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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] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Germany. You could do card payments but only by sliding your card into a card reader. NFC payments were pretty much non-existent. Third world country 🫠

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thats just objectively not true. NFC payments have been rolled out slowly for years before the pandemic. It would have happened anyways, maybe the pandemic just gave it a little boost.

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

Keine Ahnung, vielleicht hing mein Ost-Kaff einfach nur hinterher ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

No, I actually don't believe that it was just your place in the East. I live in a major city in NRW and in my neighborhood only the big chains like EDEKA, dm or Aldi accepted cards before the pandemic. Everything else? Nope! Either it was "Cash or GTFO here", "Cards only for purchases above 10€" or "Sorry, the card reader is broken - again".

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