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Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies
#14573461 - 06/07/11 09:32 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110606/od_yblog_upshot/penny-offense-man-fined-for-paying-fee-in-pennies
Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies By Claudine Zap
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.
The story, reported in the Salt Lake City Deseret News, describes the "penny offense" this way: West, 38, did not believe he owed the medical clinic $25 but came in to pay the fee in person. He first asked the clinic staff if the facility accepted cash payments, and then dumped 2,500 pennies onto the counter and demanded that they be counted.
But West apparently hadn't counted on the clinic calling the police; the arresting officer contended that West's protest served "no legitimate purpose." The charge carries a fine that can go as high as $140--and there's no word as yet on what currency West will use to pay it.
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.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: twighead]
#14573467 - 06/07/11 09:34 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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lord have mercy
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: DeadHearts]
#14573492 - 06/07/11 09:42 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: twighead]
#14573507 - 06/07/11 09:47 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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legal tender is legal tender right?
im with the guy
he probably acted a fool though
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: twighead]
#14573528 - 06/07/11 09:51 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I always pay for my McDonald's breakfast with nickels and dimes. The bitch doesn't even count that shit any more.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: ifoundwaldo]
#14573532 - 06/07/11 09:52 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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what a joke.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: The Ecstatic]
#14573539 - 06/07/11 09:54 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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he coulda at least rolled em.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: twighead]
#14573590 - 06/07/11 10:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This isn't the first time this has happened. There was a similar story a couple of years ago.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: Yacub]
#14573603 - 06/07/11 10:07 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've purchased a single hit of acid with quarters
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: Yacub]
#14573612 - 06/07/11 10:09 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Are men suppose to simply throw away pennys when given them to as change?! They should stop using pennies if people wont accept them.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: Cherk]
#14573620 - 06/07/11 10:10 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
cherokee said: legal tender is legal tender right?
For debts of ten dollars or more, the receiver can demand that the payment be dimes or larger.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: ShiVersblood]
#14573621 - 06/07/11 10:10 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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if you melt them down you can sell the metal for more than the pennies are worth
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: Cherk]
#14573627 - 06/07/11 10:11 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Should have rolled them bitches!
Quote:
cherokee said:he probably acted a fool though
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: ShiVersblood]
#14573630 - 06/07/11 10:12 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Are men suppose to simply throw away pennys when given them to as change?! They should stop using pennies if people wont accept them.
im with this.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: wocka]
#14573658 - 06/07/11 10:18 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
wocka said: Are men suppose to simply throw away pennys when given them to as change?! They should stop using pennies if people wont accept them.
im with this.
I consider pennies to be tax and coinstar fee buffers.
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Patlal
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: limestoneman]
#14573688 - 06/07/11 10:23 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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In Canada, using more than 25 pennies to pay for something is illegal. Unless they are rolled.
I found that on a weird laws website. To me, it makes sense... keep your fucking pennies or roll them
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: limestoneman]
#14573695 - 06/07/11 10:25 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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good idea.
if i ever have to pay a fine again. im going to pay with pennies. :thumbsup:
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: limestoneman]
#14573697 - 06/07/11 10:25 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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legal tender is legal tender. Rolled or not it doesnt matter. I would have said Count that shit bitch lol Ive paid for stuff in pennies to piss people off
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: Cherk]
#14573716 - 06/07/11 10:28 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
cherokee said: legal tender is legal tender right?
im with the guy
he probably acted a fool though
Yeah. The type of person likely to pay a 25$ bill with only pennies is the type of person likely to act like a twat while doing it.
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Re: Man charged with disorderly conduct for paying with pennies [Re: hippielauren]
#14573720 - 06/07/11 10:29 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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There was one court who allowed a man to pay a traffic ticket with pennies, except the judge would only accept it if the man counted them outloud in front of him was a few hundred dollars too
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