m_fMA to AskUSAEnglish · 5 days agoShould the US get rid of the penny?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareShould the US get rid of the penny?m_fMA to AskUSAEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
Is it about time, or is it still useful? If you think its time has passed, what about the nickel/dime/quarter?
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 days agoIn that case it would actually round down, so $9.99 would become $9.95.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoFirst, no the shelf price is not altered. Second the final price at the register is rounded to the closest 5 cent. Some times you’ll go up, sometimes you’ll go down. It all breaks even in the end.
In that case it would actually round down, so $9.99 would become $9.95.
First, no the shelf price is not altered.
Second the final price at the register is rounded to the closest 5 cent.
Some times you’ll go up, sometimes you’ll go down. It all breaks even in the end.