could we be seeing the end of the penny coin?
prices will jump up etc etc
but wont some one think of the poor 99p shop? what will happen to them?
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:56, Share, Reply)
prices will jump up etc etc
but wont some one think of the poor 99p shop? what will happen to them?
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 9:56, Share, Reply)
they give out less pennies than you think as most people buy more than one item.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:02, Share, Reply)
I would advise against it.
all prices will go up by a penny and we'ld no longer have a coin that represents the lowest fraction of our currency.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:02, Share, Reply)
all prices will go up by a penny and we'ld no longer have a coin that represents the lowest fraction of our currency.
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you mean *gulp* like the five pound note?
*runs screaming to the hills*
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:05, Share, Reply)
*runs screaming to the hills*
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:05, Share, Reply)
didn't matter in Australia
they got rid of the one cent a while back I believe.
Here in Vietnam you rarely see any denomination lower than 500 dong (snigger)
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:05, Share, Reply)
they got rid of the one cent a while back I believe.
Here in Vietnam you rarely see any denomination lower than 500 dong (snigger)
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:05, Share, Reply)
The Czechs too
They got rid of the 'heller' coins (the sub-denomination of the Czech crown), and although prices are still charged in crowns and hellers, change is rounded to the nearest crown
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:10, Share, Reply)
They got rid of the 'heller' coins (the sub-denomination of the Czech crown), and although prices are still charged in crowns and hellers, change is rounded to the nearest crown
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:10, Share, Reply)
So you often hear "Heller... is it me you're looking for?"
*gets coat*
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:48, Share, Reply)
*gets coat*
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:48, Share, Reply)
might as well start hoarding them...
they'll be worth more melted down and sold off
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:09, Share, Reply)
they'll be worth more melted down and sold off
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:09, Share, Reply)
Dos this mean your mum is going to have to double her prices?
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I was fine with losing the 1p, then I read the article and realised we wouldn't have penny sweets. I am now against this.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:15, Share, Reply)
They use to be half penny sweets, when they took that coin away the same sweets became a penny.
It was a dark day that when that happened.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:18, Share, Reply)
It was a dark day that when that happened.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:18, Share, Reply)
I remember that
no more 5 black jacks and 5 fruit salads for 5p :(
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:24, Share, Reply)
no more 5 black jacks and 5 fruit salads for 5p :(
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:24, Share, Reply)
Are black jacks racist yet? Hope not because they're tasty.
Fruit salads can get to fuck though.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 12:03, Share, Reply)
Fruit salads can get to fuck though.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 12:03, Share, Reply)
cool!
I didn't even like fruit salads, there just seemed to be some rule about having to buy an equal number.
I always remember sitting in front of playschool with Brian Cant and Flo Benjamin and Derek Griffiths, eating a big bag of penny sweets, making sure I ate the ones I didn't like first, saving the best till last. No idea why I bought sweets I didn't like.
If this was the 90's I'd have been saying this on TV while you all wondered who the fuck I was.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 12:36, Share, Reply)
I didn't even like fruit salads, there just seemed to be some rule about having to buy an equal number.
I always remember sitting in front of playschool with Brian Cant and Flo Benjamin and Derek Griffiths, eating a big bag of penny sweets, making sure I ate the ones I didn't like first, saving the best till last. No idea why I bought sweets I didn't like.
If this was the 90's I'd have been saying this on TV while you all wondered who the fuck I was.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 12:36, Share, Reply)
Haha! I never did that apart from Parma Violets, they always looked like they should taste nice, like refreshers, but they were horrible.
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If you take care of the pennies
The pennies take care of the pounds. That's what my nan told me anyway.
I remember when when we had the half pennies but i think they were a bit pointless.
Anyway getting rid of the penny is no good because if something costs 3p we will have to pay 5p.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:19, Share, Reply)
The pennies take care of the pounds. That's what my nan told me anyway.
I remember when when we had the half pennies but i think they were a bit pointless.
Anyway getting rid of the penny is no good because if something costs 3p we will have to pay 5p.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:19, Share, Reply)
Or pay with a 5p and get 2p back? Or a 10p and get 5p and tuppence
Or is everyone on here now having to live with their parents because of the recession and have been reduced to 1971 levels of pocket money?
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:43, Share, Reply)
Or is everyone on here now having to live with their parents because of the recession and have been reduced to 1971 levels of pocket money?
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 10:43, Share, Reply)
Yes, get rid of the bloody things. And 2p too.
I've been known the chuck them away rather than have them clogging up my wallet. Terrible waste, I know...but fuck you. They make my hands smell funny.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:04, Share, Reply)
I've been known the chuck them away rather than have them clogging up my wallet. Terrible waste, I know...but fuck you. They make my hands smell funny.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:04, Share, Reply)
I have three carrier bags full of coins
in my wardrobe. I take all the shrapnel out of my wallet every time it gets a bit full and chuck them in. Once a year I take them to one of those machines in supermarkets where you pour coins in and it gives you proper money back. I have done this for years and normally it gets me a Christmas bonus of around £50-£70 a year.
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( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:31, Share, Reply)
in my wardrobe. I take all the shrapnel out of my wallet every time it gets a bit full and chuck them in. Once a year I take them to one of those machines in supermarkets where you pour coins in and it gives you proper money back. I have done this for years and normally it gets me a Christmas bonus of around £50-£70 a year.
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( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:31, Share, Reply)
If you take them to a bank
then you get all the money back- what percentage do those machines charge?
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:43, Share, Reply)
then you get all the money back- what percentage do those machines charge?
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:43, Share, Reply)
Don't you have to sort them into denominations
to take them to a bank? I think the machines charge a few percent, but you can just pour the bags in.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:45, Share, Reply)
to take them to a bank? I think the machines charge a few percent, but you can just pour the bags in.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 11:45, Share, Reply)
You lazy bastard.
Get some of those plastic coin bags from the bank, make a lovely cup of tea, put radio four on & sort them out yourself.
( , Mon 4 Feb 2013, 12:10, Share, Reply)
Get some of those plastic coin bags from the bank, make a lovely cup of tea, put radio four on & sort them out yourself.
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