There are a group of us...like 4 or 5 friends that always use silver as payment to each other...silver and beer.
The looks I get when offering something with real intrinsic value. I do often end up with the better deal.
I live in a small city in Indiana, pop about 7,000, about 40 miles from the closest big city. Our theater is a small two screen affair but does get first run movies. Tickets are $6 or $4 for the Sunday matinee which is what I attend, medium drink is $3 and medium popcorn is $4. Get both it's $6. Large drink is $4 and large popcorn is $5, get both it's $8. But the large popcorn is really more than I want. They used to have a small candy thrown in on those combos as well but they took that out.