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Deminpenn

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23. Stores are rounding down, not up

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:51 PM

13 hrs ago

That's is what the local Walmart, Aldi and Home Depot are doing. I have not had any cash purchase round up to the nearest nickel, it's always been down.

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State lawmakers rush to set rounding rules for when there are no pennies [View all] BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP

When I do pay cash I tell the clerk to keep the pennies. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #1

Pricing Timewas 18 hrs ago #2

A nickle costs 13.8 cents each Historic NY 18 hrs ago #4

That's true! I looked it up. 70sEraVet 17 hrs ago #13

Depends on how you define cost as the money spent is money that also flows into the economy. cstanleytech 15 hrs ago #18

Really? Timewas 10 hrs ago #24

I wondered about that also - how do you make the taxes always end in a nickel? rurallib 18 hrs ago #6

Because of our regressive sales taxes IbogaProject 17 hrs ago #11

My 2 cents Historic NY 18 hrs ago #3

It seems like they were always rounding up and keeping the extra. mackdaddy 18 hrs ago #5

Can we round it up to a nickel and give that extra to the billionaire class? rurallib 18 hrs ago #7

It honestly would not surprise me if they try doing something like that. cstanleytech 15 hrs ago #19

My local McDonald's has adopted nearest nickel for cash transactions. hay rick 18 hrs ago #8

I find it more than pathetic that we need a law to clarify rounding up or down in the marketplace zeusdogmom 17 hrs ago #9

30 Years ago I could buy small resses PB cups for 3 cents. Today if I droped 3 cents no one would pick it up. Jacson6 17 hrs ago #10

Yes, but 30 years ago a gum ball cost 2 cents . . . Journeyman 17 hrs ago #12

WOT????!!! Jacson6 16 hrs ago #16

And then a dime. And then a dollar... Torchlight 13 hrs ago #22

Our monetary system should be based on something of a tangible value 70sEraVet 16 hrs ago #14

Did you look closely at the cents that would be rounded up or down? slightlv 16 hrs ago #15

Canada Maninacan 16 hrs ago #17

A cent coin is not a commodity, it's a token, like a certificate. It's worth what it is by fiat, not by cost. eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #20

Next up...that $19.95 thingamabob will be rounded up to 3825-87867 14 hrs ago #21

Stores are rounding down, not up Deminpenn 13 hrs ago #23