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By Not_you17 - 09/09/2011 04:04 - United States

Today, I needed to pay off a $35 parking ticket. To try and get some sort of revenge, I went to the bank and got 3,500 pennies, dumped them into a bucket, and refused to pay with anything besides the pennies. They called the police. I was arrested and cited $147. FML
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Ok so here is an update, they canceled my $147 fine because I was using 100% legal us tender. However in order to pay off the $35 in pennies they had to either be rolled by the bank or I had to count them 1 by 1, so I rolled 'em.

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Zaffro 8

What on earth for? What did they cite you with? There's no violation of any law civil or criminal there...

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airforce987 20

A bucket full of pennies is a perfectly legitimate way to pay. They are legal tender. An idiotic way to pay would be like with sticks of gum.

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j3ebrules 13

Unless you're the guy who made the news for this, which you're not because this happened ages ago, you are full of crap, and you don't have the balls to even try this.

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SesshomarusFilly 4

no matter HOW you were paying your fine the fact was you were paying it. they can't do that....... they were just sore that they were getting $35 in all pennies. i'd say go back with the $147 in pennies and do it again, they try the same stunt then take em to court or something. they can't fine you more for paying a fine in pennies simply cuz its pennies.

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spump 1

Pennies aren't considered legitimate currency, although they can be used as change. It's really weird. IDK what they could site you for though

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thatoneshadykid 2

I would appeal that. I remember a kid in Florida who did the same thing when his car was impounded and he called the cops; the cops made the impound lot accept the pennies.

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whyme687 1

I don't believe this, because they would be legally required to accept legal tender.

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Bruce317 0

b.s. they can't refuse this, I've seen it first hand

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Alec1834 0

Lol you are a major bad ass

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cleolappost 0

that's a ticket u can fight..... money is money.... unless you were a jerk.

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skanky 4

I'm pretty sure you copied this story because I've heard it before on the news. If not, YDI for being a public nuisance & for trying to get revenge on the wrong person. The one taking your money for the ticket isn't the one who wrote the ticket. And isn't it silly to try to get revenge for something when you were the one who parked in the wrong place to get the ticket?

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