Man brings 300,000 pennies to DMV to ‘inconvenience’ the state

[accadacca]

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LEBANON, Va. — A man used 300,000 pennies to pay taxes on two cars at a DMV office in Cedar Bluff, Virginia on Wednesday, the Bristol Herald Courier reported. (http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/virginia-man-spends-to-deliver-pennies-to-lebanon-dmv/article_7ce44fc2-ea36-5638-9358-25bc5d01a5dd.html)

Nick Stafford told the paper he wheeled the pennies into the office to prove and point and get back at state government. (http://wtvr.com/2017/01/12/300000-pennies-dmv/)

He claimed he was given the runaround and forced to sue the state after he was denied direct phone numbers to DMV offices in his area following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

“If they were going to inconvenience me then I was going to inconvenience them,” he told the newspaper. “I think the backbone to our republic and our democracy is open government and transparency in government and it shocks me that a lot of people don’t know the power of FOIA.”

Stafford told the Bristol Herald Courier he hired 11 people and spent fours unrolling pennies and putting the change into wheelbarrows.

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[rockgremlin]

I once tried to pay a speeding ticket this way.

It didn't work.

The government doesn't play games. It's either pay using their approved method or get sent to collections. And/or get arrested...

[devo_stevo]

I once tried to pay a speeding ticket this way.

It didn't work.

The government doesn't play games. It's either pay using their approved method or get sent to collections. And/or get arrested...Maybe so, but it's worth the photo alone to try it.

[Iceaxe]

So two wrongs make a right... got it.

[rockgremlin]

I'm old enough now that I can look back on that incident and laugh. It was about 11 years ago when I lived in Monticello. I had gotten a speeding ticket while driving home from work. I could send the payment through the mail, or go to the DMV in Moab and pay in person.

Like a dumbass I choose the latter option, only I resolved to pay using nothing but loose change. I would march in there and dump coins all over the place. I'd show them. They'd have to count nickels and pennies on their lunch break, it would be great.

Already pissed that I had to take off early from work and drive an hour out of my way to pay this stupid ticket, I boldly strode into the Moab DMV just minutes before they closed. My pocket was weighed heavily from the football-sized Ziploc bag full of coins. I wiped the devious grin from my face just before I stepped through the front door. I was certain they had never seen anything like this before. Boy are they ever gonna be sorry they gave me that ticket!

I sounded like jolly old St. Nick as I walked down the hall, coins jingling in my pockets. The butterflies fluttered and danced in my stomach as I neared the front counter. If perchance they were to ask if I had a bag of coins in my pocket or if I was just happy to see them, I would boldly reply "both" and sprinkle pennies from hell to breakfast. All sorts of idiocy went through my head that day.

In spite of all of my wild fantasies, I stepped calmly to the front desk and dropped the ticket on the counter. The middle aged swivel chair jockey no sooner had repeated the total due when I pulled my coin baby out of my pants and spilled it on the counter right under her nose.

Not knowing exactly what kind of reaction I'd receive, I was a little surprised at her response. After vigorously shaking her head and sarcastically apologizing, she pulled a stack of empty coin rolls out from under the desk and dropped them on top of the pile of coins I had just hatched.

Apparently, if payment is to be made with coins, they had to be rolled. And I had exactly two options: roll them myself and pay off the ticket, or leave all the coins there and walk out the door, leaving the debt unpaid. Knowing if I walked out the door I'd be back later to pay using a non-coin method, I begrudgingly picked up an empty penny roll and started counting. But not before loudly voicing how absurd this policy was. After all, coins are legal tender! I brought them cash and now they demand I pay in a manner convenient to them! This was outrageous!

I noticed smirks and giggles from the few remaining customers in the waiting room who were witness to my tantrum. Abashed and defeated, I walked out to my car 20 minutes later with my tail between my legs. My pockets were much lighter, but I was nevertheless still weighed down by the gut full of humble pie I had just been force fed.

Life's lessons learned the hard way...

[Iceaxe]

^^^AWESOME^^^

Thanks for making my day :-)

[accadacca]

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[Sombeech]

That was quite the storytelling rockgremlin

Tell us about the Great War!

[Sombeech]

Now that I remember, I paid a parking fine at Weber State University in coins, it was $20 in loose change and I was able to stuff it all in the provided envelope and force it into the slot at the window.

It was night, the booth unattended, maybe that was the only way I dared to pull off such a stunt.

But I never heard about it again so I assumed it worked.

[gholt]

That is funny rockgremlin I've always fantasized about doing this when I do a stupid move and get a fine that I don't think I deserve. Fortunately, I have never acted on this. The clerks in that city should have done this to him.

It makes good fooder for the news but the clerks collecting the money can't change a thing because of how you pay.

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[tallsteve]

Legally thinking here. I'm guessing the office taking the money would have to have a written, established policy in place stating that coins have to be presented in rolls? If not, then it seems like they must take them in any manner presented. If they do have a policy in place, I'm not sure it would stand up in court if pressed. Legal tender is legal tender, correct?

[Rob L]

That was quite the storytelling @rockgremlin (http://www.bogley.com/forum/member.php?u=5)

Tell us about the Great War!

Please don't rockgremlin. All we'll hear about is how the USA saved the world the first time. This will lead to how they did it the second time. They were late for both,
Mind you, the USA are making up for it by pre-empting (or, in my opinion) creating the third!

:popcorn:

Rob

[Iceaxe]

Please don't @rockgremlin (http://www.bogley.com/forum/member.php?u=5). All we'll hear about is how the USA saved the world the first time. This will lead to how they did it the second time. They were late for both,
Mind you, the USA are making up for it by pre-empting (or, in my opinion) creating the third!

:popcorn:

Rob

:roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

You need to watch more Hollywood movies, American's do nothing but kick ass and take names....

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

I found it interesting to read an English history book where the American's were the rebels and traitors in 1776.... now that's just crazy talk.

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[Rob L]

I found it interesting to read an English history book where the American's were the rebels and traitors in 1776.... now that's just crazy talk.

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At least we CAN write history books, rather than attempt to rewrite history

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