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Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills

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Posted by Zonk on Friday April 08

From the buyer-beware dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mike Bolesta of Baltimore thought he would protest Best Buy's not-so-great customer service and pay his bill with 57 $2 bills. For his trouble he got to spend some time in the county lock-up." From the article: "..Bolesta was contacted by the store, and was threated with police action if he did not pay the [installation] fee he was told before did not exist. As a sign of protest, Bolesta decided to pay using only $2 bills, which he has an abundance of because he asks his bank for them specifically. Unfortunately for him, the cashier did not seem to understand that the $2 bill is indeed legal US tender, since the bill itself is not often used. After rudely refusing to take the money, the cashier accepted the bills, only to mark them as though they were conterfeit."

http:yro.slashdot.orgarticle.pl?sid=0504082213237&from=rss

http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=8&id=6131

Here's another similar story, an internet classic, written up in humorous fashion:

http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/closet/silly/2-at-Taco-Bell.html

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