TeeGee wrote:Good to see the USA finally catching up to Australia. We did away with 1 and 2 cent coins many many moons ago, before my hair turned grey, even BCC (before conquerclub).
I still have over 300 US pennies from my last trip over there. Still couldn't get over having to enter my PIN for every single card transaction as well.. Catch up my friends, we are waiting for you.
I now have the "chip" as well as the Tap feature on my credit cards. Tap requires nothing else from me, as I recall, for nearly all or even all uses.
One credit card, though, still uses the magnetic strip. Change is slow, most of the time.
The few times and places I now use cash, pennies are often needed because of the sales tax. Generally, most merchants simply round the amount to avoid the need for pennies. btw: Sales tax in most of the USA varies by states and locales within the state (at least that is true in VA where I live).