No need to do it fast. As long as the alt key remains depressed you'll be golden.
You would have to look pretty hard to find a price here under a dollar. Perhaps if you were buying a few screws or nails at the hardware store, or a single small bag of potato chips at 99 cents. JimB.
That's interesting. Plenty of things are still under a dollar here.
That is so interesting not using cents , here in usa that would take me some getting use too.
Thanks maybe I just thought you had to do it fast.
Its not that we don't express prices with cents, we do that, but we stopped making one cent coins a long time ago because they cost more to make than their face value. . For cash purchases, round down or round up. Pennies are pase here. We also have one and two dollar coins, instead of paper bills. And our currency bills are made of polymer plastic, not paper, with see through panels and more than 12 security features hidden in them. Hard to fake. JimB.
Thanks so much very interesting indeed!
In that example, you’d probably pay $1.45. If the total was $1.41 or $1.42, you’d pay $1.40. Overall it balances out.
If you are paying with cash, and you give the cashier a two dollar coin, you will get change back amounting to 55 cents, probably 2 quarters and a nickel. If paying with a credit or debit card, the exact price will be entered on the point of sale machine.
It was very nice of you to explain all that in such detail, I best stay in the USA, I like our way of using money.I do find it to be a great learning experience hearing about others countries and different ways of life.
One of the side effects of retail stores doing 80 percent of their sales using debit cards is....Very little cash in the cash register, so robberies are reduced . It's kind of hard to steal electronic funds transfers, right ? Here in Toronto most taxis use tap and go, so again no cash to be stolen. Same thing at liquor stores and corner stores. My Wife and I just ordered a food delivery from a local burrito place, paid for the food and the delivery using a debit card, and the tip as well. No cash involved in that at all. JimB.
I understand but then you have to worry about your card numbers getting stolen, the thiefs think faster than the good guys can keep up.
Our debit cards have a 4 numeral pin code, so you have to enter that at the point of sale machine for transactions over $50. My Wife and I change our pins every month using a random code generator. In 22 years of having debit cards, neither of us has had a loss. JimB.
Just to add. In order to use a debit card, you have to have THE Card with you, AND know the 4 digit pin number. Just having the card number is useless, without the actual card, too. The card reader machine requires either a swipe or a tap, plus imputing the pin, to complete the transaction. I bank with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ( CIBC ) and my debit card can be used all over the world through the Visa system. My Wife was born and raised in The Bahamas, and when we go there to visit, CIBC has branches in the major city , so I can do any banking from there, as if I am in Toronto with no charges. JImB.
You tap your debit card and then have to enter the pin?
Firefox is my go-to browser also. I'm going to try Clippings - thanks for the tip! Can you recommend any other helpful FF extensions?
thank you!
