Death to Pennies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y5UT04p5f7U

Interesting video. I like saving my change so I can cash in a big container and get mad money.

Ana

Very very fun video. It makes a lot of sense. I never use change when checking out and when I get home with my 'heavy' purse, I roll all my coins, take them to the bank and get paper money for them. Makes life so much easier. I think I have one of those 'half pennies' in my coin collection. Gotta go look!

Fun video,..thanks

That was a funny video.

Interesting!!I save all my change too and cash it in for extra money

Interesting video Donald. I'm one of those shoppers always trying to give the exact change but am usually a penny short!

I always save change. When I take it in to my bank, they just dump it into a change counter machine and then they give me paper money. Before I retired I used to get $30 every month or so - very nice!

Wow Draclvr! Your bank actually counts the change for you? Mine insists on rolled coins, you have to put your account number on every one, AND they recheck them later and debit you if even 1 penny is missing. I double count each one now. Wish my bank had more 'service'.

Mine counts the change for free too. I have Chase bank.

I completely agree with the video and have felt that way for years.

The only reason they seem to need to exist is due to prices that fall a penny short of the next dollar (.99, 1.99, 2.99, etc). Doing that may have been a workable marketing ploy at one time but do retainers still believe people don't realize those prices mean $1,$2,&$3? If they were priced to the whole dollar, pennies could easily be abolished. Plus, with the abundance of credit cards, how many of use cash that much any more?

Everytime I pay cssh, if it involves a few pennies, I refuse it. I don't know abuot anywhere else, but in the Chicago suburbs it's common for cashiers to have a small container of pennies nearby. People who don't want their pennies leave them in that container so that when someone else is short on a bit of change, the cashier simply dips into the penny container. I've had cash transactions where I've donated and others when, instead of giving me change from a nickel, the cashier adds the amount from the penny container. So, in the long run, one customer helps another. It's easy, compassionate and cool.