When I have exact change don’t tell me I have to round up. Ain’t gonna happen. —More Cents Than You
This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2013.
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Some of the wording is open for interpretation IMO, but, (wait for it), that’s just my 2 cents worth. 😉
If the store rounds the total down, will you still pay the extra 2¢?
Probably a 2 cent “Penny phase out rounding surcharge”. Taxable of course. Sorry ’bout that. New head office policy. Can’t be helped.
What about the “Need-a-penny, Take-a-penny” cup next to the register? What will become of them?
“Need-a-penny, Leave two” ?? Just doesn’t seem to roll off the tongue as nice.
Dick…
a penny or two isn’t going to make or break you. just do it,
The new rules don’t apply to digital transfer, if you don’t like it then use debit
“a penny or two isn’t going to make or break you. just do it,”
Ah, but what about the old adage “Look after the pennies and the dollars look after themselves”?
I think that’s fair… assuming they still take pennies which I believe is their decision…
And ain’t that a bitch, the old adage, “so poor I can’t rub two pennies together” just got hit with 500% inflation.
well thats my 2 cents worth. now worthless.
Sooner or later you are going to run out of pennies. Then you will be forced to pay their outrageous prices. Imagine the nerve…rounding up or down, at the most, 2 cents. Pbbbbfffffffttttttt!!!!!
This is your Bitch? really?
use plastic and its no different. Glad they got rid of that pos. Bet you have no problem when they round down.
They should take the damn nickle out too while they’re at it! Both can go for all I care.
When the 25 cent currency was a paper bill…..the penny had today’s equivalency buying power that the 25 cent coin has today. Think about that. The lowest denomination coin had the buying power that the 25 cent coin has today.
So getting rid of the penny and nickle still leaves us with a smaller denomination (in buying power) than we had way back when.
That’s Smee’s 10 cents worth!
Oh ya…..another dime of opinion…..can we now have a 5 dollar coin please? In Scotland they’ve had a 5 pound coin for decades….that’s like a $10 coin! Too cool!
So Christmas morning when you poke your head out the window and need to throw a coin down to the kid on the street to buy a turkey from the butcher…..the kid will at least have a fighting chance to get a meals worth!!
OK, OK, maybe that coin needs to be one of them gold coins, I don’t really see those in my change.
OK, that was worth 25 cents but we round down to 20, right?
A secret; Alt 0162 = ¢, its very sneaky.
We have a Canadian 5 dollar coin. we have 3 dollar coins,& 4 dollar coins & we have had $ 5 dollar Canadian coins for many years…. know world wide as Canadian Maples ! … Oh & we also hve 10 & 20 & 30 dollar coins ! Iown $100 dollar, 200, dollar & $300 gold coins …. so there you go.
As a matter of fact last year the Royal Canadian Mint, issued $20 dollar for $20 dollar coins, you sent them 20 dollars & recieved a $20.00 face value pure silver coin. No tax, no postage fee etc. it was limited to 3 per household & they’ve done this more than once ! Just an FYI in N.S. buying pure silver, gold & other precious metal coins have no taxes charged on these ‘bullion coins’
I got ” ” not “¢”….. ??? …..How’d you do that?
Its “Alt codes”, use the numbers on the right hand side of your keyboard, not the top row. Very sneaky, lol.
Moron!!
I meant in common circulation.
Fucking moron.
Sonic…..your fucking with Smee! I just got a sound….beep!
C L…..¢!! It worked!! It worked!! It’s all in the rythem!
Fuck Sonic….I under estimated your sneakness!!
¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Lol ¢ Hahahahahah! ¢ ¢ ¢ OMG! ¢¢¢¢¢
Now it all makes ¢ to Smee.
Now that made me laugh Smee. I do have some sneakness, but I would never fuck around with a secret, thats deep shit knowing one. Nor could I fuck with Smee, thats cold shit right there.
As they say in Scotland “Is that a five pound coin in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
A penny is still legal tender and stores have to accept them. The store then rolls them and take them to the bank and the bank sends them to the mint (the stores and banks are given currency for the rolled pennies so they do not lose out). The mint has the pennies melted down and remains are either reused in currencies of other nations (the Cayman Island penny, for example, is produced by our mint) or sold as scrap.