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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1329040, member: 75105&quot;]We should just nix the cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>No machine takes pennies, except for a penny smashing machine or an old penny bubble gum machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everytime you pay for something, you get back pennies in your change.</p><p><br /></p><p>You put all these pennies in a jar or bucket, and cash them in for bills.</p><p><br /></p><p>You use these bills to buy stuff, and when you buy stuff, you get back pennies in your change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which you then stick in a jar.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Pennies are just a pain. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just round everything up to the nearest nickel. For cripe&#039;s sake, it&#039;s 4 cents....whoopt tee doo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everytime I buy something for 99 cents, like something off the dollar menu, a candy bar, a soda, etc, it comes to $1.09 (we have a penny tax in my area). If we nixed the penny, it would be $1.10. Pull out a dollar bill and a dime, and your done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking from someone who works a cash register, I hate it when older people make everyone in line wait while they dig out a few pennies. &quot;Oh I think I put a few pennies here&quot; (spends literally 5 minutes looking for them).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you asked me, the whole mint needs an overhaul.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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