Ohio man buys new truck with thousands of coins

[Buffgrandpa]

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CINCINNATI - An Ohio man who says he doesn't trust paper money has delivered enough coins to cover half the price of a brand new pickup truck.


Employees at a dealership in the Cincinnati suburb of Springdale say 70-year-old James Jones plunked down 16 coffee cans full of coins Tuesday for a new Chevrolet Silverado.


Salesman David Crisswell says employees spent 90 minutes counting the collection of dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollar coins, which covered half the $16,000 price of the pickup.


Jones and his wife, Betty, wrote a check for the other half of the cost.
Jones' son says his dad has always preferred to pay with coins. Dennis Jones says he's most amazed that his penny-pinching father decided to replace his 1981 pickup, which struck his father when its parking brake failed last year, putting him in a hospital.

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Tweetwhatever works!! lol...

[impala37]

Tweetthats is awsome.. haha a bitter sweet sale for the salesman

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thats is awsome.. haha a bitter sweet sale for the salesman

shyyyyt...i sold cars for 20yrs, and i could give 2 shyt's how you paid!!! lol

[impala37]

Tweetwell bitter bc a pain to count the money. but i do agree with you. I am currently in a sales job now.

[3Vandoo]

TweetMy friend is a sale director for the biggest volvo dealer in canada

He told me many time people who paid cars cash, meaning in money, once they had to count 52k