BocoDragon said:Always amusing to see Americans discussing how something "can't work, too many problems, etc" when it already works fine in other countries.
Just admit that you don't like it because America wasn't doing it before.
BocoDragon said:Always amusing to see Americans discussing how something "can't work, too many problems, etc" when it already works fine in other countries.
Just admit that you don't like it because America wasn't doing it before.
DeathNote said:No one is a bank, you can't always have a fifth to roll out. As a cashier, people don't take time to give more change for the next highest bill in return.
So basically, according to you, everyone should make extra effort for the coins to work, instead of slipping bills in their pocket, the end?
If so, then, the people I ring up should constaly give me every piece of change they have, for me to count and give them 5 dollar bills.
Inconvenient. Wont work. Sorry.
Well technically, Canada didn't exist until 1867.jamesinclair said:Oh right, Canada didnt even have a currency until 1854. Look whos backwards now.
jamesinclair said:Canadian dollar coin first issued in 1987
US dollar coin: 1794
A more modern example
Oh right, Canada didnt even have a currency until 1854. Look whos backwards now.
cvxfreak said:I support this move with a passion.
Japan has 100 Yen and 500 Yen coins. Mega convenient for their subway system and small purchases. And in Japan, you could be a guy and still have a side purse and coin purse without being accused of being gay. FTMFW
Same here in Australia, the way i see it coins aren't even real money. When i buy food or whatever with coins it feels like i am basically getting something for free and that rocks.Dollar coins are fine. They work great here in Canada.
Dollar coins are going to fail because they're pretty large, heavy and frowned upon in most stores.
Octagon said:This thread is hilarious. :lol
Anyways i would probably get annoyed by 1 $ bills pretty fast if i lived in the States.
For the record, i rarely loose coins. But think of it like this: if people are bound to loose coins easier, than you are bound to find them lying around everywhere.
Finding free money rules!
kingofrod said:
kingofrod said:
ConsumerSquare said:Who carries coins? Is there planning involved? For instance, do you have a specific combination of coins that you put in your pocket each morning before you go out for the day?
All of my coins end up in a change cup. When the cup is full, I take it to the bank and cash it out for grown up money (i.e. bills); usually around $50 or so. Now that I think about it, a widespread shift to dollar coins would increase the typical yield of my change cup by... a lot maybe.
jamesinclair said:Then I dont get the bitching. The government isnt forcing them on anyone, just providing the option.
If the coins didnt exsist, vending machines would simply not give change. Thats were 99% of us get our dollar coins from.
jamesinclair said:Then I dont get the bitching. The government isnt forcing them on anyone, just providing the option.
If the coins didnt exsist, vending machines would simply not give change. Thats were 99% of us get our dollar coins from.
Pochacco said:American money sucks
I think that's the core problem here.teiresias said:I just dislike change
this to me is really the biggest point. The dollar is near worthless. Crap, it can't even get you half a gallon of gas anymore. Hell, it can't even get you a loaf of bread outside of your generic store brand white bread. The dollar bill was cute when it meant something. When having half a dozen in your pocket actually meant something. but really. to quote barney on How I Met Your Mother:Kobun Heat said:- The dollar becomes so completely worthless that everybody figures out that it might as well just be a coin;