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Edited by BigAppleBucky
08/06/2014 7:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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lol
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Funny but kind of awful. Creative though.
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 United States
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"If the money's short, then we'll probably go back into court" to ask for the full amount, along with the cost of counting the coins "and hopefully some sanctions," Gallo said. (emphasis mine) I will gladly take that job. Getting paid to search, uh, count coins? Yes. Yes I will.  |
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United States
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Love it! Wait, what is the typical response? Oh yeah..."It is legal tender". Shoe on the other foot.....brilliant!
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United States
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It cracks me up every time somebody does something like this. Back in college, a friend's father got a parking ticket and paid the whole thing in loose cents in a trash bag.
Still, I'm shocked that the US doesn't have some sort of caveat to the legal tender status of coins--in the UK I read that it's legal to refuse payment that includes more than 20 of a single type of coin under 1 pound face value.
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Still, I'm shocked that the US doesn't have some sort of caveat to the legal tender status of coins--in the UK I read that it's legal to refuse payment that includes more than 20 of a single type of coin under 1 pound face value.
Yeah I am also shocked you can get away with it in the US  ,speaking of legal tender in the UK- here is an interesting story that illustrates the issue  http://www.theguardian.com/money/sh...th-1p-and-2p |
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Still, I'm shocked that the US doesn't have some sort of caveat to the legal tender status of coins--in the UK I read that it's legal to refuse payment that includes more than 20 of a single type of coin under 1 pound face value. While there is no specific law, businesses do not have take these kinds of payments. The courts have continuously upheld a business's right to refuse these types of payments. The courts have held that these types of payment are burdensome,costlyand malicious to businesses and they do not have to accept them. So if you want to force this type of payment, you better have a good lawyer and a legitimate argument to convince a judge that this form of payment was necessary. |
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I think that in Illinois there is limit to the amount of pennies that can be used to pay a debt or service. But more than that, no where on the coin does it read "can be used to pay all public or private debt" as it says on our bills.
The insurance company is just being mean. The lawyer would be within his rights to submit a bill to the insurance company for time spent counting the coin at the lawyer's billing rate of however many hundreds of dollar an hour. Then the insurance company will be squealing.
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Posted 08/06/2014 7:54 pm
