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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" (small print on the dollar bill)
I wonder what the reaction would be if someone incurred a debt for which the merchant only accepted credit payment (a car repair, say) and when it came time to pay up offered the amount owned in "legal tender" (i.e. cash) stating that he doesn't believe in, and has no credit cards of any kind.
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About 15ish years ago I watched a video of a man (in PA I think) who went to pay his house taxes that were at or over 6K. I don't remember all of the details but he paid in cash, deliberately to prove a point that if they are charging that much they should take cash. Of course the tax office he was at didn't have the ability to county all the money, or give him a receipt for it because they couldn't count it before they closed (or something like that.) It turned into a major issue. I don't remember all the details but I think they ended up going to the bank with him to count the money and issue a receipt, or something along those lines.