A man pays $8,000 in coins to buy a truck because he hates paper money

[HeilSvenska]

An Ohio man with a hatred of paper money slapped down $8,000 in coins at a car dealership to buy a Chevrolet pick-up - then paid the rest by cheque. James Jones, 70, produced 16 coffee cans full of coins to buy his new Chevrolet Silverado in Cincinnati and staff spent 90 minutes counting it. But his coin hoard only covered half of the $16,000 (£8,500) price tag. The man's son said the most amazing thing for him was his father deciding to replace his 1981 pick-up at all. As far back as he could remember, Dennis Jones told the Cincinnati Enquirer, his father had always had coins. “He gave me lunch money in coins and each time he ever gave me money it was in coins,” he recalled. “I am amazed that we were able to talk him into buying a new truck, because he is pretty tight with his money.” According to the paper, James Jones walked into the Jake Sweeney dealership, plunked down his cans and said: “I want that Chevy truck.” "In my 19 years in this business I have never seen anything like this,” said Biff Arnold, finance manager for Jake Sweeney. “I have seen many buyers come in with a lot of cash money, but never this much money in coins.” Salesman David Crisswell said the coins included "dimes, quarters, half-dollars, silver and Susan B Anthony dollars". The new owner of the Chevy says he does not trust banks or paper money. “Paper money will burn, but it is hard to damage coins," the retired engineer pointed out. "I bought four or five rolls of coins each month. I don't know how long it took me to save this amount, probably all my life.” -BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7559881.stm

[DeMoN]

I would kick him out my lot right durr

[pitfield]

mentalist, but legal tender, and as a car sales loser, a deal is a deal.

[chedisme]

thats the kind of guy who has a fall out shelter and 5 years supply of food in his basement.

[DeMoN]

^ not to mention wipes the water gallons off wallmart when a hurricane hits the middle of nowhere and news claims it might come to where they live.

[Spiffu]

I'm sure the truck will serve the militia well.

[Mattk]

I was amused at the finance manager's name. Who the heck calls themself 'Biff'?

I thought he didn't trust banks. Why did he get a bank account and a cheque book? Odd man.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by DeMoN ^ not to mention wipes the water gallons off wallmart when a hurricane hits the middle of nowhere and news claims it might come to where they live.

Nah we , I mean those guys have a generator and filtration system on their well head out back...