i do the same thing hehehehe, and I had already been thinking about it lol

a penny saved is a dollar earned!

agreed

Well ain't you just tight lol

I leave it to the cashier's, most of the times they return me the cent without telling them; but many times I tell them to keep it beforehand.

"Watch the pennies and the pounds will mind themselves."

Meaning:

Take care of the little things and the big things will also be handled.

Won't hand it over to you? They always hand it over here unless you say that they can keep it :O

I'd ask for it back. I keep all my change in a jar, except quarters that I use for laundry days.

It's 1.99. They market it as 1.99 because it manipulates you into perceiving it as less than 2. So I would demand your 1 cent.

Not sure if I would, I kinda stay quiet when paying for the stuff I buy. ^^;

I always get the one cent.

Well, with a 6% sales tax, its actually about $2.11 >v>

i wish 9% here in lousyana

<Oregonian High-Five> 8D

I would try to move to Oregon, but I'd fear that I'd die of a snakebite. or Dysentery.

7% in NJ means it's $2.13. <<

o_o I always get that penny, and I never have to ask, most of the time, if something is 1-2 cents over a dollar, they don't even ask for the pennies.

With 9.75% sales tax, it'd be $2.18. If I get change back, even if it's a penny, I'd like it back. Mostly cause I like to pay with exact change. You'd be surprise how useful a penny is if used right. :]

As far as Los Angeles goes, you'll always get your change back, even if it is a cent for many reasons other than you just wanting it. It's a big no-no to keep change in registers, it's like being short on money.

You're argument may be that it is free money and such but it's mostly has to do with taxes, store audits and how stores handles it. Blah blah blahhh.

So.. yes, I would like my penny. :D

well it is your money 9w9 so demanding the change is right .3.b unless your nice enough to KEEP the change .3. which i highly think the cashier would LITERALLY keep it in his/her pockets @3@

Interesting question. xD I have no idea.

I always get the 1¢ back :T

Not to be a penny pincher, but a penny is a penny. You should get your change back none the less. *nods*

well, cent by cent you get a dollar

I think the 1 cent matters, cause, at one point, 1 cent was a significant amount of money then.

I usually get my penny in change back, but if I dont get enough/no change back(depending on the ammount of change), then i might worry

Here's a better question, at least in my opinion it's a better question. Do you ever wish you were floating off the ground kind of like how your avatar's doing it?

...I dunno, I just find defiance of gravity mildly amusing.

No, I'm being dead serious with you. I actually want to one day discover the gift of flight and just walk around a park in the air like "Wheeeeeee!" Or rather...float around. And stuff.

That .99 is just a crafty way of fooling you into getting it, when you'll have to pay more just to get it afterwards. *sobs*

What penny? We haven't had pennies for a while over here. XD

Depends. If they put it in a charity box, it's fine. I'd do that anyway. If not, hell yeah I'm going to kick up a stink. It could be going somewhere it's needed, and in that register ain't it.

someone up top said a penny saved is a dollar earned (since when does a penny equal a dollar?) I'm pretty sure the phrase is, "A penny Saved is a penny Earned"

but yeah I would ask the penny back, I keep a piggy bank for that stuff

I've never had anybody not return the change. They're required to unless I tell them to keep it.

I drop pennies when I leave the store dood, so I wouldn't complain. Hate those things.

No one cares about a penny.

Then they shouldn't say it's $1.99 if they really mean $2.00.

it's an old advertising gimmick really.

$19.99 is pretty much $20, but it sounds cheaper.

I know.

It's actually their way of getting rid of pennies.

I care about a penny D:

my little Maneki Neko coin bank can hold up to about $20-$30 in spare change D:

Spare change consists of most coin currency, not just pennies. So tell me is your tiny fortune consisting of any silver change?

Usually there is silver change yes...but I average about 200 or so pennies....and that's usually enough to buy me a bite to eat.

Ever heard the phrase "a penny save is a penny earned"? Or learned about the importance if a savings accout? With this economy, every single penny matters.

Lol ever hear of coin star?

Yes I have, and I do use coinstar quite often.

Although they do charge you 9 cents per dollar as a fee. (That is, for every dollar you manage to save, you're only getting about 91 cents of it)

It's cheaper to count it yourself and take it to your local bank.

I never knew that :O thanks :3 (the coin star thing)

I think that actually depends on the country and the culture.
In Germany they pretty much FORCE you to take the cent (Yes, I experienced that. They didn't want to have it and it ended up by me getting thrown at with the cent <.<.), though while I was in Romania they kept the cent without asking (as well as like 30 cent or so).

Not even just the country, but the region seems to have a big effect on this, in the US some densely-populated cities might see this happen a lot more often than in the rural South where hospitality is all about ~*~*~*sharing and caring~*~*~* and you might see two old ladies from both sides of a counter "arguing" about taking a freaking penny.

I've never had someone not give me the penny back. Sometimes I tell them not to bother.

No. It is not wrong. They owe you the penny. It is yours and it is the cashier's job to make sure you get your change whether it is a penny, a dollar, or a hundred dollars.

I've never not been given proper change back, unless it was a genuine miscount by the cashier. even if it's a measly penny. and I pretty much always leave my pennies anyway, putting them in whatever random donation thing they have (and if they don't I just leave them on the counter so the next person might even out their change). I don't have the room in my wallet for any coinage less than a dime.

Well you have to think about tax too :/

I think it's perfectly fine to ask for it. I mean, a penny is a penny and they are just as valuable as other coins (at least to me )