<p>Thank God, it is only 14K.......Student</a> Pays $14,309 Tuition Payment in $1 Bills - Fastweb
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/education/16tuition.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=nic%20ramos&st=cse%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/education/16tuition.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=nic%20ramos&st=cse</a></p>
<p>haha…reminds me of my husbands protest of a tiny little municipality near our home where he was ticketed for failing to make a complete stop. He was on his motorcycle and his feet were down (I was behind him on my own), but the cop said his feet were not “down” enough to justify a full and complete stop. My H almost crapped a brick, but reported to court 3 week later, got a fine of $174.00 and the judge asked if he could pay that day, by 5:00 PM and he said yes. The judge said he would have to get a money order, cashiers check or pay cash. He chose cash. Pennies. Seventeen thousand pennies. He sent me to two banks, he went to two and together we broke every wrapped bundle of 50 pennies into a land’s end canvas bag. He got up to the window and the lady refused to take the money. Said they don’t take pennies. My H raised the BS flag, went back into the court room and told the judge he said he could pay in cash and never said no pennies. The judge agreed, told the lady to count the money and give H a receipt. It was 4:50 on a Friday. We had to wait until they were done counting the money so at 8:15 PM we left the courthouse with receipt in hand. I bet they have a no penny rule now!</p>
<p>^ lol thats awesome collegeshopping</p>
<p>At first I thought this thread was about paying with a single $1 bill (maybe one that was super rare and happened to be worth $14,309 haha) since it’s not pluralized in the title…</p>
<p>That’s what I thought, too.</p>
<p>that’s really good way to protest the ridiculous college tuitions, except I’d have done it in pennies and asked some heavy weight lifters to help me, :)</p>
<p>The worst is that this stunt has attracted any attention and will attract copycats. </p>
<p>Except for giving unneeded work to bank tellers and abusing the patience of the people who work at the bursar’s office, what did her really accomplish? Learn how heavy 14,000 one-dollar bills is? </p>
<p>Pranks can be funny, but this is one is just plain ridiculous. Perhaps the school should ask a few of the professors to force this clown to submit his next papers one letter at a time through hundreds of emails.</p>
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<p>Again, at the end of the day, he did not hurt the “school”, they still got their money. He just created unneeded work for the person who is responsibile for collecting the money. This person did not estabilish the policy, they are simply doing a job. </p>
<p>The same situation holds true with paying the parking ticket with pennies. If you had to pay the ticket directly to the judge, then you would be saying something, but to “stick it” to a innocent third party who again is just doing their job is not cute, or funny.</p>
<p>Things will always have a way of working out. When you crap on someboby, someone is going to eventually crap on you. The next time, someone gives you a vicious circle runaround or does something really triffling to you, think about the pennies and the $1 bills.</p>
<p>^I concede, and cannot deny the wisdom in your post, perhaps vandalizing the dean’s office is better…I’m kidding, it’s really more of a discussion for public political forums, except with the extreme split between the left and right I doubt anything would happen, :P</p>
<p>At first, I thought like those in posts 3 and 4. Funny how such a small thing in English can make such a big difference in meaning.</p>
<p>When I was college age, I tried to pay a locally issued credit card bill at my local bank with my coins. Some silver, some pennies, just from daily emptying pockets. I had no checking account at that time. At first the teller refused to accept it as payment. I politely said “OK” and asked her to jot down on paper that she had refused, “for my documentation”.
She quickly changed her mind and accepted the payment(under $200.) My intent wasn’t to be mean, or to prove any points to the teller or the bank. It was money I had to pay the bill. And, of course they had an automatic coin counter but it still took a short while.
I’m not a federal atty, but I don’t think they are allowed to refuse cash(even coins) unless there is some sign or notice about it beforehand. I’ve seen gas stations that post “No $100 bills accepted” for example.</p>
<p>I have often been frustrated with businesses that refuse or turn their noses up at coins. As long as US currency continues to include coins, including pennies, I see no valid reason for businesses to refuse legal US tender. It doesn’t seem right. A nuisance to count hundreds of dollars worth of pennies; yes. Part of your job if you work with cash; yes. If you don’t like it, find another job, but my pennies are valid, legal, money, and I deserve to be able to use them as I need.</p>