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  • Man throws away $500K in gold to spite ex-wife

    This is how divorce gets expensive...

    His revenge was worth its weight in gold.

    A Colorado man was so angry at his ex-wife for divorcing him that he had the couple’s life savings of $500,000 converted to gold — then tossed it in a dumpster so she couldn’t have any of it, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports.

    In June, Earl Ray Jones, 52, of Divide, Colorado, was ordered by a judge to pay $3,000 a month to the woman he'd been married to for 25 years, so he pillaged the couple’s retirement account and had it converted into 22 pounds worth of gold and silver bars, the paper reports...



  • #2
    How sad... Temporary insanity indeed! This could easily start a gold rush in dumpsters. I doubt he would have given out that much if his plan of walking around giving people $100 bills had worked. Thanks for sharing.
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    • #3
      Perhaps he converted their net worth to gold, then pretended to throw the gold away. Maybe he has it stashed away somewhere.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DisciplinedSaver101 View Post
        Perhaps he converted their net worth to gold, then pretended to throw the gold away. Maybe he has it stashed away somewhere.
        I incline to think the same. Otherwise, it would be double whammy; lose wife and fortune.

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        • #5
          What ! this is crazy!

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