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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
news:mxOne.9225$%Z2.2490@lakeread08... Well, the vending machines DO accept both dollar coins and people are NOT using them. My stepdad does $50K a month in vending machine sales and he gets somewhere around 1 SBA every 5 months and 2 SACs in the same time. Compare that to about $20 per day worth of $1 bills, it would seem that people are using more coins than bills but fewer dollar coins than dollars. Not trying to make any kind of point, just providing information. boB Confirms my suspicions, but your actual $1 coin vs $1 bill figures are truly amazing! Three dollar coins taken in for every 3,000 dollar bills taken in over a five month period? Do the machines give dollar coins in change? While these figures are not likely representative nationwide, they sure are an eye-opener, wherever those machines are located. Bruce I don't know why the machines would give dollar coins in change. You only put in what you need to purchase the item. Oh! You mean someone might put in a $5 bill and then expect change in dollar coins. No, I don't think the machines are set up that way. These machines are located in Southern Mississippi. All across the whole Southern part of the state. There are load of casinos that DO use the dollar coins. But everybody cashes them out to "real" money before they leave the casino. LOL! We'll never get people to use dollar coins if the gov't keeps making lame dollars that don't feel worth a dollar and don't tarnish in a week. We'll never get people to use the dollar coin as long as "real" money exists. By "real" I mean real as in what people seem to consider money. |
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Bruce Remick wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message link.net... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message news:UINne.9214$%Z2.3861@lakeread08... It does seem frustrating when so many "outsiders" with at least average intelligence can readily see why dollar coins aren't accepted and circulated by the masses along with our other minor coins, yet the govt is unwilling or unable to adjust. Instead, it continues with the status quo while members of Congress battle each other to submit their own additional pet dollar coin ideas. I guess I'm fortunate that I seldom have occasion to use vending machines. But I suspect that as long as many machines will accept both dollar bills and dollar coins, there will be no real incentive for customers to go out of their way to obtain dollar coins just to use in the machines. Bruce Well, the vending machines DO accept both dollar coins and people are NOT using them. My stepdad does $50K a month in vending machine sales and he gets somewhere around 1 SBA every 5 months and 2 SACs in the same time. Compare that to about $20 per day worth of $1 bills, it would seem that people are using more coins than bills but fewer dollar coins than dollars. Not trying to make any kind of point, just providing information. boB Confirms my suspicions, but your actual $1 coin vs $1 bill figures are truly amazing! Three dollar coins taken in for every 3,000 dollar bills taken in over a five month period? Do the machines give dollar coins in change? While these figures are not likely representative nationwide, they sure are an eye-opener, wherever those machines are located. sigh... They're not spent very often because people don't get them in change very often... People don't get them in change very often because they're not spent very often... Chicken, egg... The circular arguements from the Luddites about why we should stop making Sacs and stick with the *expensive*, inefficient rags continues.... JUST STOP MAKING THOSE &#^@%! RAGS AND THE COINS WILL WORK JUST FINE!!! (There, I feel better now) :-) -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ |
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In a recent message "Bob" wrote:
"Bruce Remick" wrote in message news:mxOne.9225$%Z2.2490@lakeread08... [snip] We'll never get people to use dollar coins if the gov't keeps making lame dollars that don't feel worth a dollar and don't tarnish in a week. We'll never get people to use the dollar coin as long as "real" money exists. By "real" I mean real as in what people seem to consider money. I will take as much of this 'unreal' money as anyone is prepared to give me ;-) -- Tony Clayton Coins of the UK : http://www.coinsoftheuk.info Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC .... What are you doing?!? The message is over, GO AWAY! |
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"Michael G. Koerner" wrote in message ... Bruce Remick wrote: "Bob" wrote in message link.net... "Bruce Remick" wrote in message news:UINne.9214$%Z2.3861@lakeread08... It does seem frustrating when so many "outsiders" with at least average intelligence can readily see why dollar coins aren't accepted and circulated by the masses along with our other minor coins, yet the govt is unwilling or unable to adjust. Instead, it continues with the status quo while members of Congress battle each other to submit their own additional pet dollar coin ideas. I guess I'm fortunate that I seldom have occasion to use vending machines. But I suspect that as long as many machines will accept both dollar bills and dollar coins, there will be no real incentive for customers to go out of their way to obtain dollar coins just to use in the machines. Bruce Well, the vending machines DO accept both dollar coins and people are NOT using them. My stepdad does $50K a month in vending machine sales and he gets somewhere around 1 SBA every 5 months and 2 SACs in the same time. Compare that to about $20 per day worth of $1 bills, it would seem that people are using more coins than bills but fewer dollar coins than dollars. Not trying to make any kind of point, just providing information. boB Confirms my suspicions, but your actual $1 coin vs $1 bill figures are truly amazing! Three dollar coins taken in for every 3,000 dollar bills taken in over a five month period? Do the machines give dollar coins in change? While these figures are not likely representative nationwide, they sure are an eye-opener, wherever those machines are located. sigh... They're not spent very often because people don't get them in change very often... People don't get them in change very often because they're not spent very often... Chicken, egg... The circular arguements from the Luddites about why we should stop making Sacs and stick with the *expensive*, inefficient rags continues.... JUST STOP MAKING THOSE &#^@%! RAGS AND THE COINS WILL WORK JUST FINE!!! (There, I feel better now) :-) I think most everyone here feels the same way. All we need is the "nudge" from our government and we'll soon be accepting dollar coins with as little thought as we now accept dollar bills. Has to make one wonder whether the govt really cares which type of dollar the public favors. I wonder which coin the public favored during their brief period of overlap -- the US half dime or new nickel? Did habit keep the half dime popular or was the public more taken with the new five cent coin? In parts of the country where both fractional currency and equivalent denomination coins were equally available, what was the public's choice? Bruce |
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Paul Anderson wrote: Most people, even those who like Sacs, don't like SBAs. But they're Moon landing dollars! Space Bucks! |
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Bob wrote:
I don't know why the machines would give dollar coins in change. You only put in what you need to purchase the item. Oh! You mean someone might put in a $5 bill and then expect change in dollar coins. No, I don't think the machines are set up that way. The machines I use accept bills up to $20 denomination. And dispense the dollar coins in change. I am in Portland, OR. - Balaji These machines are located in Southern Mississippi. All across the whole Southern part of the state. There are load of casinos that DO use the dollar coins. But everybody cashes them out to "real" money before they leave the casino. LOL! We'll never get people to use dollar coins if the gov't keeps making lame dollars that don't feel worth a dollar and don't tarnish in a week. We'll never get people to use the dollar coin as long as "real" money exists. By "real" I mean real as in what people seem to consider money. |
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That's great.
You should send a nice letter of praise to the vending operator telling them how much more convenient these machines are compared to the older machines in use elsewhere that do not offer change for larger bills. Be sure to tell them how those older machines often lose sales since customers often only have larger bills in their wallets. If only all vending machine operators would do this..... |
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Balaji Murthy wrote:
Bob wrote: I don't know why the machines would give dollar coins in change. You only put in what you need to purchase the item. Oh! You mean someone might put in a $5 bill and then expect change in dollar coins. No, I don't think the machines are set up that way. The machines I use accept bills up to $20 denomination. And dispense the dollar coins in change. I am in Portland, OR. - Balaji I should add that the real surprise was coming across a machine (at a local post office) which accepted (and of dispensed) pennies. Top that!! - Balaji These machines are located in Southern Mississippi. All across the whole Southern part of the state. There are load of casinos that DO use the dollar coins. But everybody cashes them out to "real" money before they leave the casino. LOL! We'll never get people to use dollar coins if the gov't keeps making lame dollars that don't feel worth a dollar and don't tarnish in a week. We'll never get people to use the dollar coin as long as "real" money exists. By "real" I mean real as in what people seem to consider money. |
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Those USPS machines accept 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, $1 coins and $1, $5, $10,
$20 bills and dispense single or multiple stamps, books of stamps and then dispense 1c, 5c, 25c, and $1 coins. No dimes come out of this machine. |
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"shreadvector" wrote in message oups.com... That's great. You should send a nice letter of praise to the vending operator telling them how much more convenient these machines are compared to the older machines in use elsewhere that do not offer change for larger bills. Be sure to tell them how those older machines often lose sales since customers often only have larger bills in their wallets. If only all vending machine operators would do this..... If I found myself at a vending machine with only a $20 bill, I'd have to be literally dying of thirst before I'd use it to buy a $1.25 drink and end up with 18 dollar coins in change. If a machine can recognize my $20, it should be able to stock and feed me a $10 bill among my change; then I could live with 8 dollar coins. Otherwise, I'd rather find somewhere nearby to change that $20. Bruce |
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