$10,000 cash or $100,000 in nickels???

[LBJ]

Simple Question. Would you rather have $10,000, to spend any way you want or $100,000 but only in nickels. You cannot cash the nickels in. If you want to buy something, you must use only the nickels. I swear I'm not a polltard, I find this topic very interesting.

[jakethebake]

I'd be paying my rent in nickels for a long, long time.

[LethalRose]

This isnt a good poll for a group of gamblers, easily the 100K in nickels is +EV

Assuming you're not rich as f*ck to start with you'd have to be a retart to take the 10k.

[LBJ]

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I'd be paying my rent in nickels for a long, long time.

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Would you landlord accept a $300 payment in the way of 6,000 nickels?

[mason55]

Who's stopping me from cashing the nickels in?

[LBJ]

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Who's stopping me from cashing the nickels in?

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The pollmaster (me). That's the catch.

[mason55]

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I'd be paying my rent in nickels for a long, long time.

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Would you landlord accept a $300 payment in the way of 6,000 nickels?

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Man I wish my rent was only $300

[Jimbo]

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Assuming you're not rich as f*ck to start with you'd have to be a retart to take the 10k.

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You don't become wealthy by not taking the nickels.

[Voltron87]

nickels.

[Jurollo]

The coinstar fees would be HUGE for the nickels. I would obviously still take them and buy a new truck to haul the rest of them around in.
~Justin

[Nick B.]

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I'd be paying my rent in nickels for a long, long time.

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Would you landlord accept a $300 payment in the way of 6,000 nickels?

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Man I wish my rent was only $300

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I think he is talking about the room he is going to need to rent to hold $100,000 in nickels.

[nickey009]

I'd say you couldn't really spend the 100,000 in nickels. You can't cash them in and no one would take them. The only way to do it would be to buy money orders from a bank because I think they have no choice but to take it. If you walked into a grocery store with 100 bucks in nickels and tried to spend it I don't think they'd let you.

[DemonDeac]

does depositing the nickels into ur bank account count?

easily $100K

[private joker]

Obviously nickels is going to win this poll in a landslide. To make it even close to interesting, the question should be maybe $10,000 in cash vs. $12,000 in nickels -- is it worth the extra 20% to deal with the hassle of the coinage?

[LBJ]

You also can't put the nickels in the bank. You keep them at home in bulk and grab em when you need em.

BTW, let's say your rent is $500, I highly doubt your landlord will take 10,000 nickels as payment, since he'd have to count them and cash them in.

[sammysusar]

i would assume if you offered say 25000 in nickels for a 20000 car they would probably take it. but then again im only assuming.

[mason55]

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Who's stopping me from cashing the nickels in?

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The pollmaster (me). That's the catch.

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Can I deposit them in my bank account?

[LethalRose]

im sure someone, somewhere could take those nickels and give you cash for them.


if anything, walk into best buy and announce you have 100k in nickels and want to buy a gift card with them. Watch in amazement as an army of CSR's huddle over to you to count the nickels, 10 hours later you have 100k on a giftcard, profit++

[kyro]

It depends on if the car dealership will accept the nickels. Same with college tuition. If not, I'll take the cash please.

[mason55]

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rent is $500

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Man... makes me miss living in Ohio

[sammysusar]

12000 to 10000 is probably too close. most people i assume would just take the 10K.

i would say it would have to be at least 15K in nickels to consider probably more like 20K.

[LethalRose]

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rent is $500

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Man... makes me miss living in Ohio

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Go Bucks?

[jakethebake]

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12000 to 10000 is probably too close. most people i assume would just take the 10K.

i would say it would have to be at least 15K in nickels to consider probably more like 20K.

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No. 12k > 10k

[LethalRose]

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It depends on if the car dealership will accept the nickels. Same with college tuition. If not, I'll take the cash please.

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I think if you walked into a car dealership with 100k in nickels they would find some way to get you a car, they are crazy like that.

and all you would have to do to get people to accept them would be to roll them like banks do. We accept them (after weighing them) where I "work"

[Hiding]

Everyone acts like nickels aren't cash. I'm pretty sure any retailer besides a mom and pop will have no problem with nickels. If all else fails..nickel slots baby!!!!

[Voltron87]

how is 12K vs 10K even close


i guess for a group of poker players its skewed. ive lost 2K in 3 hours and the opportunity cost of the time it takes to deal with 2K blows it out of the water.

[mason55]

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Go Bucks?

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O - H...

[LethalRose]

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Go Bucks?

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O - H...

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I - O

[Jimbo]

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It depends on if the car dealership will accept the nickels. Same with college tuition. If not, I'll take the cash please.

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Our dealership will take the nickels, We take bicycles, motorcycles, boats, guns, just about anything we thnik we can establish an acurrate value on.

[sammysusar]

in all seriousness nickel slots may be the answer.

the payout rates can be as high as 97 - 98 percent.

probably get the best return with the least hassle.

[LethalRose]

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It depends on if the car dealership will accept the nickels. Same with college tuition. If not, I'll take the cash please.

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Our dealership will thae the nickels, We take bicycles, motorcycles, boats, guns, just about anything we thnik we can establish an acurrate value on.

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you take...gasoline?

[jakethebake]

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how is 12K vs 10K even close


i guess for a group of poker players its skewed. ive lost 2K in 3 hours and the opportunity cost of the time it takes to deal with 2K blows it out of the water.

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i'm sure your hooker takes nickels w/ no problems. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Inthacup]

I'd take the nickels. I've been sticking $150 in nickels up my ass for the past 11 years! That's 3,000 nickels a day; 21,000 nickels a week; 1,092,000 nickels a year! To date that's 12,012,000 nickels, 8 times the population of Nebraska. Those nickels were in my ass! You think you're better than me? Oh, you're not better than me. You handle my ass nickels everyday. You pick up my ass nickels for good luck. You throw my ass nickels in fountains and make wishes on them. You give my ass nickels to your little daughter to buy gumballs with.

[mason55]

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in all seriousness nickel slots may be the answer.

the payout rates can be as high as 97 - 98 percent.

probably get the best return with the least hassle.

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Most nickel slot machines don't actually take nickels

[Jimbo]

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you take...gasoline?



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Too volatile, in more ways than one. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[A_Junglen]

I take the nickels and find somebody to buy them for 90k.

[Cancer Merchant]

Go to local casino, grab a stack of buckets. Spend a week turning them into paper money. This isn't hard, people.

[Sponger15SB]

You could find someone to sell you something worth like $90k for $100,000 in like a week tops.

Then you sell the $90k object for $90,000 in cash and there you go.

[Voltron87]

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how is 12K vs 10K even close


i guess for a group of poker players its skewed. ive lost 2K in 3 hours and the opportunity cost of the time it takes to deal with 2K blows it out of the water.

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i'm sure your hooker takes nickels w/ no problems. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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that made me laugh. i wasnt expecting that one, which makes it great.


kind of reminds me of that sopranos episode where christopher/big pussy and paulie are shaking down some ghetto drug dealers "[censored] crackheads and their one dollar bills"

[Klepton]

"hello sir, how can i help you?"
"i wanna buy this car. i have all the money with me."
"ok, that'll be around $100,000."
"ok, do you mind if i pay you in nickels?"
"excuse me?
"nickels. some guy offered me 100k in nickels or 10,000 in cash. i took the nickels. they're all real, you just have to deposit them into your bank."
"ok...uh..sure, i guess we could."
"thank you."

[slavic]

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You also can't put the nickels in the bank. You keep them at home in bulk and grab em when you need em.

BTW, let's say your rent is $500, I highly doubt your landlord will take 10,000 nickels as payment, since he'd have to count them and cash them in.

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All debts public and private. He can't refuse a willingness to pay.

[Sponger15SB]

Why is everyone talking about buying a car with $100k

Sounds like horrible, horrible idea

worst post ever?

[LBJ]

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I take the nickels and find somebody to buy them for 90k.

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This obviously isn't allowed. This is cashing them in, which is disallowed.

[siccjay]

Have a friend cash in the nickles. Give him 100 bucks.

[Voltron87]

i think everyone is kind of skirting around the premise of the question. you cant just cheat and have someone else do it.

also, the OP said "if you want to buy something, you must use only the nickels"

[Sponger15SB]

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i think everyone is kind of skirting around the premise of the question. you cant just cheat and have someone else do it.

also, the OP said "if you want to buy something, you must use only the nickels"

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Yeah, well most people can't read good.

[ggbman]

I think it's funny that so many people here don't realize that nickels are legal tender and any store in this coutnry is LEGALLY REQUIRED to accept them as payment.

[Klepton]

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Why is everyone talking about buying a car with $100k

Sounds like horrible, horrible idea

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i was just trying to show how easy it would be to get rid of the nickels for something worth 100k, and how stupid of a poll this is.

[LBJ]

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worst post ever?

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You have 200 posts. I know the quality of your posts. If I know the quality of member's post with only 200 posts, he's either a great poster or terrible. Needless to say, I found this gem on the first "past post" I clicked on. Worst FYP ever. Worst FYP ever, not funny... (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=exchange&Number=3284132&Fo rum=,All_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main =3281729&Search=true&where=&Name=42434&daterange=& newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev =#Post3284132)

[stankybank]

nickels.

Go to Vegas. Drop them all in slots. Don't spin. Cash out. Receive Ticket. Exchange for chips.

Enjoy /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Cancer Merchant]

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I think it's funny that so many people here don't realize that nickels are legal tender and any store in this coutnry is LEGALLY REQUIRED to accept them as payment.

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So why do so many stores have a sign that says "no bills larger than $20 are accepted?" Last I checked, fifties and hundreds are legal tender.

Or maybe you're full of crap.

[LBJ]

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nickels.

Go to Vegas. Drop them all in slots. Don't spin. Cash Out. Receive Ticket. Exchange for chips.

Enjoy /images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Illegal.

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worst post ever?

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You have 200 posts. I know the quality of your posts. If I know the quality of member's post with only 200 posts, he's either a great poster or terrible. Needless to say, I found this gem on the first "past post" I clicked on. Worst FYP ever. Worst FYP ever, not funny... (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=exchange&Number=3284132&Fo rum=,All_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main =3281729&Search=true&where=&Name=42434&daterange=& newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev =#Post3284132)

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You are a very tense person. Get your BP checked soon.

Nickel Slots. Easy choice. I'll drink-off the house edge.

[LBJ]

For all of you that say you're going to bring the 100k in quarters ANYWHERE, it WONT BE POSSIBLE.

That is 2 MILLION quarters. No way you can carry those.

[LBJ]

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worst post ever?

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You have 200 posts. I know the quality of your posts. If I know the quality of member's post with only 200 posts, he's either a great poster or terrible. Needless to say, I found this gem on the first "past post" I clicked on. Worst FYP ever. Worst FYP ever, not funny... (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=exchange&Number=3284132&Fo rum=,All_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main =3281729&Search=true&where=&Name=42434&daterange=& newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev =#Post3284132)

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You are a very tense person. Get your BP checked soon.

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No, I'm not tense. I tell it how it is and recognize a shitty poster when I see one.

[mason55]

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I think it's funny that so many people here don't realize that nickels are legal tender and any store in this coutnry is LEGALLY REQUIRED to accept them as payment.

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This is so incorrect it almost wraps back around to being correct.


Almost.

[Voltron87]

both of you need to STFU with the argument

this is a good premise for a thread, dont ruin it with a bunch of shitty posts.

[Reef]

if they were pennies, it might be closer..

I'd invest in the best coin counting / wrapping machine on the market. Walk around with my backpack full of nickel rolls.

[Hiding]

Okay, changed my mind on how to use the nickels. One US nickel ways 5 grams or 0.1763oz. $100,000 in nickels is 10 million grams which is 22046 pounds.

I rent a truck (<$300)load the nickels drive to the mortgage company (>$200 in gas) and pay off 100k of my mortgage.

Go home refinance and save ~$500-$600 a month for 30 years. I pass the 10k plus expenses in under 3 years.
Over 30 years its 180-215k.

[LBJ]

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Okay, changed my mind on how to use the nickels. One US nickel ways 5 grams or 0.1763oz. $100,000 in nickels is 10 million grams which is 22046 pounds.

I rent a truck (<$300)load the nickels drive to the mortgage company (>$200 in gas) and pay off 100k of my mortgage.

Go home refinance and save ~$500-$600 a month for 30 years. I pass the 10k plus expenses in under 3 years.
Over 30 years its 180-215k.

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That's a great idea, and a great way to be able to take to nickels. Are you 100% positive that the mortgage company would take two million nickels though?

Maybe I should have made the thread $10,000 or 30,000 in nickels. I think I might have chose $10,000 in that circumstance.

[tonypaladino]

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I think it's funny that so many people here don't realize that nickels are legal tender and any store in this coutnry is LEGALLY REQUIRED to accept them as payment.

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This might be technically true, but who the [censored] are you gonna get to enforce it?

>> "911 What's Your Emergency"
>> "Yeah, uh, I need the cops to come down to WalMart and make them take my nickles."

I spent 3 years in Cash Managment at a fairly large retail chain. My cashiers were not permitted to take rolled coins or excessive loose coins (~$20 or more.) I'm not gonna have my line held up because some fuktard wants to be a clown.

[M2d]

I go through the pile of nickles looking for rare coins. separate them and sell them.
take the rest and buy in to a 3K/6K game

[NotMitch]

Even if i had to roll the nickels myself before I spend them Im guessing I could roll 30 an hour giving me a $60/hr part time job until I got to $100K.

[A_C_Slater]

Since bison sold out to Google, I'll have to take over his work for him here.

























This thread sucks.

[Tron]

I voted for cash; the liquidity of my assets is important to me.

[Justin A]

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You also can't put the nickels in the bank. You keep them at home in bulk and grab em when you need em.

BTW, let's say your rent is $500, I highly doubt your landlord will take 10,000 nickels as payment, since he'd have to count them and cash them in.

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All debts public and private. He can't refuse a willingness to pay.

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This is not true.

[Justin A]

To most responders of this thread:

Quit trying to get around the original question. All these concocted theories of taking two million nickels to your mortgage company to get around the cashing in question are ridiculous.

Nickels suck, I'd take the cash.

[illini99]

I do the same thing but with pennies instead of nickels. When I was little, my father traded me for a single grain of white rice, slathered in a half dallop of muushu sauce. This made me cripplingly insecure. Distributing my asspennies helped me overcome that insecurity.

[toddw8]

I take the nickels just so i can dive into that [censored] like scrooge mcduck.

[Voltron87]

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I take the nickels just so i can dive into that [censored] like scrooge mcduck.

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potd

[SCfuji]

hey lebron

can i put the nickles in those nifty little coin holders so i can pay the people $2 or whatever at a time? if i can do that im down with the 100k in nickels. if not it would be tough buying things with the nickels.

[jdl22]

take nickels to vegas with everyone I know. Play slots for several days. win well over 10 grand and pay my friends a little as well.

[tonypaladino]

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I take the nickels just so i can dive into that [censored] like scrooge mcduck.

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nice

[einbert]

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You cannot cash the nickels in.

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I would sell them to a bank instead then.

In a free market things can be traded. There is no way that I would be totally unable to transfer the nickels to a more useful form of currency, most likely in the form of electronic funds for my checking account.

Polltard.

[pokerdirty]

how the [censored] are you supposed to do laundry w/ nickels?

[Escape]

Maddox would know how to use 100k nickles.

[Jurollo]

Coinstar takes 8.9 cents per dollar, which means you could cash them in at coinstar and get $91,100 back, still umm... $81,100 more. Plus you could easily take the nickels to the bank and cash them in, or worst case your local federal reserve branch, you could pay for a flight, transportation for your nickel, a few whores, beer, condoms and still have a lot of money left than the $10,000 in cash you would have gotten.
~Justin

[GuyOnTilt]

You say I can only buy things with the nickels themselves. Are there any rules as to what I can or can't do with the purchased goods and/or services after I have used my nickels to buy them? Are they then kind of out of your realm of control? For instance, how about if I buy real estate? I'm assuming this must be allowed. Are there rules as to if/when I'm allowed to sell my real estate, or do you even have any influence in that regard? If you do, what then am I allowed to do with the goods I buy with my $100k? Am I forced to use the barter system for the rest of my life as a result of taking this end of the deal? If not, why would I not be allowed to do something like buy $100k worth of short-term CD's (which are in principle the exact same thing as buying real estate or a stereo or a scooter or a floorlamp)? Not trying to "get around" anything; just trying to understand your proposition.

GoT

[dcasper70]

back that truck up to my mortgage company

[jakethebake]

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back that truck up to my mortgage company

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clearly this is correct. anyone that would not take the $100k is an idiot. People will accept them. They're nickels!

[GuyOnTilt]

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back that truck up to my mortgage company

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clearly this is correct. anyone that would not take the $100k is an idiot. People will accept them. They're nickels!

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I am not knowledgable in this area at all so I may be way off, but instinctively this seems like a completely stupid thing to do, given how dirt cheap mortgages are.

GoT

[MarkL444]

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I'd be paying my rent in nickels for a long, long time.

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Would you landlord accept a $300 payment in the way of 6,000 nickels?

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what if you threw in 1,000 extra nickels for his trouble?

[dcasper70]

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back that truck up to my mortgage company

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clearly this is correct. anyone that would not take the $100k is an idiot. People will accept them. They're nickels!

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I am not knowledgable in this area at all so I may be way off, but instinctively this seems like a completely stupid thing to do, given how dirt cheap mortgages are.

GoT

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back that truck up to my financial advisor

[jakethebake]

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I am not knowledgable in this area at all so I may be way off, but instinctively this seems like a completely stupid thing to do, given how dirt cheap mortgages are.

GoT

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I meant it figuratively. Back the truck up someplace, not necessarily the mortgage company. The point was that people will take the damn nickels. Hell it would actually be kinda fun just to see the look on their faces. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[unlucky513]

easy - $100,000 in nickels.

Then, I'd build a vault and swim through the nickles like Scrooge McDuck.


edit: dangit, someone stole my idea. i hate being late /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[dcasper70]

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I am not knowledgable in this area at all so I may be way off, but instinctively this seems like a completely stupid thing to do, given how dirt cheap mortgages are.

GoT

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I meant it figuratively. Back the truck up someplace, not necessarily the mortgage company. The point was that people will take the damn nickels. Hell it would actually be kinda fun just to see the look on their faces. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Tell them you want quarters... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Lazymeatball]

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[jba]

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I am not knowledgable in this area at all so I may be way off, but instinctively this seems like a completely stupid thing to do, given how dirt cheap mortgages are.


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i'm sure you are not losing 90k on the deal

[krimson]

Easy. Take the nickels, and buy some "chips" at the casino.

[EliteNinja]

I'd melt the nickels and sell them then.
Since these are American nickels, I'm melting them in Canada.