24 points | by DarkContinent 9 hours ago
5 comments
> The phasing out of the coins will mean businesses will need to round prices up or down…
Only when paying cash, and only the total.
Australia stopped one and two cents coins decades ago. It's sad to have to live with a system where the numbers are just two or even five times larger than they should be, but I suppose worse things have happened.
Replace it with a 33 cent coin
It's about time.
Andy Rooney complained about pennies back in the 1980s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-zcWgXu4hg . "A penny saved is a waste of time."
In inflation-adjusted terms, a penny back then was worth almost 3 cents now.
I am such a cheapskate that I can't not bother with pennies. I will save so much time from this.
> The phasing out of the coins will mean businesses will need to round prices up or down…
Only when paying cash, and only the total.
Australia stopped one and two cents coins decades ago. It's sad to have to live with a system where the numbers are just two or even five times larger than they should be, but I suppose worse things have happened.
Replace it with a 33 cent coin
It's about time.
Andy Rooney complained about pennies back in the 1980s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-zcWgXu4hg . "A penny saved is a waste of time."
In inflation-adjusted terms, a penny back then was worth almost 3 cents now.
I am such a cheapskate that I can't not bother with pennies. I will save so much time from this.