we keep your change

[gregs45auto]

Bought a loaf of french bread at Smiths. Price 1.00 plus tax of 7 cents. They said no change given, but if you use the self checkout the machine would give change. Self checkout, Not giving them a extra 1.00 Going to switch to another store. greg

 

[coach]

For 7 cents shouldn’t the round down to a dollar ? :roll:
Not exactly good customer relations to round up 93 cents or higher math to know which way to round a number.

 

[Pat-inCO]

We have one similar around here and they do not charge extra for self check-out.
When I go in for bread (they have some really good store baked) I just use the
self-check and a credit card (their prices on most every thing else is WAY out of
line).

When all this "stuff" started they increased their price on eggs to over twice what
they were available for at most other locations. Since I have other stores I frequent
in that center, I just walk the extra few hundred feet (exercise doesn't hurt) and
register my displeasure at their new pricing. :roll: Is that called passive aggressive?

 

[coach]

Is that called passive aggressive?

I don’t think so. Passive aggressive would be more like if went to the egg case, picked up a dozen, dropped them on the floor and then walked to the other store to buy your eggs. :twisted:

 

[contender]

We went to 3 different stores yesterday. They had signs stating "Exact change, Debit cards, or credit cards only."
I paid cash for stuff at all 3, and got the correct change back.
It's illegal to not give you change for a purchase,,, and they must take cash as it's "Legal tender for all debts, public & private."

BUT,,,,,,,, I have to seriously wonder WHY we are having a change shortage now?

 

[rimmer1]

My opinion is their trying to make everybody use plastic and they want to do away with all monies.
They will be able to squash all the people who have cash on hand and they will be able to track all your transactions.
The government is now keeping a closer look at all cash transactions. And the banks are closing a lot of credit card accounts.
What's next?

 

[Xsales]

What's next?

A nazi swastika on every building and the gestapo running the show
Not that far from in and getting closer every day

 

[314Chevy]

I haven't seen anything like that yet but it might be interesting to give them a dollar and put the 7 cents on a credit card. The cost to process the 7 cent charge must be more than 7 cents.

 

[TRanger]

I refuse to use a “self check out.” That’s just a euphemism for free labor. I was standing in line the other day when I was approached by a store employee who pointed out the self-checkout was open. I told her the store would have to compensate me to use it and suggested a 30% discount on my purchase. She just walked away. :)

 

[Mobuck]

{I refuse to use a “self check out.”}

As does Grouch Attack. Which is OK if you have a cart full of stuff and the time to stand in line at the checkout. I don't really like to do my own checkout but it's often a faster process when I have 3 items and in a hurry.

 

[Kevin]

BUT,,,,,,,, I have to seriously wonder WHY we are having a change shortage now?

I have to question this whole thing too? Is this some big conspiracy? What would be the purpose?

At the car wash we frequent, they don’t give quarters anymore, but they did install credit card timers. Which is funny because that couldn’t have been cheap.

 

[32magfan]

It all boils down to money... and taxes. For example, how does the government tax the owner of a car wash, laundrymat or coke machine that only accepts cash? By what the owner reports as income. And we all know how honest most folks are about that. No cash transactions means every transaction can be recorded, traced and TAXED. No more giving little Johnny next door $25 for mowing Granny’s lawn for her in the summer. He will have to report that income and she will have to be an employer. It all gets rather ridiculous if you carry it out to the obvious conclusion- loss of freedom, independence and privacy in SPADES!!!

I am not a conspiracy theorist on most things but this is obvious to this old country boy. My .02 - which I can still give because I keep a change jar next on my dresser. :mrgreen:

32Magfan

 

[bobski]

I cant accept your 2 cents worth.
it has to be exact change and I don't have any coins.
lol.

 

[bogus bill]

Years ago I had a wild friend that I grew up with. He was traveling broke and barely had enough gas to get where he was going. He stopped at a stop and rob and got a loaf of bread and some baloney. He was a little short and the clerk told him to put the bread back so he opened the loaf, pulled out a handful of bread and told the clerk "That should do it!" Then the fight was on. The poor guys life was like that and he was a legend with all of us that knew him. He died young.

 

[WAYNO]

Dimes and nickels must be in shorter supply than pennies? At the casino yesterday, when I'd cash in tickets, I received only quarters and pennies for the coin amount. And I ended up with a pocketful of pennies.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

It's because of the pandemic. Most people are not paying with cash so the coins don't get back into circulation and the Fed isn't minting as many.

https://money.howstuffworks.com/coin-shortage.htm

quote> Where Have All the Coins Gone?

America's pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters haven't disappeared; the COVID-19 pandemic has simply disrupted the normal cycle of coin circulation. According to the U.S. Treasury, there were $47.8 billion of coins in circulation as of April 2020, which was actually $400 million more than in April 2019, but those coins are not moving through the economy like they should be.

The Federal Reserve gives several reasons as to why there are fewer coins in circulation:

Banks and businesses nationwide closed their doors during the lockdown phases of the pandemic, including cash- and coin-heavy sectors like convenience stores, public transit and laundromats.
The U.S. Mint also slowed its production of new coins during the early stages of the pandemic as staff was reduced for safety reasons at the mint's Philadelphia and Denver locations.
Even as the economy reopens, consumers are opting for "contactless" payment and generally using less cash and coins, meaning more coins are sitting at home in Mason jars, piggy banks and under couch cushions. <end quote

 

[blackhawknj]

Haven't encountered that here in Central NJ yet.

 

[Poco Oso]

I did my part to put some back out there today. Wally World had a sign on one of those Coin Star counting machines, that they would exchange any large amounts of coins, for bills, free of charge. A seven ounce instant coffee jar of pennies, nickles and dimes, (quarters are for the truck wash and laundry) netted me $65.00 and some seed money change back. It really surprised me that little jar held that much.

 

[JFB]

... Coin Star counting machines, that they would exchange any large amounts of coins, for bills, free of charge. ....

do you trust them not to take a cut?

 

[Poco Oso]

No cut involved. The sign was on the machine. The exchange was face to face. I gave it to the pretty little lady at the customer service counter, watched her run it through the store's change counter in the back office, (not the Coin Star machine) got my cash, and a smile, and was on my way. So yeah, I trust them. Sometimes, things are just as they say they are.