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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 904913, member: 15309"]I'm sorry, but I am not buying these reasons. They are excuses, plain and simple.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't remember the last time I saw a vending machine with products that would require the user to have either pennies or nickels. Same thing with toll roads. Most are in increments of quarters or dollars these days and the majority of users pay electronically with systems like EZ-Pass. The NYC subway system? I don't know anybody who uses change to buy a metro card, not one single person. Even the things you didn't mention like parking meters require quarters at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>The days of machines that use pennies, nickels, and even dimes is gone. Anyone still using these machines has seen the writing on the wall for a long time. They can recoup any operating costs they incur with the change in machinery with a price increase. Problem solved![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 904913, member: 15309"]I'm sorry, but I am not buying these reasons. They are excuses, plain and simple. I can't remember the last time I saw a vending machine with products that would require the user to have either pennies or nickels. Same thing with toll roads. Most are in increments of quarters or dollars these days and the majority of users pay electronically with systems like EZ-Pass. The NYC subway system? I don't know anybody who uses change to buy a metro card, not one single person. Even the things you didn't mention like parking meters require quarters at this point. The days of machines that use pennies, nickels, and even dimes is gone. Anyone still using these machines has seen the writing on the wall for a long time. They can recoup any operating costs they incur with the change in machinery with a price increase. Problem solved![/QUOTE]
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