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I dealt with this issue as a young boy when trying to pay for some candy at the local bodega with a large sack of pennies. The clerk simply refused my business
by grandalf 9y ago
I dealt with this issue as a young boy when trying to pay for some candy at the local bodega with a large sack of pennies. The clerk simply refused my business.
I was outraged and asked some lawyers in my family to look into it. Turns out the business had no obligation to accept the transaction. "Legal Tender" means that the currency may be legally used as currency, not that it must be accepted when offered/tendered.
- CupOfJava 9y agoYour situation is similar. However, did you consume the candy before paying? Or maybe restaurants will ask customers to pay first if they use this.
- dragonwriter 9y agoThere is a difference between accepting a purchase transaction offered and accepting payment for a debt which has been occurred. The former is a matter of whether a contract is formed at immediately fulfilled and the latter of whether an existing contract is violated in a manner that the State will concern itself with. Restaurants sometimes operate in the former mode (fast-food and fast-casual) and sometimes in the latter (full table service).
- grandalf 9y agoI've never thought of it that way before in terms of a contract. Very interesting.
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