Things went horribly wrong for a Michigan man who tried to pay for a parking ticket in pennies.
Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse than that.
It all started when Anthony Sevy got a $10 parking ticket in Royal Oak, Mich., near Detroit, reports WJBK. He went to pay the ticket with his credit card and was told there would be an added $1.75 service fee.
Sevy wasn’t happy with that, his attorney told WJBK, so he left and later came back with rolls of pennies.
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Seems like I read someplace that you don’t have to accept payment in coin if there’s more than 25 of any denomination. I don’t recall reading that paying in coin allows them to choke you out.
Big suprise people shoot cops.
Not surprised the “Clerk” is an asshole. Pennies are still legal US tender.
That was my understanding too. If you are paying in legal tender and somebody refuses, then the bill/fine is no longer valid.
Not true Judy. A common misconception.
To my knowledge their is no direct limit on payment types for legal tender. That said
a creditor does not necessarily have to accept cash, for instance I could charge
eggs for plumbing work. From what I’ve heard of though it’s not the type of payment
that gets people into trouble but the attitude. If you go in a dump a wheelbarrow full
of pennies on the floor don’t expect a warm reception. On the other hand, if you are
polite and bring in either rolls or bank bags of pennies you’re probably okay. If the
payment is refused always have a visible tape recorder and clearly ask the question
‘are you refusing payment of this/my debit’. It may not be much but a creditor is
going to ask whether they really want to explain to a judge why they refused a
payment. What I am not sure of (and I would think is definitely quasi legal at best)
is refusing payment types that do not add an automatic fee to the total.
In this case, I’d so the guy has a definite case against both the clerk and the ‘officer’.
Since it was for only $10 and the pennies were rolled I think the clerk was simply
being a colossal a$$.
“I don’t recall reading that paying in coin allows them to choke you out.”
Failure to respect authoritah. It’s in the emanations and penumbras of the Constitution. Probably. Or somewhere.
– The Government
A private business can do whatever it wants. But I fail to see how any Government entity can refuse legal tender. And why assault the Guy? Fucking petty tyrants.
https://www.expertlaw.com/library/consumer-protection/it-legal-refuse-cash-payment