Thierry Cahez Executive Chef Paradise Point Resort & Spa
I don’t think he’s an idiot. Those coins are US legal tender. If he wants to protest his bank, he has every right, and he did it in a legal and clever way. Not very original, since I’ve seen people do with tolls, but it’s an effective way to send a message.
Ok tell me this how much time and effort did he have to put in to get 650 thousand pennys rolled up. He is an IDIOT
Thierry Cahez Executive Chef Paradise Point Resort & Spa
Indeed. Had an aunt do it this way. Always thought it was hilarious.
He has every right to protest his bank, and other people have every right to point out that if he’d put as much effort into not running up a huge bill as he put into “creatively” paying it he’d have never had any reason to protest them in the first place.
He was an IDIOT! He should have had someone video their refusal of the pennies. They are legal tender and if the bank refuses them then the debt is LEGALLY considered PAID IN FULL.
Actually, they are not legal tender for debts greater than 25 cents. Neither are nickels. Dimes used to be, and may still be. It depends upon whether dimes are now considered "minor coinage." When these laws were passed dimes (and higher value coins) had silver content equivalent to their value (based upon a 1792 law which defined a dollar as 371.25 grains of fine silver and is STILL the legal definition of a dollar).
The bank did have the option to accept the payment in the form presented, but they were not legally obligated to do so.
ML/NJ
“These coins are US legal tender”
Money is money.
No legal statue requiring private business to accept legal tender or coin in this case.
The commerce laws allow for anyone to refuse to allow payments by this kind of idiocy. They bank would have been within their rights under the commerce laws to charge him for the labor to open each roll, and load the coins and process through their coin counting and processing systems.