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Man pays 14K property taxes in rolled coins and dollar bills.....

the upside is, at least he's not a dead beat, he actually paid his property taxes... even if it was mostly in coins...LOL...
 
I had a friend who paid an auto excise tax bill at his town hall in pennies; not rolled coin, but rather a bag full. I think the bill was less than $100.00 & the clerk refused to count it. My friend told her that she has to take it (most likely beligerantly) and she called the cops on him. The cops were giving my friend a hard time, but in the end, that the clerk had to take it.
 
I'm surprised they didn't refuse to take it and tell himto go to the bank and get large bills. I had $150 in rolled pennies i tried to deposit at my local branch and they told me i had to take it to the main branch because the didn't have the space to store it all.
 
A business having to accept cash as payment in nothing more than an old wifes tale, it has no basis in fact. While the opposite is ststedmy the United States Treasury.
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Businesses Must Accept “Dollars,” but Not Cash
This means that US notes and coins are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. However, although businesses must accept dollars, that doesn’t mean they literally have to take your big wad of bill,s which is bulky, difficult to make change for, and, frankly, a breeding ground for germs. A vendor can usually put reasonable conditions on the manner in which they will accept dollars, and one of those conditions can be that they’ll only accept dollars electronically, via credit card. Or, as the US Treasury explains on their website, “Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise.”So far, Legal Lad has yet to find a state law that mandates payment in cash. In fact, as we discussed in our earlier episodes, courts in a number of states have dismissed challenges to various no-cash policies.

Source: http://legallad.quickanddirtytips.com/legal-tender.aspx
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the facts, just the facts
 
Exactly right. Just as many stores won't accept $100 bills in case they're counterfeit, they also don't have to accept any other coin or bill. If they want to lose a sale, they're legally entitled to refuse your coins.
 
LMAO! If you have to take the time to count and roll those coins who is really losing out. Those stories are as old as time and each time I think the same thing. Person cutting hand off to spite face. Coins dont just count themselves and are heavy and bulky to use. Who is the person really being incovienenced. The person getting paid to count them or the person dealing with them on their own time...hahahahaha STOOPID !
 
I wouldn't mind having that kind of money wrapped up in change..
 
Here is what Snopes says. It says coin and currency is the "DEFAULT" method of payment, which is correct. You know what that means? That means if any merchant refuses it, you will WIN in a court battle. That's good enough for me.
 
Funny...

Just like the guy who paid $137 ticket in dollar bills folded into pigs and placed into donut boxes.
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case in point..LOL

But I do have a question though... where when how and why was "pig" first used to insult a cop?

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RustyRatRod said:
Here is what Snopes says. It says coin and currency is the "DEFAULT" method of payment, which is correct. You know what that means? That means if any merchant refuses it, you will WIN in a court battle. That's good enough for me.
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All spends the same.. I would take it..LOL
 
Wow. Gotta admire the tenacity of a person who will obtain 137 dollar bills and then origami 137 pigs before using it to pay parking tickets.
 
Well good enough for one is whatever one Chooses to think. even though it has no basis in fact or law.

The whole default thing is clearly explained. It is a unit of measure. rather than a piece of paper or metal

In addition to that there are documented cases where that premise has been taken to court and lost many times.

When it comes to United States currency, Its Production, Uses and Acceptance. The United States Treasury has the final word, irreguardless of uninformed opinion propagated as fact.
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I thought that United States currency was legal tender for all debts. Some businesses or governmental agencies say that they will only accept checks, money orders or credit cards as payment, and others will only accept currency notes in denominations of $20 or smaller. Isn't this illegal?
The pertinent portion of law that applies to your question is the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled "Legal tender," which states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues."

This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.

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http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/currency/pages/legal-tender.aspx
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It just don't get better than that!
So sorry snoops
 
Rusty, sorry to disagree with you, but you've got it backwards. What the law says is that anyone in the US can demand payment in US dollars if they so desire, and the person who owes the debt has to pay in dollars. It is not the other way around. There is no law that says anyone has to take cash if they don't want to. If they don't take cash it is called bartering and that is perfectly legal in this country.

Airlines and car rental agencies have refused to take cash for years. I work in the hotel industry and many of them have stopped taking cash too. Most stock brokers and investment companies will not accept cash anymore because to do so they come under reporting requirements of the Patriot Act. Banks also have to report to the federal government anyone depositing or withdrawing more than $10,000 in cash. And, anyone who accepts over $10,000 in cash for payment of anything has to report it to the IRS by filing form 8300. I wonder if the tax office that took the guy's money in the article reported him?

http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small...ting-Cash-Payments-of-Over-$10,000-(Form-8300)
 
Oh and by the way I did a little more research and here is what Snoops ACTUALLY says
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Care for some jelly beans?
 
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