V Bupati saves one rupee coin for three years to buy Bajaj Dominar 400
A man in Tamil Nadu bought the bike of his dreams after saving three years. While this in itself is not common, what made it buzz online was the mode of payment – they paid Rs 2.6 lakh for the vehicle, using only Re 1 coins.
according to this times of India, V Bupati walked away with a Bajaj Dominar 400 from a showroom in Salem on Saturday. The bike was handed over to Mr. Bupati by five members of the showroom staff along with four friends of Mr. Bupati after working for more than 10 hours to count all the coins. The coins were brought to the showroom in a van and unloaded using wheelbarrows.
Images shared on Twitter by news agency ANI show the team working hard to count one rupee coins. One of the pictures also shows 29-year-old V Bupati with his brand new motorcycle.
Tamil Nadu | A youth in Salem paid Rs 2.6 lakh to buy a bike with Re 1 coins collected over three years. pic.twitter.com/ayLgBa23Ja
— ANI (@ANI) 28 March 2022
While the showroom manager was initially reluctant to accept payment in coins, he said he agreed as he did not want to disappoint a customer.
Showroom manager Mahavikrant said, “Banks will charge 140 commission for counting 1 lakh – that too in 2,000 denominations. When we give them 2.6 lakh in one rupee coins how will they accept it.” times of India, “I finally accepted, following Bupati’s dream of buying a high-end bike,” he said.
Mr. Bupati, who is a YouTuber, also shared a video of his bike buying experience. He told The Times of India that he had inquired about the price of his dream bike three years ago and was told it was Rs 2 lakh.
“I didn’t have that much money at that time,” he said, adding that he decided to save the money he earned from his YouTube channel as earnings to buy the Bajaj Dominar 400.
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