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#1 2011-06-07 06:22:01
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Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime? Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
West isn't alone in the ranks of penny protesters. A wise guy in Frederick, Maryland, showed up at the county clerk's office last summer with bags of cash to pay off his tax bill with $966.86 in change.
And a New Jersey school district a few years back punished 29 students who paid for their $2 school lunches in pennies--possibly as a prank--with two-day detentions. After parents protested, the students were pardoned. The school explained that the use of the small change slowed down the lunch line.
I posted this to see your opinions. ^Discuss^ (exerpted from a yahoo story)
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#5 2011-06-07 06:33:05
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Harakou wrote:
I wonder if he paid the fine in pennies too?
I think he was just sent to court for it and he'll be let out in like 5 days because of the lack of importance in the crime and then if he does it again they'll probably punish him further.
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#6 2011-06-07 06:59:15
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
This reminds me of this video.
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(Unless pennies don't exist in your particular country)
Um... pennies don't exist in my country. The smallest coin here is 10 cents.
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#7 2011-06-07 07:17:55
Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Smallest coin in Australia is 5 cents and they want to get ride of that. Before you know it they'll start printing $1000 notes.
I have attempted to pay back $25 in $1 coins to my mum and she said no. So I payed in $5 notes instead.
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#8 2011-06-07 07:29:32
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
LOL I saw that story a few hours ago. They can't do anything to him; it's not illegal.
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#9 2011-06-07 09:21:28
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
If they don't like people paying money in pennies, they should stop coining the penny...
(pffff government idiots...)
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#11 2011-06-07 13:46:05
Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
SpriteMaster wrote:
No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime? Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
West isn't alone in the ranks of penny protesters. A wise guy in Frederick, Maryland, showed up at the county clerk's office last summer with bags of cash to pay off his tax bill with $966.86 in change.
And a New Jersey school district a few years back punished 29 students who paid for their $2 school lunches in pennies--possibly as a prank--with two-day detentions. After parents protested, the students were pardoned. The school explained that the use of the small change slowed down the lunch line.
I posted this to see your opinions. ^Discuss^ (exerpted from a yahoo story)
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#12 2011-06-07 13:49:26
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Pennies are the worst. We should get rid of them like the Canadians. They're useless
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#13 2011-06-07 13:54:27
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
I took two coin bags full of change to a week-long school trip, where we stayed in dorms. On the Thursday, we got to go to a gifts kiosk, where a grumpy guy got mad when I paid £3.50 in loose change xD It took forever to count it out, the queue was huge!
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#14 2011-06-07 14:00:13
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
I think it's a bit silly to fine someone for trying to pay a bill in pennies. I've paid in pennies for a lot of things. There's no law against paying in pennies. Small change can slow down a line, but if that's the case, why not just ask customers to use penny rolls for easier counting, or have a coin counter machine installed somewhere so people can change the coins into bills?
Although it makes me wonder how people manage to carry all those pennies around. One time I out in a $20 bill in exchange for quarters at an arcade, and even that was pretty heavy. I can't imagine how $20 in pennies must feel.
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#15 2011-06-07 14:03:37
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Well, if you have pennies, what's the point of not using them? It's just silly.
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#16 2011-06-07 14:10:54
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
WindozeNT wrote:
SpriteMaster wrote:
No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime? Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
West isn't alone in the ranks of penny protesters. A wise guy in Frederick, Maryland, showed up at the county clerk's office last summer with bags of cash to pay off his tax bill with $966.86 in change.
And a New Jersey school district a few years back punished 29 students who paid for their $2 school lunches in pennies--possibly as a prank--with two-day detentions. After parents protested, the students were pardoned. The school explained that the use of the small change slowed down the lunch line.
I posted this to see your opinions. ^Discuss^ (exerpted from a yahoo story)
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#17 2011-06-07 14:15:55
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
XD
i remember when i was about 6 years old, Lego Star Wars first came out for the PS2. i paid for it in entirely change.
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#18 2011-06-07 14:42:00
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Also I heard that payment in small coins can be refused
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#19 2011-06-07 16:10:06
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Ah, our great world today.
He should pay the fine entirely in pennies.
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#20 2011-06-07 16:16:30
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
Pennies are the worst. We should get rid of them like the Canadians. They're useless
Canadians got rid of pennies?
Weird, cause I have a Canadian penny sitting on my desk right now. *Suspicious face*
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#22 2011-06-07 16:22:48
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He payed a fee for paying a fee.
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