Accept $1 Coins? Call Supervisor!

Let's let SuperDave's post, and now this one, be the end of all comments of the "back and forth" nature. We're done with ANY bantering. The next post that is needed for this will be the same as a third and final warning for anyone, and they will find themselves on vacation, period.

As to the subject at hand, I would assume that all businesses actually have a standards of practice and regulations that they must/should follow. Just because an employee, or manager for that matter, refuses payment of a certain type, it doesn't mean that what they are doing in within their rights or legal. My guess is that these companies probably have a set of laws in regards to this and the employees probably do not know them. It's no different than a company saying that there is a minimum purchase when using credit cards. there are credit card companies that DO NOT allow this. Visa comes to mind and probably Mastercard. You can contact them and they will have some surprising info for the merchant that declines to use your card as a payment. :)

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and my sister works in a pharmacy. Someone came in and made a purchase using change. She called and asked if I wanted a US half dollar. I told her to buy it for the 50 cents and I will get it from her later. Turned out to be a 1967. I wish more people would spend their silver coins there

Creating a scene and demanding to talk to a manager is not the positive and educational message you want to try to get across about halves and dollar coins.

As I said I have had cashiers have to call a manager to get approval and have not had a problem but if a business didn;t want to take my halves and dollar coins I would just stop shopping at that business and take my future business elsewhere.