m_f@discuss.onlineM to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 7 days agoShould the US get rid of the penny?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareShould the US get rid of the penny?m_f@discuss.onlineM to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
Is it about time, or is it still useful? If you think its time has passed, what about the nickel/dime/quarter?
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoIn that case it would actually round down, so $9.99 would become $9.95.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoFirst, no the shelf price is not altered. Second the final price at the register is rounded to the closest 5 cent. Some times you’ll go up, sometimes you’ll go down. It all breaks even in the end.
In that case it would actually round down, so $9.99 would become $9.95.
First, no the shelf price is not altered.
Second the final price at the register is rounded to the closest 5 cent.
Some times you’ll go up, sometimes you’ll go down. It all breaks even in the end.