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Penny pincher pinged during petrol purchase

by julianw | June 20, 2008 at 02:53 pm

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A Denver man insisted on paying for his gas in pennies. Clerks called the cops and he drove away in his satellite TV truck.

Talk about squeezing every penny at the gas pump.

Denver police say clerks at a gas station had a run-in with a man who insisted on paying for his fuel with $10 in pennies on Thursday. The clerks said they were too busy with other customers and vendors making deliveries to accept the sackful of cents.

They said the man was insistent and became offensive, so they called police and referred to him as an "unwanted person."

The man left before police arrived.

Police say he was driving a satellite TV truck.

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Doug_001

at 16:29 on June 20th, 2008

Pennies may not be legal tender, but most places will accept pennies to a certain amount. For about two and half gallons of gas, I think they could have given the guy a break!

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Rhonda J Mangus

at 17:28 on June 20th, 2008

Too funny, Julian! Thanks for the day-brightener:)!

molly may!

at 06:17 on June 22nd, 2008

i think he should have been able to pay in pennies, he has the choice right?

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PhoebeJoJo

at 11:24 on June 26th, 2008

He probably should've taken those to a bank first...I'm pretty sure he was just making a statement. But, pennies are money, too. I wouldn't have wanted to be the clerk that had to count them,though! ;-)

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