JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down18
arrow-up1376arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squarebane_killgrindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoCanadian here, between electronic payments and coins being more durable than paper or polymer money, retailers don’t have any incentive to charge a less competitive price.
minus-squared00phy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·3 months agoAwesome job on killing the penny up there! Wish we could do that in the US.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoWe need to kill the nickel too.
Canadian here, between electronic payments and coins being more durable than paper or polymer money, retailers don’t have any incentive to charge a less competitive price.
Awesome job on killing the penny up there! Wish we could do that in the US.
We need to kill the nickel too.