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minus-squareGuamer [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoSo is everything gonna be rounded up/down to the nearest nickel? Or are they just assuming everyone has card nowadays
minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoThat’s what other countries do for cash transactions. For cards, it’s still exact.
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThat’s how Canada did it. If you selectively choose when to pay cash and when to pay card you can save like basically nothing lmao
minus-squaregay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDoes Canada have cash discounts like the US?
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNot most places, no. Some local businesses might. I think it’s against credit card companies’ rules, though.
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoaustralia as well, according to the guy who couldn’t make a magic square of squares
So is everything gonna be rounded up/down to the nearest nickel? Or are they just assuming everyone has card nowadays
That’s what other countries do for cash transactions. For cards, it’s still exact.
That’s how Canada did it. If you selectively choose when to pay cash and when to pay card you can save like basically nothing lmao
Does Canada have cash discounts like the US?
Not most places, no. Some local businesses might. I think it’s against credit card companies’ rules, though.
australia as well, according to the guy who couldn’t make a magic square of squares