A donkey at an Algerian market ate the money of a man who came to buy him, making the unfortunate buyer and the owner wonder who the animal belongs to, an Algerian newspaper reported.

Al Shuruk al Yawmi, a newspaper published in the northern Algerian town of Tizi Ouzou, said the customer and the seller were traditionally bargaining for price for too long and failed to notice the donkey consuming the stack of banknotes meant as a payment for him.

Neither the Tizi Ouzou district court nor the city court were able to make a ruling that would satisfy both parties, so the case was passed on to the Algerian Supreme Court in the hope that it will resolve the bitter dispute.

Then what's your idea about this case?

hahah, thats awesome... it was still the salesmans donkey when the money was eaten so the buyer should get his money back or a donkey of equal or lesser value...

To my way of thinking, it is the buyer's responsibility to ensure the safety of his money, so why it would be in a position for an animal to eat is beyond me. If I were ruling, the "buyer" would be SOL on this one.

it's that way of thinking that gets the little guy screwed over so much... thanks, man.

Let's say you're looking for a cheap used car. You have $2500 to spend on it, in cash for whatever reason. You've found a decent car you'd like to buy, only the owner is asking $4000 for it. So, you go over to his house, with the cash, trying to negotiate down his asking price.

When you get there, you take out the cash and set it on the hood of the car. Someone else grabs the money and runs off. Now what?

Guess what? You're screwed. You set the money down and someone made off with it. The guy who owns the car didn't sell it to you. Even if he agreed you didn't pay him. You're out the money. This is the exact same thing we're discussing here. The buyer put the money someplace where someone else (the animal in this case) could get to it, and now it's gone. Bet he doesn't do THAT again.

I say kill the donkey cut out the money give the money to the salesman and the buyer gets the donkey