A coffee shop and the penny
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Re: A coffe shop and the Penny
my5cents wrote:I purchased some coffees etc at the Tim Hortons in Summerland and was asked for the extra 2 cents. I didn't really care . The clerk said "we're helping out getting rid of pennies". ? what the heck ?
For the children's foundation? I'm guessing they asked if you had it because their penny's go to their children's foundation to send kids to camp. They make about $1 million in pennys/change dropped into the drop boxes. Maybe they are asking because less people are dropping coins in there?
I agree with the OP that if a coffee is $1.78, why not round to $1.80, but I'm guessing that's actually the government and not Tim Horton's. Then again, we have a reloadable card so we pay for exactly what we have!!
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Bretbaby wrote:For the children's foundation? I'm guessing they asked if you had it because their penny's go to their children's foundation to send kids to camp. They make about $1 million in pennys/change dropped into the drop boxes. Maybe they are asking because less people are dropping coins in there?
I agree with the OP that if a coffee is $1.78, why not round to $1.80, but I'm guessing that's actually the government and not Tim Horton's. Then again, we have a reloadable card so we pay for exactly what we have!!
You know I'm thinking if that was the reason she would have said so.
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Most of the places I've been to where "rounding" takes place generally still quote the actual price and look after the rounding part when making change.
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-fluffy- wrote:Most of the places I've been to where "rounding" takes place generally still quote the actual price and look after the rounding part when making change.
Me too. She said, "$7.27", and I said "so that's $7.25 ?" And she said "no,,,,,
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Heres my two cents .Its not worth the time to discuss.We ended them cause they have lost there value.
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Then you got hosed.
I popped out for a couple of quick purchases earlier. $3.59 at the first stop rounded up to $3.60, $4.47 at the second stop rounded down to $4.45. I won.
I popped out for a couple of quick purchases earlier. $3.59 at the first stop rounded up to $3.60, $4.47 at the second stop rounded down to $4.45. I won.
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Just pay by plastic.
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Captain Awesome wrote:Just pay by plastic.
Funny thing about that now......... some cash is (more to come) type of plastic. lol
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my5cents wrote:Me too. She said, "$7.27", and I said "so that's $7.25 ?" And she said "no,,,,,
I would have said "yes" and let her talk with her manager. But I'm a d*ck like that sometimes.
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Captain Awesome wrote:Just pay by plastic.
That can't be a solution because it doesn't fit into the narrative about business always finding a way to screw us.
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ToddT wrote:I would have said "yes" and let her talk with her manager. But I'm a d*ck like that sometimes.
Gotta get your two cents worth in eh?
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ToddT wrote:I would have said "yes" and let her talk with her manager. But I'm a d*ck like that sometimes.
Actually so am I, perhaps I was in a mellow mood and on reflection I missed an opportunity and that's what's *bleep* me off.
I agree with Kibbs, if this is our biggest problem we're in great shape. Lets be thankful.
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I can see making a remark of some sort. A penny or two is hardly worth making a big production over, but there is a principle involved. For a business that's rounding up at times when they should be rounding down just for the sake of putting a couple of cents in their pockets I see no harm in asking them to justify that to my face. I'm sure there would be more than a couple of cents worth of satisfaction in seeing how they try to justify what in effect is petty thievery.
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Re: A coffee shop and the penny
Mant this to be a trivia post - If Timmies sells 3,000,000 cups of coffee a day, that's $60,000... a day. Big number for the little penny. Still say good riddance and the nickel could go too, just thought that was an interesting piece of trivia.
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Glacier wrote:That can't be a solution because it doesn't fit into the narrative about business always finding a way to screw us.
I should have known better. My mistake!
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