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Man buys Chevy truck from car dealer with $8,000 in coins
They were in 16 coffee cans. "He had dimes, quarters, half-dollars, silver and Susan B. Anthony dollars. It took me an hour-and-a-half to count all of it," says the car salesman. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
August 13, 2008 | Permalink
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Another wackjob who doesn't understand the concept of earning interest on money.
"James Jones had owned a 1981 Chevy pickup until January last year. The parking brake gave out as he walked in front of it while it was idling. The truck ran over him, crushing his liver, kidney and several ribs. He spent months in the hospital"
Now that's funny.
Posted by: G-Man | Aug 13, 2008 7:45:24 AM
strippers hate him
Posted by: elizabeth | Aug 13, 2008 7:55:01 AM
I was thinking thesame thing G-Man. Maybe the brakes wore out prematurely from hauling all those coins around.
Also, how come if he didn;t trust banks, he wrote a check for the remainder of the truck?
Posted by: Bill | Aug 13, 2008 7:56:42 AM
Well, it seems that a penny saved is indeed a penny earned.
Posted by: Joe | Aug 13, 2008 8:00:43 AM
Well, he missed out on earning interest on the cash (that richy-rich 2% a savings account will give you), but he didn't have to pay any interest on a truck loan like most people out there. I'd say he came out ahead compared to the stupid way the rest of us use our money. That is, until his face & name show up in the paper with a story like this and some potential thieves figure out the guy has a whole lotta cash in his house...
Posted by: Azrael Brown | Aug 13, 2008 8:20:52 AM
MONEY IS MONEY NO MATTER WHAT THE FORM
Posted by: | Aug 13, 2008 8:30:31 AM
An hour and a half is a pretty good time for counting $8000 in change.
Posted by: Joe M. | Aug 13, 2008 8:50:07 AM
All the KNOW-IT-ALL dorks who got their panties in a twist over a similar story some time back can now do it again.
Posted by: | Aug 13, 2008 9:28:47 AM
Did anyone read any of the comments posted in the article? One of the posters said that he paid in $1 bills. Either the poster is full of crap, or the reporter got it WAY wrong.
BTW--who ever heard of an emergency brake just wearing out?? I smell a rat there. Maybe his wife and son were trying to off him...
Posted by: troschne | Aug 13, 2008 10:16:12 AM
I don't trust paper money either.
Posted by: Lou Sussler | Aug 13, 2008 10:31:07 AM
"All the KNOW-IT-ALL dorks who got their panties in a twist over a similar story some time back can now do it again."
Well as long as you acknowledge that I know all. Now if only I could see all too.
Posted by: G-Man | Aug 13, 2008 10:55:56 AM
An emergency brake can "wear out" fairly quickly if you drive around without releasing it.
Posted by: Bill | Aug 13, 2008 5:45:13 PM
Getting interest on money sounds like an obvious thing to do....however, you either have to have regular transfers from your bank account into another account (savings), otherwise, you just end up spending the money from the account.
So yeah, maybe keeping it in a big jar makes you think that it is not really money (until you need it...especially washing machines!).
Posted by: Ace | Aug 14, 2008 5:08:23 AM
