Remove 1p and 2p coins?

Even if the stuff they buy in was free, if you look at staff and running costs....

I find it just as quick and much easier to insert my debit card. I don't have to restock my pocket afterwards either.

I remember reading somewhere that the oil conglomerates could give their fu el to the UK for free and you'd still have to pay 57.95p per litre + VAT to fill your car.

Ergo, to fill a 50 litre tank with fuel provided for free by Shell, it woul d cost you £33.58.

And every single penny of that would go to the Government because they'fe, apparently, done something to deserve it.

Why aren't Brits out on the streets buring down Government buildings?

I was once told it was the equivalent of 400% tax. I.e. 20p to Shell and 80p to the government.

Because we can't afford the petrol. Anyway Guy Fawkes tried that and look where that got him. We can vote in a party that lowers it. But the trouble is they've rigged the voting system, so that's impossible. One of our parties (UKIP) got TWICE the votes as another (SNP), but has ONE FIFTIETH of the power.

Must be very thick then. In fact I remember putting them in Nitric acid at school in a Chemistry class. Never found any steel underneath.

I don't know how long ago you were in chemistry class, but UK bronze coins have only been made from steel since 1992. Prior to that they were made from an alloy of copper, zinc and tin.

Chris

Especially so with contactless cards. Yes, I know not everybody is happy carrying those.

Chris

That explains it. 1990.

Useless. I can't remember ever buying under £20.

I've found nobody who doesn't like them. One of the products my company sells is shields for such cards in your wallet. None sold. Everyone lets the bank worry about problems.

and IME not all supermarkets are accepting them yet (especially at the "fast track" tills

tim

Not sure about fast tills, but he normal tills all take them in all the supermarkets here.

I don't doubt it.

A few Fridays ago, some of the office visited the local pub during lunch ho ur to celebrate someone's leaving do.

I was tied up so couldn't go but I knew that the pub in question (an indepe ndent out in a village so not a chain in a town or cuty centre) accepted th e contactless transactions.

So I gave one of the girls my card and told her to make sure she bought not just herself but the person leaving a drink.

She came back with my card and a receipt for £9.55.

And she didn't know my PIN and I wasn't within 6 miles of the transaction.

For one sandwich??!!

Yes. My local Tesco Express takes them at the self-checkout counter, but the larger store in the next town doesn't.

I actually find Apple Pay just as convenient as using the card itself, and you have the benefit of the additional security as well.

Buying one thing at a time shows a complete lack of forward planning.

The example given was where you pop out from work to pick up a sandwich for lunch to take back to the office. I supposed you could buy enough on Monday to last you the whole week, but who wants to eat stale sandwiches for the next few days, and even if you did it could easily still come to less than £20.

I can think of many situations where I spend less than £20 in a shop.

thousands do it, every (working) day

tim

More fool them for being inefficient with their time.