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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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So with the penny 'gone' from circulation, how about we track our experiences with rounding. Here's mine. Went to the post office today to purchased 10 stamps. I passed the cashier a $20 and she paused...started to fidget and then said "I don't know what to do and then mumbled something about pennies" So thinking I would help, I asked her how much the stamps cost. She said "12 mumble, umm mumble". I have no idea how much 10 stamps cost and that seemed a bit steep to me but I didn't say anymore. She handed me a mix of bills and coins which I stuffed into a pocket. Once I got home I checked the receipt: Total cost of stamps - $7.12 Change due from $20 - $12.88 The receipt doesn't display the rounding but the cashier should have given me $12.90, right? I then look at my change. A ten, a five, a toonie, a caribou quarter, a 1992 Quebec quarter, an American quarter, and a nice shiny 2012. nickel. Total $17.80  So I bought a 6-49 ticket and if I win the jackpot, the lady at CP will be get a bonus... and a calculator. |
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Canada
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 You should go stock up on stamps at that price. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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What kind of people have they working in Canada Post that can't even give change for a $20.00? You wait until she tries to balance her receipts today...  |
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Canada
548 Posts |
I was in the Post Office today to buy a Proof Set and a Specimen Set. The total came to $286.39. I gave the clerk $290 cash. She reached into the till and OPENED a roll of pennies to give me one.
Edited by lyradnoj
02/05/2013 6:25 pm
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United States
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I really hope this thread keeps going.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1177 Posts |
i purchased a drink from McDonald's. total: $1.66. she said she had to round down so she tried to give me $1.60. I told her it's the penny that phased out, not the nickel and I should be getting $1.65. she got her manager and he proceeded to say that the cashier was right and that's the proper way to run the transaction. just to be stubborn I left with my money.
sorry, but McDonald's should know well enough how to round the penny.
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Valued Member
Canada
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How bout you carry five pennies in your pocket every day and still use them,refuse to be rounded, bet that would screw a few people up  |
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New Member
Canada
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@jakedacc
Should have told them that the Loonie was recently phased out too :D
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2366 Posts |
I asked my daughter who works at one of the local Timmy's. She said they had the software update already so the register does the rounding and tells them the correct change to give if it's a cash transaction.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I made my usual purchase at Timmies my change should have been $0.72 instead I only got $0.70. There was a strange sense of loss not being able to check my pennies for old or rare variations, it is something I have done my whole life.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Costco has autoround at till.
The mint store was interesting, he circled, adjusted and signed the reciept. He said it was policy. (Vancouver).
received exact change at DQ and 7-11
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Jakedcc: not quite clear, was the price $1.66 or was that you change? You seem to imply both. It's the price that rounds, not change. But it would not suprise me if some retailers take whichever is in their favour.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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McD's today, I got pennies back in change.
at my store I have buckets and buckets (and buckets) of pennies from the last 20 years of emptying the change tray and being too lazy to roll them for the bank.
i am going to single handidly keep pennies in circulation for the next 20 years !
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New Member
Canada
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I'm still getting pennies in my change from Starbucks. So far, it doesn't feel like a heck of a lot has changed since the switch.
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 Canada
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at my store I have buckets and buckets (and buckets) of pennies from the last 20 years of emptying the change tray and being too lazy to roll them for the bank.
i am going to single handidly keep pennies in circulation for the next 20 years I like it. The government can have my pennies when they pry them from my cold dead hands. Vive la Revolution! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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We are using them here at work until we have no more to use.
I have three boxes of 1997-2011 cents in the store safe.
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Posted 02/05/2013 2:14 pm
