Posted on 07/06/2020 7:09:03 AM PDT by P.O.E.
Those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters are far more precious due to a national coin shortage brought on by the coronavirus and resulting shut down.
As a result, the Giant supermarkets chain is the newest member of a growing list of retailers limiting cash transactions and/or demanding exact change.
“Due to the national coin shortage, select Giant registers can only accept credit, debit, and electronic payments at this time,” company spokesman Christopher Brand said in response to PennLive questions about coin shortages on Friday.
As the New York Post reports, Lowe’s home improvement stores have posted signs urging shoppers to pay with exact change or use other forms of payment, as have convenience stores such as 7-Eleven, Pilot and Circle K, according to news reports and social media posts.
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I usually throw them in a change jar. Every so often I roll the dimes & quarters for the bank and throw the rest into the Coinstar for a cost of about 5% (not worth the time to roll).
Maybe I should start charging THEM for my change :)
And if there isn’t a coin shortage now, they’re doing their damndest to start one.
Inflation is definitely on its way and its probably going to be the worst we’ve ever seen. JMHO
I hope you're not one of those old farts who waits until the very end of the process to start looking for change to be slowly counted out so the change back will come to exactly a quarter or two, AFTER fishing out your coupons and discussing with the clerk which ones are still current and which ones have expired, necessitating a visit from the manager to straighten things out, all while the line of waiting customers grows to three or four deep.
The only thing worse is waiting until the end of the process, then starting to rummage around in your purse for the check book that's in there. Somewhere.
I heard it was because the mint shut down/limited production due to COVID infections.
I’ve been refusing the change in coins lately or telling them to put it in the tip jar.
No!
I go out to my car and get the change. I just say “wait here, I’ll be right back.”
When every transaction can be tracked, every transaction can be taxed.
Brilliant!
LOL, then there’s the Airplane! reference jar, the Blazing Saddles reference jar, the Seinfeld reference jar, etc.
Wrong, I worked in South America for a few years, coins disappeared first and were rare to find as people hoarded them for their metal value. When the inflation hit, the coins value doubled, then tripled, then went threw the roof. Having witnessed that in SA, I can’t help to think it is a harbinger of things to come.....coins first disappeared, then all small bills, all before the revalued new currency was printed ( with more zeros).
Exactly.
“I haven’t got a square to spare!”
Or, in this case, a nickle! ;)
And don’t call me, ‘Shirley!’
Not around here. I pester the cashiers for rolls of coins all the time. Go through them for collectibles. Maybe people are keeping all of those new quarters in collections. I am. The only coin shortage I’m aware of was due to the small numbers minted around 2009, and the rest of the Recession years. What really seemed to knock the loose change out of people was the high gas prices we had before the recession. Lots of half dollars were spent, quite a few diver ones, if my experience is any indication. Maybe if the Dems can tank the economy, all of those jars of coins will hit circulation again.
“I haven’t got a square to spare!”
LOL! Just watched that episode this morning.
When they outlaw coins, only criminals will have change.
I've been saying that ever since the virus bailouts. Especially bad for those on fixed incomes. Especially good for big borrowers (pay off old money with more worthless new money)
The shutdowns in Pennsylvania under our village-idiot governor have been longer in duration than most of the nations excepting perhaps NY & NJ. Just saying this in order to point out that the coin shortage is probably uneven in it’s effects nationally.
I was getting uncirculated 2019 quarters by the roll, earlier in the year. Uncirculated 2020s don’t seem scarce. Been collecting coins for a long time, staying current The recession years were tough. Still looking for some of those.
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