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Can I borrow a dollar for the vending machine?

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NinjaTech

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OK, so here's the scenario. I'm stuck here at work and I didn't have any breakfast. I look in my wallet and just then remember my wife borrowed all my cash to go yard sale'ing. The vending machine is laughing at me as it displays it's two flavors of poptarts. I feel like Tantalus in Greek mythology. 🙁
 
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BUTCH1 said:
No you can't but I'm finally starting to see vending machines that accept swipe cards..
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I fear the day they show up around here. While more convenient, I'd buy a hell of a lot more vending junk just because I can.

The way it is now, I have to consciously bring 1 dollar bills for the vending machine...
 
That pocketfull of paper $1.00 bills, and the scanner required in the vending machine to accept it, is why Canada dropped paper $1.00 bills for the metal coin now known affectionately as the "Loonie" (for the Common Loon image on one side). That was in 1987 - 23 years ago already! Planners had seen clearly then that, as prices rise, the number of quarters needed to feed a vending machine was getting ridiculous. So the obvious choice was: either start installing scanners in those machines in addition to the coin acceptance systems, or develop a $1.00 coin. As prices of everything rose further and the Loonie was such an obvious success, Canada also introduced the $2.00 coin in 1996, promptly dubbed the "Twoonie". Of course, paper $1.00 and $2.00 bills became collector items, but not very rare.

Besides convenience for customers and operators of vending machines, parking meters, etc., the two coins save the government a lot of money. The cost to produce one such coin is more that printing one paper bill, BUT the coin lasts MANY times longer than the paper currency.
 
Paperdoc said:
That pocketfull of paper $1.00 bills, and the scanner required in the vending machine to accept it, is why Canada dropped paper $1.00 bills for the metal coin now known affectionately as the "Loonie" (for the Common Loon image on one side). That was in 1987 - 23 years ago already! Planners had seen clearly then that, as prices rise, the number of quarters needed to feed a vending machine was getting ridiculous. So the obvious choice was: either start installing scanners in those machines in addition to the coin acceptance systems, or develop a $1.00 coin. As prices of everything rose further and the Loonie was such an obvious success, Canada also introduced the $2.00 coin in 1996, promptly dubbed the "Twoonie". Of course, paper $1.00 and $2.00 bills became collector items, but not very rare.

Besides convenience for customers and operators of vending machines, parking meters, etc., the two coins save the government a lot of money. The cost to produce one such coin is more that printing one paper bill, BUT the coin lasts MANY times longer than the paper currency.
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I fucking hate coins. Paper money stays in my wallet and adds negligible weight and bulk. Coins are heavier, bulkier, and easily falls out of pockets.
 
yeah if you want to talk currency change in the US, it'd be better if we went to plastic bills, honestly.
 
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