From: Mark (markr13_at_comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jul 13 2003 - 07:45:49 PDT
Of course, the reason the US has not dropped the penny, as has been
threatened many times, is that everyone "knows" that merchants will
always round UP, not down.
Mark
-- Mark Ross markr13_at_comcast.net ------------------------------ NuShields: Your best defense against screen damage http://www.NuShield.com MessagePad 2X00 films now available in clear and antiglare Phone/Fax/Voicemail: (530) 678-5513 >If for example the cost of something is $10.01, or $10.02 then you pay >$10.00 by rounding down, if the cost is $10.03 or $10.04 then you pay >$10.05. by rounding up to the nearest 5 cents. So if you can be bothered >when you buy your petrol you fill up to $??. 02 and $00.02 cents worth for >nothing.. See now you've gone destroyed the logic of my previous statement >that we can have our five cents worth !!!.. Dam. > >Allan >Brisbane -- This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries List FAQ/Etiquette/Terms: http://www.newtontalk.net/faq.html Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
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