fantastic

I still say we should make quarters the lowest denomination.

Hmmm, Office Max will take my pennies??? I smell a follow up vid....

"This wheelbarrow of pennies I've been carrying sure is burning a hole in my pocket and I have been wanting that color laser printer for some time now... off to Office Max with my pennies and my camera!"

Yeah pennies really need to be discontinued I mean even when the dollar didnt blow they sucked. Businesses could even use it as a opportunity to pull people in by saying "We round down to the nearest Nickel" therefore people feel like they are always saving.

upvote for my hatred of pennies, follow Australia's example and get rid of the damn things

lolled until it was a comercial. sad face. just cut the ending off. someone plz try this for real!

^ not me, cuz im afraid of conflict

And I hate €uro coins under 20 cents...

The copper 5 cent is the lowest used in my country. It is also the reason why I like to use the card.

Lol, so true, but do you know how much money banks make off processing unaccounted fractions of pennies from everyday transactions?

i bet office max wont take pennies.... anyone?

the chefs analogy was very logical

The company that makes the pennies for the US Mint generates profits of over $1 million per month on that job alone. And they are politically active. Now you know that the penny is going to be a part of our society at least for the foreseeable future. Good sift.

If you don't have a sign posted that says we do not take currency lower than $5.00 then you don't have the right to deny the penny. The same goes for no checks, no visa or mastercard, and no bills higher than $20.00.

up vote because i work at officemax!

because it costs more now to make a penny than its actually worth, they should just discontinue it.

>> ^fizziks:
Hmmm, Office Max will take my pennies??? I smell a follow up vid....

Seriously, that'd make a great video.

phuk Orifice Max and their attempt at viral video, they wouldn't take payment in pennies for their own products.

I work in retail (not Office Max) and I've had customers pay their bills in change. It fairly pathetic when the customer has little piles of change on the counter, each pile representing a dollar. To them, the "Hey, it's currency!" argument makes sense, and they get a kick out of making someone elses day just a bit shittier. To the employees involved it's simply annoying. The solution? Take your pile of change to a bank and turn it into something a bit more practical. To do otherwise is an exorcise in being an ass, here's looking at you CaptainPlanet.

Yeah it's money, but... damn. I'd be pissed if some jackass tried to pay me with a heap of pennies too.

We don't take pennies at my job. Just round up or down unless they pay with a card.

>> ^NordlichReiter:
If you don't have a sign posted that says we do not take currency lower than $5.00 then you don't have the right to deny the penny. The same goes for no checks, no visa or mastercard, and no bills higher than $20.00.


:: Sigh ::

Wrong. No business is legally obligated to accept checks or cards.
They ARE, however, legally obligated to accept any form of standard currency. Ever read a dollar bill?
"This note is legal tender for all debts, both public and private."

It's on the $1,$5, $10, $20, and $100 bills. I'm staring at it right now. I'm sure it's on the rest, but I don't have them.

They can request that you not pay in bills higher in 20, but they can't outright deny it.
HOWEVER, they can simply not sell you a product if you're trying to buy it. BUT, for services already rendered or products already consumed, they must take it.

Shit. The house I used to rent - the management office said "You have to pay with a check. We don't take cash." (for security reasons)

Don't think I ever, for one month, paid my rent with anything other than 36 $20 bills.

Big sad face for me in that it was an ad.

But HUGE happy face for showing how absolutely stupid still having pennies is.

I remember when 1 and 2 cent coins were removed from Australia (yeah, I don't know why we had 2 cent coins either), and there was quite the outcry about the cost of things, and how will we ever survive without being able to buy 3 cents of mixed lollies (yeah, that was about the best people could come up with, as it was the only thing that was cheap enough).

But, we're all happier.

In my time in the states I was constantly dismayed by how quickly my wallet became ridiculously heavy and bloated, and how supermarkets just had trays for coins and people would handle the pennies part of the transaction themselves, because it was too much bother otherwise.

Which just demonstrated how stupid having them at all is.

Realistically think about whether your life would be better or worse without pennies.

Plus you could do with dollar coins too.

And notes you can actually tell apart.

That aren't made of paper.

Our notes aren't made of paper. And Americans have never had a problem telling them apart. That's what the big numbers are for, FYI

And we have dollar coins. But morons hold on to them like they're special because they think they are - so you never see any of them. But I would MUCH rather carry a $1 bill that weighs a few grams versus a coin that weighs half a damn pound.

now that the dollar is worth next to nothin, the penny is totally worthless.

Gunrock, just a friendly note for you in regards to your post about accepting currency-- barring any specific state laws, people actually DON'T have to take your cash.

Check out this FAQ response on the US Treasury website:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml#q1

"There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise."

Maybe he should have had them in rolls?

>> ^CaptainPlanet420:
I still say we should make quarters the lowest denomination.


That's because you're an idiot.

With only $1 and $2, and soon to be $5 in coins available in Canada, paying by coin is not only common, it's expected.

>> ^K0MMIE:
>> ^CaptainPlanet420:
I still say we should make quarters the lowest denomination.

That's because you're an idiot.

No no...not nice.

Many stores already round up the change instead of using pennies.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/pennies.asp

Who knew OfficeMax was so political.

gg being an ass. It wasnt really even funny, people have pulled this joke for decades, now you just annoy alot of hard working people.

was it actually an ad? aside from being to long.. If it was it totaly missed the mark cause like.. even I found the office max part forgetable. I thought they were joking with things you could (and couldnt) buy.

good note from user 'elbeano' up there... apparently the only way to avoid this is specify more exactingly the method of payment prior to engaging in a transaction. The default is 'legal tender', pennies are legal tender, no other arrangement was noted in the video... if the man has no other cash they will have to accept his legal currency.

theres a vending machine at my work that only accepts $1 bills. i'd petition my state legislature to pass a law, but, you know, ... lazy...

>> ^elbeano:
Gunrock, just a friendly note for you in regards to your post about accepting currency-- barring any specific state laws, people actually DON'T have to take your cash.
Check out this FAQ response on the US Treasury website:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml#q1
"There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise."


Noted. I'm an ass.


Heyyyy - THAT'S why Blankfist keeps trying to lick me!

Wasn't going to vote for this if it was just a guy recording himself being a douchebag, but the revelation that it was part of some *viral marketing surprised me and made me chuckle.

Adding video to channels (Viral) - requested by lucky760.

I had a mate that was deadly afraid of using his 5cent coints.
He had this draw just FULL of them, showed me one day I about pissed my pants laughing..I needed to rectify the situation, so I told him we need to get 2 large pizzas and pay for em with his poo change.

He flat out denied it, and had this attempt at arguing against doing it, all the while I was counting out 280, 5 cent peices.

Granted, doesnt sound like many, but man, it weighed a fucking ton.

Got to the pizza store and he refused to come in with me...hilarious.

The pizza guys reaction was more stunned and accepting than anything else, didnt question it, just...kinda stood there, staring at the pile of poo coin as he handed me the pizzas.

Good times.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Our notes aren't made of paper. And Americans have never had a problem telling them apart. That's what the big numbers are for, FYI
And we have dollar coins. But morons hold on to them like they're special because they think they are - so you never see any of them. But I would MUCH rather carry a $1 bill that weighs a few grams versus a coin that weighs half a damn pound.


What are they made of them? They seemed pretty easy to tear to me. Also, you may be able to tell them apart by the numbers, but put a stack together and try to quickly pick the 20 instead of the 1.

Try it again when you're blind

Blind people should be able to tell money apart by touch. They can here because every note is a different size, every coin is quite a different size/shape/thickness... The movie Ray showed that he only wanted to be paid in the one denomination so he could tell them apart... and that's the problem, they're all the damn same.

Another ones but with an used pickup truck: http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/6337/

I work for OfficeMax, and yes we will take the pennies. Because this viral ad is out there, the company is prepared for some customers to come in and attempt to pay all in pennies. The company response when someone attempts to pay all in pennies is to take them and ask them to wait while we run them through a coin counter.

>> ^spoco2:
What are they made of them? They seemed pretty easy to tear to me.


Supposedly a mixture of cotton and linen, a small amount of silk, and perhaps another mystery ingredient or two. The government keeps the exact composition confidential for obvious reasons.

paid for a traffic fine down at the constablary back in 86', they wouldna take rolled pennies, i went and got quarters, they found another ticket in my absence and arrested me when i got back I sang vespers in th' holding cell till......the the JP came in laughing and let me go.....two weeks later i was onna freelance gig, taking some Hassleblad shotz of the pilot getting married on the Goodyear blimp, and the JP to marry them, was none other......he remembered me I think.....fun stuff

The Amero of the coming North American Union will be much easier to handle.

For the ultimate convenience, "money chips" will soon be planted in both hands and forehead.

All of you who want can send me your pennies and I'll gladly purchase something big at office max and record it. I'll see if they make me wait while they run it through a counter.

Any suggestions on the funniest item to purchase?

>> ^marinara:
i bet office max wont take pennies.... anyone?


Heh, guess they do.

>> ^grahamslam:
All of you who want can send me your pennies and I'll gladly purchase something big at office max and record it. I'll see if they make me wait while they run it through a counter.
Any suggestions on the funniest item to purchase?


Coin counting machine?

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Our notes aren't made of paper.
>> ^spoco2:
What are they made of them? They seemed pretty easy to tear to me.

You guys may simply be arguing semantics here. While our bills aren't made from wood pulp; what we normally think of when we think paper; I believe they still qualify as paper. Paper is defined (by WP) as a thin material made of pressed fibers held together by hydrogen bonding.

Personally, I look forward to the demise of physical cash. I rarely have more than $20-$40 on me as it is. Everything is paid with a debit card.

Once, as a broke kid, I paid for bowling in pennies. However, I was courteous enough to put them in rolls. Most businesses that deal in cash are more than happy to take a roll of coins as they hand out far more of them than they normally take in.

Fat, unoriginal idiot makes a nuisance of himself. What a fucknut.

/fixed that headline for you

I hope those were ass pennies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feZeOnEzs98

Sometimes the things you people find humorous amaze me.