Re: Types of numerals

Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:

> Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >> There are recurring mumbles over here about abolishing the penny and
> >> rounding everything to the nearest nickel ($0.05)...
> >
> >
> > 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!)
Here, they set prices so that you get values like 299.50 SEK incl value added
tax. Prices are normally given inclusive of VAT; exceptions include more
expensive household electronics.

                                     Andreas

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