Why can't we get rid of 1p, 2p, 5p coins?

Some sense from Ireland, well I never!

Do they still round it if you pay by card?

I think so because the till produces a rounded total.

This value would then be fed to the card reader.

I guess they'd have to or you'd get some annoying customers complaining because the woman in front got away with a cent off.

Wrong. The denominations made available are based on the needs of the market, not the other way around.

That's why a decision has been made NOT to get rid of those coins. The Treasury has recognised that there is still a demand for them.

I for one certainly don't want my penny sweets costing 10p.

But they could have got the stuff for free!

Bullshit. When they removed half pence coins, my local shop stopped halfpenny sweets and just sold larger sweets for 1p, or two small ones.

You can't get anything useful for less than about 20p. The cheapest thing I can think of that I can buy in my local supermarket is 18p.

Why would you buy 1? Just buy 10 at a time.

No, somebody would just say keep the change. And people tend to have coins kicking about. Cash is so much easier than farting around logging into bank accounts.

Nope. Last time I used cash, I just handed a few £20 notes to the cashier and got a handful of change back. Took no longer than using a card. She was getting the coins from the till while I was putting the goods in the trolley anyway.

Actually, you don't tap it. There's no physical detection of contact with the pad. You wave it nearby.

Contactless cards are useless - who spends a small enough amount for that?! £30 I think it is? Most supermarket shops are over £50.

That is very strange indeed. Why go to the supermarket if it's being delivered anyway? Why not order online?

If they left without being chased by a security guard, they weren't noticed.

Tesco Bananas - 14p Swizzels Matlow Strawberry Refresher Bar Lidl Kiwi Fruit - 16p Haribo Maoam Giant Strawberry Stripes - 10p Swizzels Matlow Chunky Drumstick Lolly - 10p

Those are just a few things I found with a quick look. .

But think how much better the country's dental health would be if we abolished all the shrapnel.

Those don't need 1p and 2p coins. As for the 5p coins, just make the size of the goods different.

You can't seem to grasp that the coins and notes in circulation are based on what it is believed the public want.

The decision has been made. They're keeping those coins. Accept it and move on.

What an absolutely insane thing to say. The government never ever does what the public wants.

Why should I accept gross stupidity?

Because the decision has been made. What are you going to do about it?

Point out how stupid they are.

And be ignored.

If enough do it via a petition, they are not ignored. The powers that be don't want people voting against them at the next erection.

How many people have signed your petition so far? Where is it?