Monk goes shopping with 200,000 coins

[MirrorMan]

Monk goes shopping with 200,000 coins

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm

Celine Sun
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A monk in Shanghai paid for new water heaters with a load of 10-fen coins that weighed nearly three quarters of a tonne. The nearly quarter million coins took shop staff and bank clerks 13 hours to count. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A monk in Shanghai used more than 200,000 coins, each worth 10 fen, to buy water heaters for his temple at an appliance store, online news portal Xinhuanet.com reports.

Counting the coins took 13 hours, and they weighed 716kg in total.

“The monk from the temple said the coins were donated by visiting pilgrims. They had been accumulating for many years,” a store manager was quoted as saying.

The monk, from Xingjue Temple in the city’s Jinshan district, contacted several appliance stores asking whether they would take the pile of coins, but they turned him down. When he finally found a willing outlet, the store management had to ask a local branch of the Agricultural Bank of China to send over employees for help in sorting the 223,840 coins.

He bought 16 water heaters and was so pleased with the service that he told the store he would be back to buy air-conditioners and other small home appliances.

 

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PUBLISHED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm

Celine Sun
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That.s what I call bank counter service..

F....ck OCBC..I went to deposit cash at the counter so that i can write a cheque from the Easi-credit account... They want to charge me $25 as service charge for counter service..

It is unbelievable that they ransom you with their unreasonable charge,,,

And MAS is closing an eye to these ransom.

 

[hokkien]

Monk also go for good customer service? World has changed

 

[spinn]

this is the true meaning of the word service. in sinkieland must be good customer to get good service

 

[gingerlyn]

this monk is very good and singapore pap shall consider to invite him to Singapore and issuing him a PR.

there are monks who bring coins to nightclub and give coins to KTV girl as tips.

a coin is given to ktv girls whenever the monks pinch the ktv girls neh neh or piak their kar c'ng

 

[chowcheebye]

cheebye monk try to be funny, if limpeh is the bank clerk sure use a bag of coins to whack his botak head until crack

wor mi tor fuo

 

[KuanTi01]

this is the true meaning of the word service. in sinkieland must be good customer to get good service

If you are rich, you get priority service. Otherwise you pay them and get lip service. Singapore banks only world class in laundering!

 

[sleaguepunter]

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That.s what I call bank counter service..

F....ck OCBC..I went to deposit cash at the counter so that i can write a cheque from the Easi-credit account... They want to charge me $25 as service charge for counter service..

It is unbelievable that they ransom you with their unreasonable charge,,,

And MAS is closing an eye to these ransom.

u shd have use the cash deposit machine instead of the counter. that FOC.

 

[spinn]

If you are rich, you get priority service. Otherwise you pay them and get lip service. Singapore banks only world class in laundering!

said like a true sage

 

[blissquek]

u shd have use the cash deposit machine instead of the counter. that FOC.

That's exactly why the counter girl said..

I need to make other enquiries and thus I approached the counter.

 

[xpo2015]

Why monks need creature comforts like aircons and heaters?

Aren't they supposed to be void of worldly needs and pleasures?

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

B]Monk goes shopping with 200,000 coins[/B]

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 21 May, 2015, 4:35pm

Celine Sun
[email protected]


That.s what I call bank counter service..

F....ck OCBC..I went to deposit cash at the counter so that i can write a cheque from the Easi-credit account... They want to charge me $25 as service charge for counter service..

It is unbelievable that they ransom you with their unreasonable charge,,,

And MAS is closing an eye to these ransom.

one infamous monk I saw in sg paid with credit card.............

 

[Tuayapeh]

cheebye monk try to be funny, if limpeh is the bank clerk sure use a bag of coins to whack his botak head until crack

wor mi tor fuo

Don't mess with the wrong monk

 

[sleaguepunter]

That's exactly why the counter girl said..

I need to make other enquiries and thus I approached the counter.

ocbc the only bank that dont have a customer service counter. make me Q 20min plus to update office detail for company account.