Penny Ante

[Tama]

Well, I wanted a good story for the forums and I finally got one.

So I'm just hanging around, when these guys come up with an electronic device. (For the life of me I cannot remember what it was) and the total came up to about $100.

The boys open a backpack that they were carrying with them.

Penny rolls.

There. Were. Penny. Rolls!

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH.

They had gone to a bank, cashed a check and ACTUALLY ASKED FOR PENNIES.

When asked why they said because they wanted to be the first to "do it" here. Aka, they wanted to be the first to pay with all pennies.

I feel sorrier for the CSM who had to get out the little scale (you Malmart people will know what I am talking about) and measure the rolls to make sure there was $100 there.) And there were a heckuva lot of rolls.

[ZedOmega]

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Someone... paid for a gadget... using 200 penny rolls.

Please tell me you punched him or placed a curse on him or glared at him or something!

[LadyAndreca]

Okay, and I thought I had it bad when someone gave me $300 in $5 bills today. At least 60 $5 bills are relatively useful. Did you have to actually take the pennies?

[Cookie]

Well, I wanted a good story for the forums and I finally got one.

Be careful what you wish for.

[Tama]

Yes. It's money so we HAD to take it.

[Andara Bledin]

I feel sorrier for the CSM who had to get out the little scale (you Malmart people will know what I am talking about) and measure the rolls to make sure there was $100 there.) And there were a heckuva lot of rolls.

Why did you even accept it? There's nothing that says you have to take any form of currency if you don't feel like it, and you certainly have the right to refuse to take currency brought for the sole purpose of harassing the staff.

If anybody had ever tried that with me, they'd have been out the door post haste.

Yes. It's money so we HAD to take it.

Since you're talking pennies, I'm going to assume you're in the US (which could still be wrong).

You do not have to take pennies. Ever. You could put up a sign and say you're only accepting lima beans for the week if you felt like it and nobody could say "boo" so long as it was posted prominently and your price tags were changed to match.

US currency is only legally required to be accepted in cases of repayment of a debt (a sale is not a debt) and certain other situations. Just as liquor stores and fast food places can and often do refuse any bill over $20, any one of those places can also refuse to accept more than a "reasonable" amount in pennies, and it can be successfully argued that more than a dollar is unreasonable.

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[Tama]

This is Malmart though. They take any money accepted in whatever country it is the Malmart in question is in....

If there are Malmarts elsewhere, well...

[Magpie]

You do not have to take pennies. Ever. You could put up a sign and say you're only accepting lima beans for the week if you felt like it and nobody could say "boo" so long as it was posted prominently and your price tags were changed to match.

The way I heard it (granted, I'm in Canada, but we have so-called pennies here) is that policies like that are iffy unless they're posted.

[Bandit]

Back in the dark ages (early '90s), I knew I guy who was right pissed off with his landlord and he paid in pennies.

$900+ (IIRC) in pennies.

He had to borrow a cow-orkers truck to deliver them, and arrange with the bank for a special delivery, but he did it.

I saw the pictures - it was quite the clown show trying to deal with the weight on the floor of the office.

B

[JustaCashier]

You know, this is one of those situations (since the penny rolls couldn't be refused, and employees couldn't scold these morons), to have at least one customer behind them in line, rip them a new one, for not only making your job unreasonbly difficult, but also for the inconvenience to the other customers having to wait for the transaction to be finalized

I'm kinda torn as to whether I would have rather seen another customer use some longshoreman type language used on them, or just plain shaming and humiliation.

Mike

[Zeddmore]

You know, this is one of those situations (since the penny rolls couldn't be refused, and employees couldn't scold these morons), to have at least one customer behind them in line, rip them a new one, for not only making your job unreasonbly difficult, but also for the inconvenience to the other customers having to wait for the transaction to be finalized

I'm kinda torn as to whether I would have rather seen another customer use some longshoreman type language used on them, or just plain shaming and humiliation.

Mike

If I had been behind those two D-bags in line I think I would've done my damndest to beat them to death with their own bag full of pennies. No jury would've convicted me.

[Tama]

Might have been hard to, the straps of the backpack were actually a bit...ripped.

[BlaqueKatt]

Why did you even accept it? There's nothing that says you have to take any form of currency if you don't feel like it, and you certainly have the right to refuse to take currency brought for the sole purpose of harassing the staff.<snip>
You do not have to take pennies. Ever. You could put up a sign and say you're only accepting lima beans for the week if you felt like it and nobody could say "boo" so long as it was posted prominently and your price tags were changed to match.

US currency is only legally required to be accepted in cases of repayment of a debt (a sale is not a debt) and certain other situations.

the lady is correct-
Snopes
US treasury

[Andara Bledin]

Snopes

I Snopes.

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[vstorevigilante]

I had someone pay for two movie tickets (total came to $17 at the time) with all quarters, he dumped them on the counter... on a Friday night.. and slowly counted them out while his friend laughed hysterically. I wanted to choke him.

... but $100 in pennies!?!?!?!?!?! I will never complain about quarter guy again. That's just ridiculous!

The way I heard it (granted, I'm in Canada, but we have so-called pennies here) is that policies like that are iffy unless they're posted.

I read in a book about weird Canadian laws that you can't pay for anything with more than 25 LOOSE pennies, but I don't know what the policy on rolled ones is, either