Man Pays For New Truck With $12,000 In Small Bills And Coins

A candy seller in China paid for his new truck with a mountain of small change.

He brought 80,000 yuan ($12,000) in small denomination bills and coins to the auto dealership in Southeast China last Monday, the South China Morning Post reports.

The cash weighed at least half a ton and was stuffed inside 10 crates in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, according to the People's Daily Online. 

Mashable reports mammoth deposit  stunned staff. "I have never seen so much cash in my life," sales manager Gu Liyuan said.

But dealership manager Yang Huai said the man, surnamed Cai, was a "loyal customer and has already bought four cars from us, so we have to help him solve this problem."

Thirteen employees spent more than 10 hours counting the money up, according to the South China Morning Post.

Cai, who sells candy and biscuits to villagers, said he usually received payment for his goods in change and had "too much to exchange for larger bank notes."

"Although some people might think that I'm flouting my wealth by paying for everything in small change, but it's all I have and I just hope that the other person will accept them," he added. It's not known what vehicle be bought.

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