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<p>[QUOTE="Spark1951, post: 8000932, member: 90692"]The only place here in Central Arkansas that has notices posted that there is a coin shortage is WalMart. I think that is a ploy so they can prevent you from using cash and coin at their self-checkout kiosks. If you want to use cash and coin at WalMart they force you to stand in line to deal with a cashier.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I pop in to WalMart to pick up 1 item costing less than $5.00. In front of me at checkout is 25 self-use stations, every single one with a notice “NO CASH SALES”. 8 of them are being used. I tell the attendant I’m paying cash for my 1 item and she tells me I have to use a cashier lane. There are 2, both have 4 customers with full carts. So I wait and actually take 20 min. to check out when it could have only taken 90 seconds. And, YES, there at the cashier end is posted a notice saying there is a nationwide coin shortage and the cashier has limited change. I give the cashier a $5 bill and my change is supposed to be $1.69…but she hands me a single $1.00 bill <b><i>and 3 quarters.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>No place else has notices posted, but yes, there actually is a coin shortage and it is only at WalMart…imo…Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Spark1951, post: 8000932, member: 90692"]The only place here in Central Arkansas that has notices posted that there is a coin shortage is WalMart. I think that is a ploy so they can prevent you from using cash and coin at their self-checkout kiosks. If you want to use cash and coin at WalMart they force you to stand in line to deal with a cashier. So I pop in to WalMart to pick up 1 item costing less than $5.00. In front of me at checkout is 25 self-use stations, every single one with a notice “NO CASH SALES”. 8 of them are being used. I tell the attendant I’m paying cash for my 1 item and she tells me I have to use a cashier lane. There are 2, both have 4 customers with full carts. So I wait and actually take 20 min. to check out when it could have only taken 90 seconds. And, YES, there at the cashier end is posted a notice saying there is a nationwide coin shortage and the cashier has limited change. I give the cashier a $5 bill and my change is supposed to be $1.69…but she hands me a single $1.00 bill [B][I]and 3 quarters. [/I][/B] No place else has notices posted, but yes, there actually is a coin shortage and it is only at WalMart…imo…Spark[/QUOTE]
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