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Your 1c and 2c coins are not welcome in Wexford Town

  • 17-09-2013 02:41PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,139 ✭✭✭


    Shoppers in Wexford Town will stop using one and two cent coins from today, in a trial that could see them removed from circulation nationwide.

    The two-month-long ‘Rounding Trial’, run by the Central Bank, plans to assess the reaction of both consumers and retailers once the coin experiment comes to an end.

    The Government will have the final say on whether the scheme will be taken any further.

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    So if you're buying something for €1.26 it gets rounded down to €1.25 and something for €1.29 will now cost €1.30. I think rounding is pretty silly. 1c and 2c should be removed fully and shops should be banned for selling products that would require the use of such coins. The idea to remove them is a good one but the way its being put into practice in Wexford Town is wrong. 1c and 2c coins are a nuisance to business and customers and it's estimated that the majority of 1c and 2c coins spend the majority of their use in jars and not actually in circulation.

    Something for €9.99 is psychological pricing. The cost to produce a 1c coin is 1.07c and the cost to produce a 2c coin is over 2c too. So what do you say AH; Ban these dammed coins?

    Remove 1c and 2c coins from circulation? 264 votes

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭Mr.McLovin


    that doesn't make any cents at all


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭OneArt


    Wait...

    So, 1c and 2c are ALIVE?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,889 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Nay
    That typo is annoying me more than anything to do with coins.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    They're handy enough sometimes.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭Ilik Urgee


    That typo is annoying me more than anything to do with coins.

    Pot Kettle Black:pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    Nay
    Your


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    I'm welcome in Wexford.

    Why you calling me a one cent/two cent coin though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Yes kill them. They're always filthy and stink.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭homemadecider


    I am 1c and 2c coins?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,694 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Nay
    There is nothing worse then 'Mary' in the line waiting to buy 10 euro worth of goods and paying by all 1c and 2c coins. I welcome this trial. It will help cut down on the Marys and speed things up abit at the till.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Undecided
    Something for €9.99 is psychological pricing.

    But... €9.99 looks so much more cheaper than €10! :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,139 ✭✭✭Red Crow


    Gah Your*

    Too late!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,922 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    So if you're buying something for €1.26 it gets rounded down to €1.25 and something for €1.29 will now cost €1.30. I think rounding is pretty silly. 1c and 2c should be removed fully and shops should be banned for selling products that would require the use of such coins.

    So selling product by weight should be banned then, seeing as Bananas at €1.20 a kg is 80% of the time not going to come to a figure ending in 5 or 0.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Nay
    Ill just leave this here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_rounding

    This process has been done for many years in other countries!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭Geomy


    Undecided
    Back in the 90's didn't M&S make a huge profit from people not taking back their pennies....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭Missyelliot2


    I lived in the Netherlands for years....and all shops rounded up/down. Really good idea IMHO.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Nay
    Wexford is penniless :(


  • Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That typo is annoying me more than anything to do with coins.
    MJ23 wrote: »
    Your

    In case you missed it.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056526338


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Nay
    mondeo wrote: »
    There is nothing worse then 'Mary' in the line waiting to buy 10 euro worth of goods and paying by all 1c and 2c coins. I welcome this trial. It will help cut down on the Marys and speed things up abit at the till.

    Especially considering that Mary only ever has 9.60 or something like that and has to give in and use the ten euro note anyway.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Should get rid of all denominations under a euro when they're at it. Absolutely no need for them at all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Nay
    mikemac1 wrote: »
    The main offenders who holds up the queues with coppers is not Mary, it's the local winos using their begging money for 2 litres of cider

    Supervalu, Aston Quay many a time


    For some reason I find Mary more annoying. Foostery and prim. :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Nay
    The 1 and 2 cents are great for paying 1.48 or something for a 1.65 fare :P Ah its the small things in life that fulfill :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,983 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Nay
    Seriously question - what happens if an item (or items) is €1.27? Discretion given to shopkeeper?


  • Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Basq wrote: »
    Seriously question - what happens if an item (or items) is €1.27? Discretion given to shopkeeper?

    I would have though 1.26 + 1.27 are now 1.25. And 1.28 and 1.29 are now 1.30. No?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,983 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Nay
    I would have though 1.26 + 1.27 are now 1.25. And 1.28 and 1.29 are now 1.30. No?
    Whoops... yeah, you're right... I was thinking of 7 as a mid-way point.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    I would have though 1.26 + 1.27 are now 1.25. And 1.28 and 1.29 are now 1.30. No?

    sure wasnt that how the punt/euro change over was handled?... oh wait.... :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,923 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Nay
    I would have though 1.26 + 1.27 are now 1.25. And 1.28 and 1.29 are now 1.30. No?

    all will be rounded up to 1.30 I'd say


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Undecided
    so no one here sees this as an opportunity for businesses to round most things up...bringin up the cost of everyones weekly shoppin...which in turn will make others bring up their costs to cover that cost...ya know...that thing called "inflation"....

    does anyone here remember the euro changeover where the govt promised that the changeover wouldnt result in higher prices...but in reality most things did go up shortly afterwards ..things ended up costing alot more as businesses saw the opportunity to fool the consumer...and the same will happen here..greedy irish:mad:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    Link

    So if you're buying something for €1.26 it gets rounded down to €1.25 and something for €1.29 will now cost €1.30. I think rounding is pretty silly. 1c and 2c should be removed fully and shops should be banned for selling products that would require the use of such coins. The idea to remove them is a good one but the way its being put into practice in Wexford Town is wrong. 1c and 2c coins are a nuisance to business and customers and it's estimated that the majority of 1c and 2c coins spend the majority of their use in jars and not actually in circulation.

    Something for €9.99 is psychological pricing. The cost to produce a 1c coin is 1.07c and the cost to produce a 2c coin is over 2c too. So what do you say AH; Ban these dammed coins?

    What the hell do you think the shops would do if you stopped them selling stuff at certain prices ?? They'd round everything up !!


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