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byalvinrod ( 889928 ) writes:
Save us the trouble of repeating this entire drama in another few decades and kill off the Nickel alongside the Penny. It'll be far easier than to stop the government from overspending and stopping the value from being eroded through inflation, but even when I'm paying in cash at the sort of places or events (e.g. outdoor concerts) where it is cash only, no one is transacting in anything less than dollars. Anyone alive when five cents could actually buy something soon won't be.
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
That would drive mass inflation as companies stop nickel and diming customers, and move to dime and dollaring them instead.
byPowercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
That would drive mass inflation as companies stop nickel and diming customers, and move to dime and dollaring them instead.
People pretty much only nit-pick over the digits past the decimal point when it comes to gas prices.
$3.02/gal "Oh, that's not too bad."
$3.23/gal "Hmm, better fill up now before it goes up any higher."
$3.59/gal "Did a refinery blow up or something?!"
$3.89/gal "Fuck these fucking gas prices in their fucking ass! I'm voting for the other political party now! Fuck!"
Meanwhile, a pack of prepared chicken strips can jump up by a whole dollar and people are like:
"I can't remember what that cost the last time I bo
byswillden ( 191260 ) writes:
Well, when you're filling the 50-gallon fuel tank in your 7 mpg truck, those per-gallon prices all get whacked with a nasty multiplier. That 20-cent difference costs you an additional $10.
But, all the more reason I love paying $0.05 per kWh for my "fuel".
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bydskoll ( 99328 ) writes:
Rounding happens only on the total transaction amount, not the per-unit price. This has been a solved problem in Canada for years.
byswillden ( 191260 ) writes:
Rounding happens only on the total transaction amount, not the per-unit price. This has been a solved problem in Canada for years.
Sure. I don't think anyone will propose that gas prices must be a multiple of a nickel.
byMachineShedFred ( 621896 ) writes:
You pay for your "fuel"?
Luddite!
Signed, a happy owner of both an EV and rooftop solar
byswillden ( 191260 ) writes:
You pay for your "fuel"?
Luddite!
Signed, a happy owner of both an EV and rooftop solar
:-)
You just prepaid for your fuel. Which isn't a bad idea, and is something I'll get around to.
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