Waterbuffalo
12-23-2007, 04:29 PM
This was a wonderful story! Reminds me of several stories that Chief has posted in the recent past about saving and working your butt off to afford those little luxuries in life.
You might want to call this story "Saving loose change for Life: The ultimate piggy bank.." 8-D
Found via Google News, AP story..
Man Pays for New Truck With Loose Change
22 hours ago
FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off.
Brant, 70, used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck Friday — 13 years after buying another truck with spare change.
"(The old truck) didn't have four-wheel drive, and living in the country, I figured I better get a new one to help get me through the snow," he said.
Brant said he was raised to be thrifty. His father always paid in cash and saved up loose change to take vacations.
Brant has been storing his change for years, and estimated he had about $26,000 in coins for Friday's purchase. In 1994, he bought a Dodge pickup and a Dodge Neon using about $36,000 in quarters.
"As long as you don't put your hands back in the till, it really adds up," he said.
Brant stored his change in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks over the years, and was escorted by sheriff's deputies as he brought the rolled coins to the dealership.
A Mike Raisor Chrysler Dodge and Jeep employee who sold Brant the truck said the dealership called in an armored car to count and handle the coins.
"No bank wants to take them," Keith Gephart said.
Find the story here: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmIlDFAW6TlLwqjPkjcLbMJgbIPAD8TMSB3G0
You might want to call this story "Saving loose change for Life: The ultimate piggy bank.." 8-D
Found via Google News, AP story..
Man Pays for New Truck With Loose Change
22 hours ago
FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off.
Brant, 70, used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck Friday — 13 years after buying another truck with spare change.
"(The old truck) didn't have four-wheel drive, and living in the country, I figured I better get a new one to help get me through the snow," he said.
Brant said he was raised to be thrifty. His father always paid in cash and saved up loose change to take vacations.
Brant has been storing his change for years, and estimated he had about $26,000 in coins for Friday's purchase. In 1994, he bought a Dodge pickup and a Dodge Neon using about $36,000 in quarters.
"As long as you don't put your hands back in the till, it really adds up," he said.
Brant stored his change in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks over the years, and was escorted by sheriff's deputies as he brought the rolled coins to the dealership.
A Mike Raisor Chrysler Dodge and Jeep employee who sold Brant the truck said the dealership called in an armored car to count and handle the coins.
"No bank wants to take them," Keith Gephart said.
Find the story here: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jmIlDFAW6TlLwqjPkjcLbMJgbIPAD8TMSB3G0