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1 and 2 cent pieces, what do you think about removing them? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They're not worth anything, never were but even less through the years with inflation.

If a store wants to sell something for 99 cent, they can either just take 1€ or 95 cent.

Maybe even 5 cent pieces? But that would be a bit radical.

I am a bit annoyed that easy ideas like this are never discussed in politics, or wherever. It would make our lives just a little bit easier, and having them achieves NOTHING.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I am all for it. Though here in Germany it would probably give quite a number of people a heart attack not being able to pay an exact amount to the cent.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

I feel called out.

No, seriously. Last season I bought some plums from my Turkish greengrocer, he put them on the scales which said 1.01 Euro which he commented with "one Euro". I gave him 1.01 Euro, and got a "can you believe those Almans" look.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that's good German humor.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Come on now, you know you can only have one at a time. So is it German, or is it humor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Correct and yes. :D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They could by paying with card.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Lol. Have you been to Germany? IF you can pay with a card, it has to be a specific card, not everyone accepts credit cards.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They could pay with card, but it's something special here with many of the old folks and cash. Part of the ancient shopping ritual to put out the small coins and delay the queue as long as possible. Why? No idea, apart from "Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht!" (We always did it like this)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well, cash has privacy by design. So I much prefer that to the American card provider monopoly.

Still convenient when traveling light, I just don't want to rely on it. By regularly paying cash I incentivize the upkeep of the German cash infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Austrian here, paying with cash and counting every single coin is still common here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Part of the ancient shopping ritual to put out the small coins and delay the queue as long as possible. Why?

To get rid of the small coins, duh! Though I only do this when there is no queue. Hate to carry around a few red coins just for these occasions. Yes, get rid of them, please!