Re: Types of numerals

Tristan McLeay wrote:
>> There are recurring mumbles over here about abolishing the penny and
>> rounding everything to the nearest nickel ($0.05)...
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> Just don't let it make you think you'll finally see the end of stupid
> "$29.99" pricing. Instead, they become $29.95 and are just as annoying.
> Y'know, if instead of abolishing the coins we just abolished the
> practice, the coins would practically abolish themselves!
The thing is, there's no law that says you have to take the change given
you.  If you don't like pennies, or nickles, or whatever, just leave
them at the register.  I've never understood the hostility towards
pennies, though.  Like any other denomination of coin, if you use them,
they're not a problem.

Changing $29.99 to $30.00 wouldn't eliminate the use for pennies,
though, thanks to sales tax.  Where I live, for example, $30.00 would
come out to $32.26 after tax (ironically, $29.99 would be $32.25, no
need for pennies!)

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