a message with a nite to be more 'discreet' with their markings, but I suspect that its falls on deaf ears.

While 2 notes gave me hits (both to BANKCOLLECTOR), the others offered up no hits.

Some customers will even refuse to accept them and will ask for a different note.

The notes are NOT marked with the website info.

The couriers (Wells Fargo, G4S, GardaWorld, Brinks, etc) should be pulling them from their 'collections" but unfortunately they don't seems to care as they just count them, bundle them, and ship them out once again. Many ATM's will get loaded with the for dispensing, but will not accept them back. Bank Tellers should also be pulling them from there tills/machines/drawers but again many could care less about them. (and to think that some complain about a website stamp on the note🤬)

S0, tomorrow I will be taking them to a bank for exchange of larger notes with the directions that these notes should be scraped. I know that this is not what this website really wants but I don't believe that we should help in their distribution (nor should they bear our website info which would only bring dic=scredit toys in my humble opinion).

Should one of you have any "concerns" about this upcoming action, please feel free to PM me to discuss further.

Yes, as many of you know, I DO mark my entered notes (well, most of them) with a stamp but I do try do be careful on their placement so as to not interfere with there 'usability' (although the odd one does get "mushed", usually when using a brand new ink pad).

In closing, I must add that ALL the notes that I received have come from the banks were I have placed orders for bundles +/or bricks, who get them directly from their carrier 'provider'). Guess I should insist on BRAND NEW (MINT) condition notes in the future.

From my estimates, the notes I get from BNS are perhaps 10-15% FR condition or worse and should be sent for destruction. Around half would be VG or worse. I don't mark the stuff that should be destroyed, I just enter it and deposit it into a credit union savings account that still uses envelopes in their ATM.

With TD, I'd get a lot of VG notes, but nothing that bad. RBC will not dispense anything lower than a F most of the time. HSBC and Vancity are usually very good as well.

I keep using BNS because their locations are convenient and I've had some sour experiences with the other banks. I guess I'll just keep dealing with their poor note condition.
They also spit out quite a few series 2001-2006 paper notes from time to time, so that's a pro.

Here in Richmond and Vancouver, all the banks and credit unions stock exclusively UNC notes between mid December and late February due to Chinese New Year. Always a good time to max out entry limits for that reason.

STOP ! You said two of those bills are my entries? Please cull them from your herd and leave them in play. Work Ethic is gone and young people do not care. I remember the days when a teller always faced the bills she/he was handing you your withdrawal and they were counted in front of you. Now the run the pile through a machine to count them and the stacks you received are very seldom faces and some bills as you say are trash. Now on your second comment ask for mint fresh is a special order and they will want to charge you a fee for that.