Dealerships around the country are doing all they can to move their inventory of full-size pickup trucks in the wake of $4 gasoline, but we’re pretty sure the employees at one Cincinnati area Chevrolet dealership weren’t prepared for what they had to go through on Tuesday morning.
70-year old James Jones walked into the Springdale dealership on Tuesday morning with his wife and 16 coffee cans full of coins. Jones brought the loose change as partial payment for a brand new Chevrolet Silverado pickup.
90 minutes and several nickels, dimes, quarters and half dollars later, the dealership employees had counted out enough coinage to cover half of the truck’s $16,000 price tag, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Jones paid for the balance of the truck with a check.
The new pickup will replace his 1981 model, which actually put him in the hospital last year when the parking brake failed.
Jones’ reason for using coins instead of paper money? He doesn’t trust paper money.
08/13, 4:37 PM
posted by:
oldman420
hahahaha old people are awesome. Thats the value of money, save your pocket change and you can buy a new truck one day.
08/13, 4:40 PM
posted by:
RSPINAJR
He doesnt trust paper money yet he paid with a personal check
08/13, 4:53 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
and he could have gone to the bank and gotten a cashiers check- durrrr
08/13, 5:03 PM
posted by:
crackerhemi
a cashiers check would have cost him money, which would force the bank to take more coins.
08/13, 5:11 PM
posted by:
hemiredneck
HAHAHAHA….this guy must be HemiRR’s (Jared) grandpa, yeehaw!
08/13, 5:24 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
The whole HemiRR jokes with that myspace page and stuff are seriously getting old… just give it a damn break. It’s no longer funny, it’s become extremely annoying.
08/13, 5:39 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
^ Agreed, gayspace pages are stupid anyway, and the last time I check coins are legal tender.
08/13, 5:54 PM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Coins are legal tender? Then why won’t you accept coins for sucking alley**** at 5 bux a suck 400horse****ssucked?
08/13, 6:34 PM
posted by:
ktulu
that’s cool.
myspace is 4 tween morons.
08/13, 6:37 PM
posted by:
Brendino
16 large for a Silverado? Not bad…
08/13, 7:29 PM
posted by:
bigp
i wish i had those coins
08/13, 8:24 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Very interesting indeed. $16,000 for a new Silverado is a pretty decent price. He must not have had many options added.
About 15 years ago, a guy in my town paid for a fully loaded Ram truck with quarters only. He paid $23,000.
08/13, 8:26 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
The whole “HemiRetard”, “HemiRoidRunner” fake myspace sh*t wasn’t even funny to begin with. If anything just showed a real lack of maturity, and ridiculous amount of spare time on the part of whoever was making fun of him.
This is actually pretty funny though I could only imagine the reaction on the salespeople’s faces! Haha
I probably could have afforded a new Cobalt if my little brother hadn’t poured all my coins out of my old and filled to the top w coins Coca Cola bottle coin bank 15 years ago… LMAO!
08/13, 9:08 PM
posted by:
LuckyLou
Yeah, that old guy rocks.
08/13, 9:47 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Probably the highlight of the old ****s life. Gawd I hope it never comes to that.
08/13, 10:19 PM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
I know someone that left 250 bucks in an account 30 years ago and has nearly 5 grand in there now.
08/13, 10:24 PM
posted by:
DrFill
GM will take I.O.U’s on bloody socks to sell a ride right now!
DrFill
08/13, 10:28 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
^ Who gives a f*ck.
08/13, 10:42 PM
posted by:
FreezingD
Shows you how desperate the dealers are to move trucks now.
08/14, 12:15 AM
posted by:
crackerhemi
it wasn’t fake, you douche. The account was made over three years ago: http://www.myspace.com/hemiroadrunner
08/14, 12:31 AM
posted by:
fuk-u-asshole
hemiroadrunner is that profile 4 real it says in the profile 26 when the guy in the pic looks 46
08/14, 1:59 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Ah… you gotta love old people. To think that they get bitchy at the gas station when I pay for my fillup with loose change. As I explain to them… money is money… you don’t have a choice but to take it.
08/14, 3:37 PM
posted by:
hbcbob3
Who gives a **** about myspace? I’d rather look on this website and read about you people bitching about how your sister won’t show you her tits to you (crackerhemi, hemiredneck) than converse with people on myspace. You guys are a bunch of queers.
…And yes, money is money. I can’t believe I see people throw pennies away! Just think of all the money you could have if you saved all those pennies. The bank takes them, so exchange every 5 for a nickel, you dumb****s.