[dynimagelv]

Sorry Senor whatever...there IS a law....ANY Coin or Bill minted or printed by the United States Government is considered to be [and I quote from the dollar bill in my shirt pocket] "LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

SO if they wanna pay in pennies they can....

MAYBE it's time for you to grow up.

[MadManofBethesda]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

Sorry Senor whatever...there IS a law....ANY Coin or Bill minted or printed by the United States Government is considered to be [and I quote from the dollar bill in my shirt pocket] "LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

SO if they wanna pay in pennies they can....

MAYBE it's time for you to grow up.

I don't want to get in the middle of the debate of whether anyone acted appropriately in a given situation, but I do want to post the factual information. The fact that all U.S. money is legal tender does not mean ipso facto that a business has to accept it. No business has to accept cash in any form whatsoever if they choose not to. The following quote is from the U.S. Treasury's website:

"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."

And here is the link to that quote:

U.S. Treasury - FAQs: Legal Tender Status of currency

[mojavedxer]

If you cannot be professional when a customer inconveniences you, then you have no business working in the industry. When I was working as a cashier in the casino cage. I had a customer pay off his marker with $5000 in Ike dollars. At that time there was no coin sort machine or racks to store the IKES. It took a while to complete the transaction but i did it with smile on my face and then bitched like hell after he left the counter.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

I don't want to get in the middle of the debate of whether anyone acted appropriately in a given situation, but I do want to post the factual information. The fact that all U.S. money is legal tender does not mean ipso facto that a business has to accept it. No business has to accept cash in any form whatsoever if they choose not to. The following quote is from the U.S. Treasury's website:

"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."

And here is the link to that quote:

U.S. Treasury - FAQs: Legal Tender Status of currency

I stand corrected on the LAW....however, if your business does in fact, accept cash, they have the obligation to accept it from everyone....

[swagger]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

if your business does in fact, accept cash, they have the obligation to accept it from everyone....

Sorry, dyn, but you're wrong. A business can refuse service to anyone they wish, for any reason, as long as their reason isn't one of any of the protected classes (race, handicap, etc).

[mojavedxer]

Originally Posted by swagger

Sorry, dyn, but you're wrong. A business can refuse service to anyone they wish, for any reason, as long as their reason isn't one of any of the protected classes (race, handicap, etc).

But there is a difference between company policies to try to minimize the monetary loss after a robbery. You would have to be a really bad manager and business operator to accept an employee with a bad attitude that cannot be inconvenienced by counting some extra coin or accepting $2 bills as currency during the transaction.

[Lygerr]

i would simply ignore the biased people posting on this thread. they came here in an attempt to save 8.9% so it is already a fact that they are tightwads that will try to force their 10,000 pennies on you for a tank of gas.

but i want to make something clear as i am a business owner, as a business you have this right: "the right to refuse service to anyone" including not accepting certain forms of currency in certain denominations if you choose.

now for a slight elaboration on this to you who are so stuck on the fact that a penny is still currency... a penny is 1/100th of one dollar. we all know what you can buy with a dollar, now mulitply that by 10, 20, 100, etc. should it be my duty to spend 30 minutes counting out $20 in pennies? no, because there is much better alternatives to counting money which is why coin machines were invented in the first place.

now if someone wanted to pay in quarters and dimes i probably wouldn't have an issue with it as they are faster to count. but to those who keep arguing that this guy is "wrong", as a business i can't make money if every customer comes in with a bag of pennies to pay for every service because i would spend ALL day counting coins instead of getting actual work done.

so do you now see why businesses have currency policies in place? most are not very strict and will take a bag of coins here and there but not on a regular basis as seems to be many people's problem here, it is not any business' duty to count your coins because if it was then they would be taking a loss for your own incapability of finding an alternate way of getting rid of your loose change.

as someone already mentioned, if you can't find a coin sorter and can't be bothered paying a % to a machine to count your coins.. don't get mad at the person who won't accept your bag-o-coins because wasting 30 minutes plus counting those coins could set them back to the point of having to play catch up on other duties which makes them look bad to their employer simply because of the facts stated above.

so before you come on inflaming this persons point of view further, think about what i said.

people like this have bad attitudes because of people like you. (of which i said because i already know that my words fell on deaf ears, but perhaps the ones who may have to count your bucket of loot may find some sympathy in this)

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by Lygerr

(of which i said because i already know that my words fell on deaf ears, but perhaps the ones who may have to count your bucket of loot may find some sympathy in this)

One can only ASSume that there was a reason for reopening a, nearly year old, post....that was going no where anyway.....

I do however, thank the intelligent posters for aprising me of the law....things HAVE changed in the long years that Ive been around.

[mojavedxer]

While this is off topic, who cares since this thread is over a year old. I read an article about somebody who was awarded $500 from his landlord in small claims court. The landlord arranged delivery of $500 in pennies from a bank to settle the debt. The tenant then sued the landlord again on the grounds of malicious @hole behavior in small claims court and won again.

[dynimagelv]

LOL I only mentioned the OLDE thread because they are usually reopened byt somone tha JUST this moment joind, has ONE post, and will never be heard from again....OH andf his one post drones on and on and on.

Many many many years ago there was a car dealership on Boulder Hwy in Hooterville....I believe it might have been a Dodge dealership.

A friend took her car in for warranty repairs...this dates back to the mid 60's in another century. They DID the repairs and when she arrived to pick up the car, they THEN told her that "We don't DO Warranty repairs. The bill is $900 and some dollars...."

SHE being a sweet innocent Mob wife from Narlins whose husband was a close associate of Carlos Marcello and a made man working at an Itialian themed Casino]. left and came back with 900 and some odd dollars worth of unwrapped pennies and dumped them in the doorway of the dealership. A BIG stink ensued [documented in the RJ] [which used to be a newspaper]

They ultimately took the penies and LOST their dealership affiliation with [I think ] Dodge