All of our banks that have a SKU beginning with AMB will NOT ship from March 10-15. Shipments will resume March 16th. These banks are various species of animals.

Over the years we have frequently been asked for banks that have to be broken to access money. We are in the process of adding around 50 banks that have no money plug but will need to be broken. These banks have all been made in Mexico and are made of plaster. We will create a page just for them. Plaster is a rougher finish than resin or ceramic. It is literally hand made. These banks will be less expensive. For example, a 22 inch long piggy bank – yes, TWENTY TWO inches, will sell for $29.95. These banks will be made as they are ordered so allow time for that.

We offer the basic classic ceramic piggy bank in 8 different sizes. However, we are out of stock of a lot of colors in a lot of sizes. There are other banks that are also sold out. What happened? More sales over the Holiday than expected and we couldn’t replenish. China is closed down for much of February to celebrate their new year. It takes 23 days on the water to get from China to USA. What that means is if a bank wasn’t shipped by the end of January, it won’t be here until the end of March or early April. Timeframe depends on how much was manufactured before the factory closed down. We try to state on the web site when we EXPECT a shipment. If site is sold out and no status given, it means we don’t know. I would expect by mid-April we will be back in stock on the majority of banks.

BanksBanksBanks will be creating a new category page to feature our new eco-friendly banks. You will be able to crumble the banks and put it outside. In 6-12 months the bank will have “disappeared” and recycled back to the Earth! Pretty cool. The tag is for a dolphin bank. We have over a dozen eco-friendly banks now and will be getting more.

You will find several NEW banks that are eco-friendly. In case the eco-friendly bank needs to be thrown away, just smash it and place it outside. It will crumble and decompose in 6-12 months. Current eco-friendly banks include: frog, turtle, duck, sea lion, dolphin, surfer van, etc. We will be creating a new category page for these banks in February.

Wow! What a season we’ve had. Thank you ALL for so much business for our coin and piggy banks. Let me take a moment to mention two things –

- situation with 11, 12, 13 inch piggy banks
- NEW banks arriving

I’ll start with the new. We have gotten two new banks from Mud Pie that are so cute, big flowers, one is lavender, one pink. We had been told that their dino and gator were discontinued – but, guess what they’re not! 2010 they appear again.

From a different manufacturer we are getting a castle, a pyramid, a surfer van and a man in space. Very cool. We will have at least 30 new banks on our site before year end. Keep checking the NEW page.

We have many corporations that use banks as a giveaway. Some have their corporate name put on the bank, some use a “necklace” which hangs around the neck. There are many ways to get your message across. One zoo used animal banks! According to your timeline we can be fairly creative with large quantities. We also discount large orders. Talk to us.

Please contact us with any questions at: gloria@banksbanksbanks.com

We sell banks to many different animal groups. Some create a “necklace” which they put around the neck of the cat or dog with their name on it. Some attach their logo decal. We also created an Artist Original piggy bank that says “Please Feed Me” with paw prints on it. The most successful idea has been the stuffed animal banks. The cat “meows” and the dog “barks” when coins are inserted. The feedback has been that the same location with the stuffed animal brings in more money. The thought being that kids like to hear the sound the bank makes when coins are inserted – so more money is inserted! There are so many ideas. Most of these organizations had been using glass jars or a “tired” bank. From our feedback the donations increase fairly dramatically when the new banks became the collection jars.

Since I am a Rotarian, I was pleased when an incoming president of a California Rotary Club gave a piggy bank to every member. Rotary presidents change the first of July. The new president had every member take the bank home with them. Some members put it on their bedroom dresser. Some members put it on the counter in their business. Every 3 months the members brought their piggy bank back to the meeting and emptied it’s contents, then took it back with them. The money raised in the piggy banks is to fund a specific project in their community. Last I heard thousands of dollars had been collected using the pigs. And, the members all loved the idea. Another Rotary president who is a realtor used the Victorian House Bank on our site.

We have several businesses that purchase baby banks. They use the bank to collect donations for a week. The money goes to the employee who is about to have a baby. Employee can be the father-to-be or the mother-to-do. The most I’ve heard raised using the baby bank was $1,200! (Yes, with one bank in one week. I want to work in that office.) There are churches that also give out banks to every newborn. We have customers who are stockbrokers or investment advisors who always give a bank to a client’s newborn. One knows that having a child is expensive. Using a piggy bank let’s a group say they care. We can personalize the bank with “Baby Jones” so anyone seeing the bank knows who the money is for.