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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-21-08 02:31 PM
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If someone owes you $500 million, should you have to accept 500 bills of one million dollars each?
Wouldn't that be like having to accept 500 pennies from someone who owes you five dollars?
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-21-08 02:32 PM
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1. If someone owes me money, I'm happy to get it in any form
Except a check that's going to bounce. I can roll and deposit pennies.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-21-08 02:34 PM
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2. Opportunity cost.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-21-08 03:46 PM
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3. Assuming you could roll a pre-counted bucks worth of pennies every 3 seconds...
...it would take you over 4,753 years to roll 50 billion pennies.

I'd go with a money order.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-21-08 04:48 PM
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4. um, yes
i mean, you take some of the cash, buy a pool, then take a dip in your money
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-21-08 05:03 PM
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5. Sure.
Edited on Sat Jun-21-08 05:03 PM by LeftyMom
Then again, my Dad bought a Lincoln Town Car for cash- mostly in twenties- once. :shrug:
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