Originally posted by Cataholic
While it might be beside the point, you gotta wonder WHY someone would do this. Of all the things to devote one's time to, he devoted it to collecting pennies? With such devotion, such drive, such singlemindedness, too bad he didn't spend it (get it) on something a bit more worthwhile(another money pun).

On the point, why should a bank (or any other currency center) accept 'freely' that which would cost them money to work through? I can't give my tires back to Firestone without a charge, can I? We pay to get rid of trash, don't we? We pay to recycle, or at least I do. I can't call Sears and tell them to come pick up the fridge, I am done with it, can I? Why not? I bought it from them...

I think the point is similar. Why should a private entity, like a bank, "have" to accept a ton of pennies without a service charge affixed to it? It costs the bank money to accept these coins. Why should the bank suffer for this man's ill-conceived collection?
I think you missed the point entirely....


He's a male.

Males do stupid things.

Males collect stupid stuff.

At the county fair I came across a collection of barbed wire. Neatly attached to a board with label-dated and sorted by type.

I got the idea it wasn't a woman who collected this pieces of wire-

Therefore, the reasoning behind collecting pennies will be forever a mystery to you.


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