Posted on 03/17/2011 7:49:02 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MIRA MESA, Calif.- A California man upset with his bank for disallowing his requested refinance said he decided to pay off his $6,500 credit card bill entirely with pennies.
Thierry Cahez of San Diego County rolled 650,000 pennies in plastic, loaded them into crates and drove the lot to his Mira Mesa bank, KABC-TV, Los Angeles, reported.
Cahez was turned away by the bank several times but eventually was sent to a branch with a vault large enough to handle the coins.
Cahez said he opted to pay his credit card bill with pennies because he was turned down for a refinance and for the amount of charges and fees on his credit card, KABC-TV said Tuesday.
“The bank could have easily handed the guy a pamphlet that contained their policies and procedures for accepting a mass amount of coinage”
“IF” is for children. Do you know of a policy they have and can you provide a reference to such a policy?
No, I don’t know. Don’t care either.
The guy paying in pennies is a jerk. And would deserve any flack the bank put in his way - even if it is the much maligned Chase Bank. The guy wanting to pay in pennies is just as bad, or worse than Chase.
is that what he did?
By the way, every bank has a schedule of fees for services provided to their customers - and I imagine there is in there somewhere a fee for processing coins. The jerk paying in pennies should have been subjected to those fees.
ML/NJ
* The original Federal Reserve Notes were redeemable in GOLD, but WERE NOT legal tender. (They stayed this way until FDR outlawed possession of gold and BTW made FRNs legal tender.)
Not entirely sure. I was just pointing out that it would be all that time-consuming.
That happened to you too?
So, you believe that jerk banks should never have any negative feedback, that we should just smile at them and continue to give them our business and there should never be any negative consequences for being a jerk bank? You must not be an American.
Jerk people deserve whatever they get - even from a jerk bank.
(Jerry looks at Georges jug of change.)
JERRY: How much could you possibly have in there?
GEORGE: Its my money. What should I do? Throw it out the window? I know a guy who took his vacation on his change.
JERRY: Yeah? Whered he go, to an arcade?
GEORGE: (sarcastically) Thats funny. Youre a funny guy.
JERRY: Cmon, move up.
//cut//
(George is up to the teller. Jerry goes to another one.)
GEORGE: Oh, please. (to the teller) Can you change this into bills?
TELLER: Im sorry, sir. We cant do that.
JERRY: Do you want to go with him? You go. I dont mind.
GEORGE: Im not going with him. I dont even know the guy. (to the teller) Look, they did this for me before.
TELLER: Look, I can give you these and you can roll them yourself.
GEORGE: You want me to roll six thousand of these?! What, should I quit my job?!
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