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Pillar of the Community
United States
505 Posts |
I tried using some susan b's at a local racetrack to make a bet.....but was laughed at.....he only took them after his manager told him to.By the way,I wish he would have turned them down,as I lost the bet!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1219 Posts |
Coinage Act of 1965, Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, Entitled 'Legal Tender'. United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues. However there is no Federal statue which mandates that private businesses must accept cash as a form of payment. Private busisnesses are free to develope their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a 'state law' which says otherwise. Looks like your going to have to take this up with the state of Maine. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
Elimist, where in Maine are you moving to?
If you don't like Maine you could always move over here to New Hampshire.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
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Elimist, where in Maine are you moving to?
If you don't like Maine you could always move over here to New Hampshire. Bangor. I'm going to Husson University there. Both my parents are from Maine (Father from Madison/Skowgegan, Mother from Kennebunk) so I have a lot of family and friends up there. I know the area very well. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4870 Posts |
I just don't think its "good business" to refuse US currency as a payment wether its coins or not. Money is money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5618 Posts |
"Time to Elect new Selectmen", Who ever they are,What ever they do, I do not think I like their way of doing things...I would NOT of let them refuse my money, I would of stood strong and called upon a higher authority,Unless there was a sign stating they do not accept these coins, That's just me, I do not like an unlevel "playing field"!  PS: What is a charlie card?? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4870 Posts |
If a bank refused my money I would close my account and go elsewhere.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
A charlie card is use to ride the "T" in Boston. You load money onto a card and just swipe it to ride the train
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New Member
United States
3 Posts |
Ugh....don't tell me that. I'm moving to maine this August to get away from the hicks down here in Louisiana.-Elimist
Yep, hicks in LOUISIANA?, name calling on this forum?
I am from Louisana and we speak French, Spanish and English, we Acadians actually came from the Canadian Maritimes and Maine area, we find hick to be a racist and name baiting moniker.
Cajuncoin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
Yeah, the name calling should be stopped...
Do people in LA still use French widely in everyday conversation? THAT IS SO COOL.
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
I'm sure "Hicks" was not being used in a derogatory manner. It also certainly wasn't directed at a single individual. We are a family friendly forum so we tend to all get along very well with each other.
-Tennessee Redneck
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Valued Member
 United States
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To all those that were offended by my use of the word "hicks", I apologize. But I would comment that to become offended by the use of a word is perhaps over reacting. And as to that word being "racist", that is the most ridiculous thing that I have heard in all my 64 years. But I realize that some people have to have something to complain about, and the major issues of the day, such as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the medical crisis that this nation faces, and not to mention, global warming, are not suitable for some. Enough said on my soapbox...I hope
dean shelton, a ridge-runner from Kentucky and proud of it. Now a Mainiac by adoption and proud of that too.
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New Member
United States
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Hick was taken to mean a Slow, stupid person, usually backwards in the South. Apologies accepted and acknowledged.
And yes in southern Louisiana French is still spoken quite a bit, our heritage runs from the Maritimes and Maine area, New Brunswick is an Acadien stronghold and the Cajuns (Acadiens) came from there in 1755 when exiled by the British Govt.
I have some French Colonial Coins which have been handed down, our heritage is different from the english heritage of the 13 colonies, we in Louisiana were a French and spanish Possession until 1803. In the Louisiana Purchase area, there were two mints, one at New Orleans (1836-1909)and the one at Denver which opened in 1906.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As MorgansRmine said, you have no case, they are under no obligation to accept the dollar coins or any other form of legal tender. Your only case would be to offer the dollars and document that the payment was declined (witnesses would be good) and then wait until you get a ticket then bring it up in court that you did make a legal attempt to make payment and it was declined. (Of course you DO still owe the debt an have to come so some wauy to make payment before a certain date, so you would probably still lose the case. But you should not have to pay any late fees because you weren't late.)
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Valued Member
United States
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Do people in LA still use French widely in everyday conversation? THAT IS SO COOL omg yes, I woke up yesterday morning to two old people having a loud conversation in french for 15 minutes, and my family uses french for casual conversations with each other as we are part of the french community here in Lewiston. |
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