has the change rounding made you meaner

the_pen_turner

it acured to me today that i almost never put money in the charity boxs in shops anymore. before change rounding those 1 and 2 cent coins were a neusence and not really worth carring around so would be put in the box for some local charity

now the change works out so you get a 5cent coin or something of greater value or nothing . that 5 cents coin now has a lot more value now . its the diference between buying something or not so weel worth keeping .

shops also dont let you off a few cents like they did years ago .


do you think this system is making us meaner

LessOutragePlz

the_pen_turner wrote: »

it acured to me today that i almost never put money in the charity boxs in shops anymore. before change rounding those 1 and 2 cent coins were a neusence and not really worth carring around so would be put in the box for some local charity

now the change works out so you get a 5cent coin or something of greater value or nothing . that 5 cents coin now has a lot more value now . its the diference between buying something or not so weel worth keeping .

shops also dont let you off a few cents like they did years ago .


do you think this system is making us meaner

No but is sure making the after hours threads sh1ter!

pleas advice

a 5-cent now is about the same value as a penny in 1980

punisher5112

I wipe me a#s with €50 notes

One eyed Jack

the_pen_turner wrote: »

do you think this system is making us meaner

I know one thing that’s definitely made me meaner - the ability to be able to pay for my groceries by contactless payment. I’ve come to detest bucket collectors whom I’m not at all familiar with whatever organisation or charity they’re collecting for, yet they make no effort and simply expect people to deposit their change in the buckets that are simply left there with nobody manning them or making any effort to actually even offer pack the groceries.

I don’t feel one bit guilty about it when I’m approaching the counter and reaching for my wallet to get the cash ready, seeing buckets at the end of the till and disinterested bucket collectors in the general vicinity, then putting my wallet back and choosing to pay by card or contactless payment instead.

pleas advice

punisher5112 wrote: »

I wipe me a#s with €50 notes

can that still be used as legal tender?

Atlantic Dawn

Cash should be banned, fools currency.

McMurphy

pleas advice wrote: »

can that still be used as legal tender?

Yeah but I think that's the kind of tender best reserved for buying that auld cheap shyte with.

Purple Mountain

No. I was always mean.

Ten of Swords

I make very few purchases in cash anymore, 99.9% of the time I use a card

FREDNISMO

I always put 20.02 when putting fuel in car reckon I save 1.04e per annum

Atlantic Dawn

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I make very few purchases in cash anymore, 99.9% of the time I use a card

Exactly and anywhere that doesn't do contactless I blacklist as it's a backward kip living in the 1900's and deserves to go bust for being backward.

DelBoy Trotter

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I make very few purchases in cash anymore, 99.9% of the time I use a card

I’m the same. I generally only take out cash if I’m going somewhere that won’t take card (a food market or similar) or if I’m going on a night out

punisher5112

pleas advice wrote: »

can that still be used as legal tender?

Can't see why not I launder all my money.... Cha Ching

PARlance

FREDNISMO wrote: »

I always put 20.02 when putting fuel in car reckon I save 1.04e per annum

Rather than one €20 fill per week, if you filled it up 4 times a week for 5.02, you could make/save 4.16 a year! There was you thinking you were smart!

If you were only giving coppers, you were always mean..

Force Carrier

PARlance wrote: »

Rather than one €20 fill per week, if you filled it up 4 times a week for 5.02, you could make/save 4.16 a year! There was you thinking you were smart!

Minimum purchase 5 litres which cost more than 5.02 not that you could dispense fuel accurately to a cent with any consistency anyways.
Your move.

prinzeugen

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Exactly and anywhere that doesn't do contactless I blacklist as it's a backward kip living in the 1900's and deserves to go bust for being backward.

I really hope your bank has a issue one day and you wake-up to the fact that contactless is not all its cracked up to be.

Just because something can be done with tech does not mean it should!!

Logo

Does anyone know why a supermarket will 'only accept debit cards for purchases over €10'? Does the supermarket have to pay for the facility?

BuboBubo

Not really. But it's great in regards to coinage not consisting of stupid 1c and 2c coins.

The only charities I support are a local suicide one and a local search and rescue one. Nothing to do with the rounding system, more to do with fatcat CEO's.

punisher5112

Logo wrote: »

Does anyone know why a supermarket will 'only accept debit cards for purchases over €10'? Does the supermarket have to pay for the facility?

There is a charge so to make it worth while it needs to be this or more.

foxy farmer

PARlance wrote: »

Rather than one €20 fill per week, if you filled it up 4 times a week for 5.02, you could make/save 4.16 a year! There was you thinking you were smart!

Ssshhh ssssshhhh don't let my neighbour hear that or she'll be off trying it out.

Your Face

I find there's more of a jingle to guineas.

BuboBubo

foxy farmer wrote: »

Ssshhh ssssshhhh don't let my neighbour hear that or she'll be off trying it out.

Next topic for the stingy thread

BuboBubo

pleas advice wrote: »

a 5-cent now is about the same value as a penny in 1980

Can I have 10 5 cent penny sweets please?

FREDNISMO

PARlance wrote: »

Rather than one €20 fill per week, if you filled it up 4 times a week for 5.02, you could make/save 4.16 a year! There was you thinking you were smart!

Local ATM doesn't dispense anything less than a 20e 😉

LadySkunk

It has certainly made a few people more mean. Some people go absolutely apesh!t over that two cent.

A girl I used to work with served a guy who went mental over it and came back about five minutes later, slammed down a two cent coin on the counter while she was serving a different customer and shouted about her giving that to the next customer we were trying to rob.

Ahh retail :pac:

biko

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Exactly and anywhere that doesn't do contactless I blacklist as it's a backward kip living in the 1900's and deserves to go bust for being backward.

It's all fun and games until your bank has a problem and you stand there holding up the queue "try the card one more time".
Cash is king!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

If you only ever gave coppers then you were fully fledged mean already.

I consider anything below €1 as dross and would rather put it in a charity tin than take it home.

petes

Logo wrote: »

Does anyone know why a supermarket will 'only accept debit cards for purchases over €10'? Does the supermarket have to pay for the facility?

Don't think it's legal though to not accept smaller purchases.

the_pen_turner

Scott Gentle Junkyard wrote: »

If you only ever gave coppers then you were fully fledged mean already.

I consider anything below €1 as dross and would rather put it in a charity tin than take it home.

im not talking about only paying with coppers. if the bill was 4 65 then you would give the corect amount . to do that the 5 cent coin is handy.
but before the rounding if it was 4 65- 469 you would probably hand them 4 70 and tell them to put the few cents in the charity box.




wow . anything under a euro you donate. i couldnt do that. that would add up shockingly fast. years ago i used to put all that into a jar and save up for christmass presents for my family out of it. one year i had a few hundred in it