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re: Businesses saying they don’t have pennies so they just keep your change

Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:06 am to
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
2964 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:06 am to
Why would you be cool with a place keeping money that they owed you?

Why don’t they give you extra change back instead and incur the loss on their side?
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
2964 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:08 am to
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The US is no longer in the business of making pennies, so why are you surprised?


Did the US destroy the 114 billion pennies in circulation?
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
66972 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:13 am to
This is what they're doing. What exactly is your problem here?

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Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
2964 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:16 am to
None of the businesses in my area are doing that.

One restaurant didn’t have any coins so they just kept everything other than bills.

Ex: Your change is $1.85? That restaurant would give only give you $1 back and keep the rest.
Posted by Dantheman504
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Member since Jun 2013
6527 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:17 am to
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A business deciding to accept cash and not having the ability to make change doesn’t mean they get to pocket the difference, IMO

Make it make cents.
Posted by DCtiger1
Member since Jul 2009
11788 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:24 am to
quote:

Your change is $1.85? That restaurant would give only give you $1 back and keep the rest.


this has frick all to do with pennies. Maybe you're just fricking retarded?
Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
9142 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:24 am to
I had the opposite happen… I was owed 23 cents I think, and they just gave me a full quarter
Posted by GoldenSombrero
Member since Sep 2010
2900 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:28 am to
Not nearly as bad as every business asking me to round up for whatever charity they are promoting. It’s not the donation that bothers me but the fact they are using my donation as a tax break instead of donating themselves.
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
52282 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:29 am to
I literally throw pennies on the ground when i get them.

good luck to anyone who finds them.
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
23018 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:31 am to
quote:

Ex: Your change is $1.85? That restaurant would give only give you $1 back and keep the rest


This isn't happening
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
80892 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:31 am to
Rouse's rounds in your favor.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
39639 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:31 am to
Make sure they're heads-up.
Posted by TigerBlood17
Member since Jan 2014
1609 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:39 am to
quote:

Businesses saying they don’t have pennies so they just keep your change

And then charge you 4% for using a credit card
Posted by bluedragon
Birmingham
Member since May 2020
9549 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:44 am to
BS

Means you should stay home and play with yourself.

If a penny causes you heartache…..stay home.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
41089 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:52 am to
quote:

Why would you be cool with a place keeping money that they owed you?


Because it’s 4 cents or less.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20804 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:53 am to
quote:

If a penny causes you heartache…..stay home.


Doesn't cause me any heartache.
A decent sized convenient store getting a few pennies from each customer could easily pocket an additional $100 per day.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134913 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:57 am to
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Just more BS where a business is trying to make more money.
Businesses try to improve their profits?!?

That's OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
2964 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 12:00 pm to
quote:

This isn't happening


100% happened to me. I paid with cash to avoid the card fee and got popped with that surprise.

Haven’t set foot in that place since.
Posted by DCtiger1
Member since Jul 2009
11788 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 12:01 pm to
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Doesn't cause me any heartache. A decent sized convenient store getting a few pennies from each customer could easily pocket an additional $100 per day.


You think a convenience store is pocketing 10,000 Pennies a day?

At an average transaction of 4 cents of change not given, that's 2500 cash transactions.
This post was edited on 1/16/26 at 12:05 pm
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
2964 posts
Posted on 1/16/26 at 12:02 pm to
They could easily be making no effort to have pennies (or coins) so that they can keep your change intentionally (and everyone else’s). You would never know they are scamming you.
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