Do you recycle copper pennies?

Originally Posted by Otto

The rule will be to round to the NEAREST nickel. For example, 1 or 2 cents round down, 3 or 4 cents round up. This is fair to both buyer and seller.

100,000 customers @ .01 = $1000 business in the know will figure a way to have a round up at our expense. A Wall Mart by me has enough business per week that a mathematically engineered round up would be $ 10,000 per month $120,000 per year
all from the lowly penny what about Lowes home depot ECT. Those bean counters will find a way to take the penny .

Originally Posted by Copper Head

100,000 customers @ .01 = $1000 business in the know will figure a way to have a round up at our expense. A Wall Mart by me has enough business per week that a mathematically engineered round up would be $ 10,000 per month $120,000 per year
all from the lowly penny what about Lowes home depot ECT. Those bean counters will find a way to take the penny .

LOL, I think you're getting paranoid there. My guess is the final digit in the sales total is pretty much a random event, that is, it's equally likely that it would be 0 through 9. I don't see how a store could rig the final digit in the total when they have no control over the number of individual items you're buying. Where the stores do screw you though, is where you're not looking. My personal expertise is with flooring. The big box stores often have big discounts on flooring, where it's fairly easy for consumers to comparison shop. At the same time they make outrageous margins on accessories like moldings, glue and fasteners.