is that even legal?

Funny story from Lorin this morning... when she went in to sign the lease, she took with her $877 in cash to make up the difference between the old security deposit and the new one. FAS Management Company has a policy of not accepting personal checks except from people who are on the lease. They request money orders instead. Since money orders are not free, Lorin took cash. Being presented with $877 in cash greatly confused FAS. They claimed that they couldn't accept that much money. Lorin argued reasonably that this was U.S. government issued currency and that they have to accept it. Finally, they agreed to take the money "just this once." Fine. But then Lorin asked for a receipt. More confusion. She offered that a piece of paper saying "Lorin ___ paid $877 to FAS on 9/28/06" would suffice, but oh no, FAS couldn't do that. Finally, they came up with a hilarious solution. They photocopied the money that she brought in. Yes, as her receipt, Lorin now has a folder full of photocopies of $50 bills.