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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1495909, member: 28199&quot;]Holy resurrection!&nbsp; Don&#039;t confuse<i> debt</i> with <i>purchases</i>.&nbsp; What the law states is that the <i><b>debtor</b></i> has to take any legal tender as payment for the debt.&nbsp; This means you can pay your mortgage, traffic fines, bail, vehicle loan, real estate taxes, etc in this manner, and lender/tax collector/fining authority must take it as payment.&nbsp; But, there is no law requiring a merchant to accept all legal tender for payment of a purchase.&nbsp; That means he doesn&#039;t have to take your million pennies (rolled or unrolled) to buy your car/TV/groceries/cable bill etc. He can tell you to spend your money someplace else with no risk of penalty (other than losing the sale).&nbsp; So the kids were technically right (a traffic fine/impound fee?), although I agree, it was a stupid stunt to prove a point, just like getting it towed in the first place must have been[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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