Coin shortage in U.S.
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Dougaz
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Saw this for the first time today. I was instructed to provide an exact amount or to use my credit/debit card.
I left. They can get screwed.
I left. They can get screwed.
So most places don't want you to use a credit card for less than $5 but don't have change??? It'll be interesting when these genius's who can't count change try to work it out so the tax comes out to even dollars...
Ok. I'll turn mine in. That should end the shortagge.
I have a five gallon water jug almost full.
Problem is I can't lift it. So at some point I'll have to piecemeal it down to the bank.
Last time it was not quite full and was, IIRC, just shy of $1,500.
Used it to help with a trip to Disney World.
This time I'll buy guns, ammo & huntin' stuff.
I have a huge kitty litter container full!!! That is the only reason I keep the cat around......I can toss coins in her empty littler container
vonn
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Sounds like a plot to get rid of cash so they can track us even more than currently. Recent conspiracy theory one of my customers is spreading.
Doesnt bother me. Havent carried cash in years. I keep a few hundos stashed in my truck for an emergency but have never had to use them.
When I used cash I always ended up with coins. Cant stand coins.
When I used cash I always ended up with coins. Cant stand coins.
I've been using plastic only since the Corona started, so I guess this doesn't have any affect on me personally.
I figure the less stuff I touch that other folks have touched the better. Maybe wrong, but it makes me feel better.
I figure the less stuff I touch that other folks have touched the better. Maybe wrong, but it makes me feel better.
A coin shortage?
Karen ended upwith so many coins on our U.S. road trip she would leave the tips for the hotel cleaning staff in glasses in coins.
I made her double her usual tip amount for the trouble the staff went through to count it out.
Karen ended upwith so many coins on our U.S. road trip she would leave the tips for the hotel cleaning staff in glasses in coins.
I made her double her usual tip amount for the trouble the staff went through to count it out.
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Cash is legal United States tender. If you're at the store and offer to pay in cash and they refuse, the debt is paid in full and legally you can leave with your goods. I'm sure that scenario would have to be played out in court though.
mmb617
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It won't bother people like my son who never carries cash. Everything gets swiped even if it's less than a dollar. I don't think anyone ever questioned it. The cashless society is coming and this may speed it up a bit.
I just found out about the coin shortage myself so I'm going to accuse one of the players at our weekly nickle dime poker game of causing it since he's been on a hot streak lately.
I just found out about the coin shortage myself so I'm going to accuse one of the players at our weekly nickle dime poker game of causing it since he's been on a hot streak lately.
Does that mean I should take my 1 gallon jugs full of nickels and pennies in and pour them into one of those red machines?
LVSteve
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Only place I use coins is the snack bar at work. Otherwise it's a credit card.
None of the banks in my area have change counting machines. If you use a Coinstar or other change device ( at Wal-Mart or grocery stores), you pay a 9 percent convenience fee. At that discount, it is no wonder people have large containers of coins. Cut that rate to close to zero and coins will come in quickly.
A friend of ours has a chain of restaurants in Miami. He says that only 2 percent of their sales are now in cash currency. This is in Miami, the one time cash capital of the world.
A friend of ours has a chain of restaurants in Miami. He says that only 2 percent of their sales are now in cash currency. This is in Miami, the one time cash capital of the world.
Step N. Mud
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I used a coin star a few years back and you can defeat the percentage charge by requesting to have your change amount added to your amazon account or some other type account, but haven't had any substantial coin change accumulation for some time now for different reasons.
I think coins are works of art. I think the love of coins is in my DNA. The story has come down through my mother's family that back in the 1830s when her family moved from above Reading, PA to western PA they bought their new farms with silver money in bushel baskets. Supposedly the money was hidden under the vegetables.
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There was a time when I would have agreed with you about coinage being works of art. Now, not at all. The designs look to be designed by first graders using a drawing app in art class. No craftsmanship at all, just scratching on a coin die, and that's it. Plus using clad, recycled beer cans and other trash in the manufacture, makes no American coin collectable. Case in point compare a Eisenhower Dollar to a Walking Liberty. See any difference? Skill, talent, and pride.
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In some cases some of the recent US quarters were indeed designed by school children.
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