Short changed by 1 cent in supermarket

RichInSpirit said:
Satisfactory conclusion to my difficulties, I won't need the therapist (for this issue at least). The store doesn't have 1 or 2 cent coins as change but I got rounded up by 4c in change meaning I'm up 3 cents overall and a happy customer
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That’s brilliant news Rich, well done.

For the benefit of other victims, how did this satisfactory conclusion to your difficulties come about ?

Did you go back and complain ?
 
Mind the pennies and the pounds will mind themselves....

That saying has served me well this far in life (granted, I've had to deal with converting to Euros )....

I do not accept for one moment, that the removal of 1 cent coins from circulation, will not result in prices being increased (even if only by 1 cent) and ultimately, all of us having to pay more for the "convenience" of not having to use small coins anymore. Sure, it will only be 1 cent per item, but how many items per day, or dare I say per year and what does that equate to in terms of the cost to each of us ?
 
I've a cunning plan to thwart this 1c rounding up. Always carry 4 cents of a float and for example a transaction for 99c hand in €1.04 and get back 5c change.
 
If I was homeless I 'might' be kicking up a fuss about being over charged by 1c
 

Try and stay with me, because this is tricky arithmetic...

Every 100 such transactions will equal €1.

I dare say it could cost you up to a couple of euro per annum.
 
Jon Snow said:
Try and stay with me, because this is tricky arithmetic..
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Just because we may have a difference of opinion, does not give you reason to be rude or condescending. If the above was an attempt to be funny, you failed miserably.
 
MrEarl said:
Just because we may have a difference of opinion, does not give you reason to be rude or condescending. If the above was an attempt to be funny, you failed miserably.
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That's your opinion

Well unless somehow you transact an inordinate number of affected transactions, you're getting your knickers in a twist over literally a maximum of a couple of euro per annum.
 
"The plan is to reduce 1c and 2c coins not remove them (yet) ; - the rounding will be up to 2c either way , up or down. According to Central Bank the ups and downs will balance out and nobody will lose out or gain. (they say).
Rounding is not per item , it's per transaction."
so they can legally over charge ,I would rather they round it up by item then, with the correct price listed on the shelf €2
 
I remember when I was Day Trading watching the screen and waiting for my share to increase by 1p. It did and I pressed the button. I have to say I liked watching all those pennies add up....
 
85% of consumers participating in the Wexford trial were in favour of making it permanent.

For anyone really worried about losing out, the rounding is to the nearest 5c, so if you're clever, you can ensure your total always ends in 2 or 7, and it will always be rounded down. €25.92 will be rounded down to €25.90, and you'll save 2c (0.077%!!)
 
sahd said:
Even better .... Why not just say to them you don't want the rounding (it is optional) - and if the shop has no 1c or 2c coins in the till then they have to give you 5c change. We could get rich quick !
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Or they could just refuse the transaction.

The trial was discretionary, if it rolls out nationwide, the discretionary element will go.
 
sahd said:
Incorrect - it is optional for both retailers and customers . Retailers can choose not to partake in it at all and customers can request to opt out of rounding whenever it is applied on a transaction
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But it's still only a proposal. Central Bank have just made a recommendation, I haven't seen confirmed details of a national roll-out. Even if it does remain discretionary, if there are no 1c or 2c coins in circulation, it'll become academic over time.
 
Wow, I hadn't heard that!

From that link, they say the Central Bank are 'hoping' that fewer 1 and 2c coins will be required. So in effect, it's a cop out of full removal from circulation.
 
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