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As I have said in other threads, I think all cash purchases will (should) be rounded down for simplicity. It seems like a no-brainer when one considers that rounding down will still cost less than an electronic transaction (card processing fees).
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Pillar of the Community
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that rounding down will still cost less than an electronic transaction (card processing fees). Not just less, but a [EMPHATIC!] of a lot less... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like Nina's ideas of not minting pennies for a few years and 1. use what's out there and 2. shake out all the stored pennies and get them back into circulation.
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New Member
United States
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How about instead of doing away with some imaginary nuisance we look at an actual problem called devaluation?
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Pillar of the Community
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I like the "good metaphor" comment. :-)
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Pillar of the Community
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I like the "good metaphor" comment. :-)
I thought that was funny, too! |
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Well, they did dump the 2 & 3 cent pieces many, many years ago!
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Now Obama is on the bandwagon - how soon is the question.
Canada already dumped theirs . . . Has its own thread now...  https://goccf.com/t/142014 |
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Just saw this post and I'm 100% for it.
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Pillar of the Community
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We could keep a small number of $1 bills floating around for strippers like we kept some silver dollars available for the slots in Vegas! Great...now I have this mental image of people pelting strippers on stage with Presidential dollar coins. Is it sad that kind of makes me laugh? |
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-- "Whacha call it when you throw a sack of dollar coins at someone?"
-- "I dunno, what?"
-- "Hazard pay."
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Valued Member
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this actually does have a real impact on adult entertainment clubs (for the young ears). bouncing dollar coins around would be interesting!
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Pillar of the Community
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Not a problem! I was at a "Gentlemen's Club" many years ago in Texas where they didn't allow cash tips but sold paper script to the patrons. I'm not sure what the benefit was to the club or the employees, but a similar arrangement could be made if you don't want to pony up a $5.
My favorite memory was 20 years ago in Canada. A friend and I wanted to go to all the places mentioned in the Motley Crue song Girls, Girls, Girls. Obviously, Crazy Horse in Paris, France was the biggest challenge, but another venue outside the U.S. is the Marble Arch in Vancouver, British Columbia. We stopped by there on a trip to ski Whistler/Blackcomb. The best part was that when we walked in, the hockey game was on TV. During intermission some girls got up to dance, but when the game came back on, they left the stage and didn't return until the next intermission. You have to admire the priorities!
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Another option for cabarets and adult clubs (other than the scrip idea) would be a pouch. Let me explain: Years ago I performed in a shadowbox version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (that's the version where you have live performers in front of the screen, playing along with their movie counterparts), and we were collecting for our theatre program. You paid a donation at the door, but in the first year some smartypants seniors decided to stuff money into Frank's garters during his opening number and it became kind of a tradition. In the second year I played Janet and since lots of people had change, I bought a second slip, tore it in half, and sewed it up into a bag that hung off my waistband. People with dollar coins or rolls of quarters could toss them in the bag, and then when I was offstage I just dumped it in the pot in the back. Theft was a non-issue because the bag hung right below my hand and if someone wanted it I'd hold it open myself.
There are a million ways to adapt, if it's needed.
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