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<p>[QUOTE="pk_boomer, post: 1098251, member: 23933"]Wow a lobby hey? Weird. I'm reading their website right now, it's interesting to see how they spin the misinformation. Like "rounding will result in higher prices", "pennies add up to millions for charities" etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The higher prices myth I've already addressed, but the charity one is new to me. It seems to me that eliminating the penny might be beneficial to charities that are funded in part by donation boxes. Who's to say that these millions of pennies won't be replaced my millions of nickels? I tend to just throw some of the smaller coins from my change into the pot (if not all my change), and if there aren't any pennies I will probably get rid of the nickels and dimes instead. So I have my doubts about this claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>Swedish rounding has been in use in several countries like Sweden (obviously) and Australia for several years, and it hasn't caused any problems there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pk_boomer, post: 1098251, member: 23933"]Wow a lobby hey? Weird. I'm reading their website right now, it's interesting to see how they spin the misinformation. Like "rounding will result in higher prices", "pennies add up to millions for charities" etc. The higher prices myth I've already addressed, but the charity one is new to me. It seems to me that eliminating the penny might be beneficial to charities that are funded in part by donation boxes. Who's to say that these millions of pennies won't be replaced my millions of nickels? I tend to just throw some of the smaller coins from my change into the pot (if not all my change), and if there aren't any pennies I will probably get rid of the nickels and dimes instead. So I have my doubts about this claim. Swedish rounding has been in use in several countries like Sweden (obviously) and Australia for several years, and it hasn't caused any problems there.[/QUOTE]
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