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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 26445802, member: 27832&quot;]We always get into arguments about rounding, with some folks saying &quot;merchants will <i>always</i> round up when charging you&quot;, and others saying &quot;but 6% sales tax means you&#039;ll pay an extra <i>four cents</i> on every dollar when $1.06 rounds up to $1.10!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m <i>almost</i> out of patience for pursuing those arguments. (I&#039;ll probably never give up on the sales-tax one, since that&#039;s just such a goofy assertion on so many levels.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But let&#039;s try this. I go to grocery stores numerous times per week, taking advantage of specials and looking for fresh produce that&#039;s, well, fresh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s say that I make a grocery run every day. (In reality, it probably averages out to somewhere between 2/day and 0.5/day, so we&#039;re close.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, assume that:</p><ol> <li>Cents go away.</li> <li>I always pay in cash (credit/debit cards don&#039;t care about coins).</li> <li>Those nefarious grocers always round in their own favor.</li> <li>On <i>every single shopping trip</i>, I somehow manage to come up with a total bill that ends in .01 or .06.</li> </ol><p>In this worst of all possible universes, I&#039;m being <i>ripped off</i> to the tune of... 365 * 4 cents, or $14.60 <b>per year</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you know what? I&#039;m completely okay with that. I get back a lot more than that in promotional offers from the grocery stores anyhow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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