Man Has Car Towed – Attempts to Pay in Pennies
When a Florida teen recently had his car towed he decided to pay the towing company fees ($88) in pennies. Yup, 8,800 of ‘em. The cashier at the towing company was not amused and refused to take the the massive number of coins, but the teen argued she had to because it is legal tender. The cashier eventually takes the pennies, but not until after the local police department shows up.
Interestingly enough, the United States Department of Treasury’s has a section about this sort of situation on their website. See below.
…the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled “Legal tender,” which states: “United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.”
This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise. For example, a bus line may prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills. In addition, movie theaters, convenience stores and gas stations may refuse to accept large denomination currency (usually notes above $20) as a matter of policy.
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Like your video picks. Please email me at marc@eGuiders.com and let me know if you would be interested in becoming a core eGuider. We will pay you.
Please visit the site at http://eGuiders.com. You can also check out who is recommending videos by clicking on the eGuiders button on the homepage.
Thanks,
Marc
CEO & Co-Founder
Hi, I’m very interested in Linux but Im a Super Newbie and I’m having trouble deciding on the right distribution for me (Havent you heard this a million times?) anyway here is my problem, I need a distribution that can switch between reading and writing in English and Japanese (Japanese Language Support) with out restarting the operating system.