From now on, I'll just tell the parking attendant to go check in store for his small change.
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Shops Who Keep Your 5c Change
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From now on, I'll just tell the parking attendant to go check in store for his small change.
Eugene66
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I noticed that lately even the parking attendands leave them on the ground. I always pick it up and give it to them along with the tip. I found a lot of PRINCIPLE lying on the ground in the parking lot.
rwenzori
Honorary Master
But that would be STEALING! Where are the principles now???
Another one of your freak views in life? How can it be stealing if it is a shop rule that the customer is first and the rounding off should be in favor of the customer?
So in fact you agree then. The shops is stealing from us? Thanks
Case closed
Damn I like to be on the roll this early in the morning!
Skeptik
Banned
This is an interesting reaction, but I also do it. If I park in a place with narrow parking bays and potholes, I tend not to give tips. Same with a restaurant, no tips if the food is lousy. So the poorest soul gets it in the pocket.
We can always eat something in a supermarket worth 5c (or even crush a packet) to make up for the expected lost change.
Now that would affect them more. I do like the abandoning of a full trolley idea. It could become a campaign by students for eample - targeting a specific shop that always withholds the small change - and then publicise it.
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rwenzori
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Skeptik
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I blame the shops. If the shop advertises a product at R1.99, then how do they expect to give you 1c change?So if you do it, it's OK: if the shop does it, it's stealing.
DUR!
If they charge R2, then that is illegal, so how can it be our fault. (Following the logic?)
The answer would be to have prices in increments of 5c, like R1.95. But then that would be a big change for the marketing dept who love the .99 figure!!
So if you do it, it's OK: if the shop does it, it's stealing.
DUR!
Its not an error. Yet you still fail to understand the simple principle. All you do is show off your clever inability to comprehend a simple shop principle! BTW as correctly stated by PnP!
If a shop wants to advertise something at R1.99, then they should ensure they have change for R1.99. Else they must charge R2.00 and get it over with.
What I'd like to know, is the shops with a high turnover, these cents probably add up to a couple of hundred thousand over a financial year, how exactly do they explain this extra cash to accoutants, and SARS? Or do they just slide it under the carpet
Yeah... I already don't like most of these ways of using crime to extort money, like car guards.
In Singapore, the waiteress was insulted when I wanted to tip her
The 5c change?
Don't know if it's just me, but I'm noticing more and more places aren't giving me my 5c change.
Something costs R19.95, give them a R20 note and they close the till.
I'm in two minds about this , a friend insists that she always get her 5c change because 'If they do it all the time they'll make millions', but I look at all the 5c coins clogging up my wallet I think, let them keep it.
So what do you do? Insist on the 5c or don't bother?
Don't know if it's just me, but I'm noticing more and more places aren't giving me my 5c change.
Something costs R19.95, give them a R20 note and they close the till.
I'm in two minds about this , a friend insists that she always get her 5c change because 'If they do it all the time they'll make millions', but I look at all the 5c coins clogging up my wallet I think, let them keep it.
So what do you do? Insist on the 5c or don't bother?
TiredOfWaiting
Expert Member
Insist on the 5c and toss it into the little Cotlands/SPCA tin at the till.
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
I hate all the change.... I either give it to a car gard or leave it.
You cant even put 20c in to a vending machine now days.
You cant even put 20c in to a vending machine now days.
I always leave a 5c change!!! These days i sometimes leave a 10c change and even a 20c change.
That's the best solution.
I do sometimes, but it's only small shops that seem to have the donation tin these days.