After being a daily breakfast regular at the Bellevue Specialty's since last August, I was told this morning they could no longer accept my $1 coins.

Believing in responsible consumerism, I have sent them the following letter via feedback at specialtysdirect.com, and will no longer spend money with them unless I get a favorable response.

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I have been buying breakfast from the Bellevue, WA Specialty's every workday since last August.  Every day, I pay in $1 coins, which I prefer to paper money.  I spent $2-3 a day on various breakfast rolls.

This morning I was told they could no longer accept dollar coins "because there is no place to enter them on the deposit slip".  This decision came from management.  Apparently, my money is literally not good enough.  I am shocked that management finds it too inconvenient to deposit this money.  In fact, why deposit it?  Why not hand it out?  Some people actually like dollar coins.

I've gotten a lot of reactions to my use of dollar coins, but complete rejection of them has never been one. 

Being a part-time business owner myself, I'm shocked that you would treat a good, constant customer this way, when my only offense is to add a small decision to a managers day.  You either write it in the $1 bills section, or you write it in a blank area of the deposit slip.  OR you give it back to other customers.  It's really not that hard, and not worth loosing a customer.  Or is it?

Unless I find this policy is reversed, I will no longer be a regular (or a customer of any kind) at Specialty's.  There is a Starbucks next door, and my own building has a locally-owned cafe.

My small group of friends and co-workers (many of whom lunch at Specialty's) will also be hearing about this decision.

Thank you.