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<p>[QUOTE="I.B. Washincars, post: 1099933, member: 2054"]I agree that the penny is useless, but I'm not sure if the cost to mfr it is a factor. I would think that since the same one can be used over and over the real cost is a fraction of the mfg. cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding tenths in gasoline pricing. That's just a marketing ploy, a digit on a sign. If the tenths were used we would see prices with 2/10, 4/10, 7/10 or whatever was needed. We don't see random tenths, it's always 9/10 and the price is changed in full cents every single time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who uses dollar coins? I do. I dispense them at my car washes. They work great and I don't annoy customers with a bunch of quarters they didn't want. A dollar is change now. The paper version needs to go and production of the $2 bill we already have could be ramped up to appease the ones with the silly attatchment to the greenback.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="I.B. Washincars, post: 1099933, member: 2054"]I agree that the penny is useless, but I'm not sure if the cost to mfr it is a factor. I would think that since the same one can be used over and over the real cost is a fraction of the mfg. cost. Regarding tenths in gasoline pricing. That's just a marketing ploy, a digit on a sign. If the tenths were used we would see prices with 2/10, 4/10, 7/10 or whatever was needed. We don't see random tenths, it's always 9/10 and the price is changed in full cents every single time. Who uses dollar coins? I do. I dispense them at my car washes. They work great and I don't annoy customers with a bunch of quarters they didn't want. A dollar is change now. The paper version needs to go and production of the $2 bill we already have could be ramped up to appease the ones with the silly attatchment to the greenback.[/QUOTE]
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