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Thursday the 31st of July, 2008

What’s wrong with pennies?

Posted at 3:54:22pm UTC
6 more rants down there!

I know we all hate those really small bits of loose change - all those 1c, 2c, and possibly even 5c coins that end up just lying around the place and really aren’t all that useful. Well, they’re still legal tender, so whoever said you can’t use your small change to pay for things?

FYI, it’s a playlist

Obviously most of those New York merchants didn’t understand that it’s still legal tender, so technically they are supposed to take it in exchange for their goods/services!

Cats: Humour, Web Stuff
Tags: New York, pennies, YouTube

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David ranted:

Thursday the 31st of July, 2008 at 3:58:18pm UTC

Used to work in a shop and hated it when people did that - until I became a manager and kept forgetting to order change, then I’d pray for everyone to keep using their small bits!
TheChrisD ranted:

Thursday the 31st of July, 2008 at 3:59:46pm UTC

@David: You probably would have considered this guy a miracle then
Primal Sneeze ranted:

Thursday the 31st of July, 2008 at 5:19:05pm UTC

Irish law: All notes and coin are legal tender unless the retailer prominently displays a sign to the effect they do not accept certain denominations. e.g. “We do not accept 1 cent or 2 cent coins or notes greater than €50″ is perfectly legal.

Hey! Why doesn’t the ‘underline’ tag work?
TheChrisD ranted:

Thursday the 31st of July, 2008 at 5:30:50pm UTC

@Primal Sneeze: Is that what you were trying to do? There was an errant <i> tag in there so I’m not sure as to what you wanted to underline…

Yea, I’m pretty sure none of those New York business owners had signs like that up! Although come to think of it I don’t see many “No €100 or above” signs posted around… Maybe they expect people to never use them?
B'dum B'dum B'dum ranted:

Friday the 1st of August, 2008 at 10:47:00am UTC

They’re also meant to accept postage stamps.

I just brought 53 euro of copper coins into the bank to exchange them for real money.
TheChrisD ranted:

Friday the 1st of August, 2008 at 11:56:29am UTC

@B’dum B’dum B’dum: Well at least the bank is one place that’s always happy to accept them.

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