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cbayer

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9. I drove across Canada six years ago and pretty much every merchant rounded

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:17 PM

Mar 2012

to the nickel, including when giving you your change.

I think if more US merchants started doing this, we would make the first step towards elimination of the dreaded penny.

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Is it time for the US to phase out the penny? Canada is. [View all] Electric Monk Mar 2012 OP

A conundrum: we don't like change in the US but we like change onenote Mar 2012 #1

I hate making change with them. safeinOhio Mar 2012 #2

Croak the dollar bill while we're at it KamaAina Mar 2012 #3

Yeah, phase it out... GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #4

Rounded off to the nearest nickel, they'd only owe you a nickel back. Electric Monk Mar 2012 #5

Introduce a 2-cent piece -- eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #6

Without my jar half full of pennies how would I save for a rainy day? nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #7

If it were strictly a rational decision, ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #8

I drove across Canada six years ago and pretty much every merchant rounded cbayer Mar 2012 #9