Man Pays for New Truck With Loose Change

Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:16 PM EST
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FRANKFORT — 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.

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{"commentId":1296403,"authorDomain":"brainstewerz"}
brainstewerz

Wow that takes a lot of self-control.

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    Reply#1 - Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:29 AM EST
    {"commentId":1296700,"authorDomain":"STatWar"}
    STatWar

    I normally cash out on my spare change once a year (I try to do it around my birthday as a present to myself). However, now that I carry less and less cash because of debit cards I've noticed the amount rarely goes over $100.

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    #1.1 - Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:37 AM EST
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    {"commentId":1296536,"authorDomain":"patsym546"}
    patsym546

    Couldn't even happen in MY house!

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      Reply#2 - Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:38 AM EST
      {"commentId":1297585,"authorDomain":"Patriot"}
      Patriot

      I used to roll my change up once a year as well...now my kids thinks its theirs so I never see any of it anymore!

      I need to figure out a way to use this to teach them about saving...any ideas?

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        Reply#3 - Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:22 PM EST
        {"commentId":1297906,"authorDomain":"micky"}
        Michelle-218525

        put a big bowl near the door. and then tell them to always put their spare change in the bowl, and if they steal from the bowl, tell them that they need to put back double the amount of what they stole.

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          Reply#4 - Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:06 PM EST
          {"commentId":1297969,"authorDomain":"alphadog"}
          Alpha Dog
          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.

          I wonder where he kept all these containers in his house.

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            Reply#5 - Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:38 PM EST
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