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Woman in China Paid for Her BMW 7-Series in Small Change

Ms Li, a businesswoman, apparently showed up at a dealership in Zhengzhou armed with 100,000 small denomination bank notes to buy a BMW 7-Series.
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By Kritika Sethi

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Published on April 28, 2015

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    Much to the amusement of whoever has/will read about this news, and not so much to that of a BMW dealership in China, a woman decided to pay for her brand new Bimmer with small change. Ms Li, a businesswoman, apparently showed up at a dealership in Zhengzhou armed with 100,000 small denomination bank notes to buy a BMW 7-Series. The BMW 730Li costs about RMB 1,000,000 or Rs. 10,203,802.

    BMW 7 Series Payment

    The sum total of the notes was about RMB 94,217 (Rs. 961,190). They weighed around 100Kg. Reports claim Li paid the remaining amount via a credit card.

    About how the entire purchase occurred at the dealership - it took 20 of its employees and 6 hours to count the payment.

    Jia Tinghai, the dealership's marketing director, spoke to Zhengzhou Evening Post about this peculiar purchase, and summarised her reaction in mere 3 words: "Oh my God".

    Local media claims that the 'often busy' Ms Li said she had decided to save the banknotes till she was able to spend them all at once when buying a car.

    BMW 7 Series

    Interestingly, Ms Li's purchase isn't the first bizarre story to come out of China. Reportedly earlier this year, a man from Hebei used only coins to buy a car that cost more than 50,000 yuan.

    (With inputs from The Telegraph)
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    Last Updated on April 28, 2015


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