Should we Eliminate Pennies?

Started by Lil Me, Mar 31 08 07:32

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Should we Eliminate Pennies?

Yes
5 (62.5%)
No
3 (37.5%)
Undecided
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 7

Sportsdude

a kiwi told me they don't have pennies in nz, said it was the greatest thing not to have pennies. They also don't have 5c either. 10,20,50,1,2. that's what they got.
aussies don't have the penny
swedes do 50c, 1d, 5d
norway 50c, 1d, 5d, 20d

 
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Russ

I heard as well the aussies and kiwi's dont have pennies. Seems to work for them...
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purelife

49er wrote:
.........and doesn't everyone love the person in front of them who is searching for the last penny in his/her pocket or purse to pay the cashier at the checkout without regards of the people waiting in line behind them  
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I am guilty of this once....when I was at Costco US and just needed a penny to cover the total bill and all I had was a Canadian penny but they didn't take it!

If we get rid of our pennies, will US follow suit?  uhm, hope I didn't ask a dumb question!
 

Sportsdude

probably not. that's a one way street. u.s. makes a change canada follows suit. doesn't work the other way around.  
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Russ

Sportsdude wrote:
probably not. that's a one way street. u.s. makes a change canada follows suit. doesn't work the other way around.  
 Not true. We went to loonies and toonies.. guess whos attempting to chance to one dollars coins
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Lil Me

83 creative uses for a penny:
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Michel


Sportsdude

haha that coin what a flop.
You can still find it en mass on metro transit lines.
Of course it was going to fail, they only had the coins at like Walmart and nobody could say the woman's name. And they missed their George.
coins dollars will never happen in the states, Americans hate the idea of carrying around coins. weighs us down apparently. lol
 
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Lise

Qui. Definitely get rid of them. It's a major pain in the butt having leftover pennies.
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Bill Cosby.

Gopher

Send them along to me Lise.
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