Man pays Best Buy with $2 bills, gets arrested

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:24 am

Happened to a 57-year-old dude in Boston. He is SO not going to shop BB again!

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XMEN_Hammer · Post by **XMEN_Hammer** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:37 am

Thats SAD...Hope he gets some vendication. Not a fan of sueing ,but a formal apology is in order..

Sharpster · Post by **Sharpster** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:37 pm

What is sad is this....

For this, Bolesta, Baltimore County resident, innocent citizen, owner of Capital City Student Tours, finds himself under arrest.

Finds himself, in front of a store full of customers at the Best Buy on York Road in Lutherville, locked into handcuffs and leg irons.

Finds himself transported to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, where he's handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Secret Service is called into the case.

Lemme explain....

I live in Baltimore County
I've been to this best buy on York road, usually my first choice for stuff.
And I've been by that Jail in Cockeysville multiple times .....

God.... good 'ol Maryland

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:05 am

Jeez.. I've actually had a fair share of $2 bills in my time, and never had a problem.... It's sad though, that when kids get taught about money in schools, they don't see the $2 bills anywhere, and most adults don't know they exist either... I hope he sues the hell out of Best Buy.

What makes me sad, is BB is a Minnesota Company, and their main office is 5 miles from my work, while I know this is probably a local thing, with some teenage brat who doesn't know any better, and her manager probably isn't much older, but you'd think a retailer as big as BB would TRAIN their employees and stress customer service... It's sad, really. I used to love going into BB, but over the years, I've been turned off by them, and order most all my electronics online.

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:50 am

Really ticked off at a store, pay them in pennies, then when they refuse to accept them (which I do believe they are, for pennies at least) pull out your jar of Nickels and pay for it with that, if they refuse that, pull out your dimes, or Quarters, or really perplex them and pull out half dollers, big old fat half dollers

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:43 pm

I pay in Dollar coins. We get them at work from the change machine.