New Pennies...

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:59 pm

So, for an economy that has gone to crap (supposedly) what is the best way to help? I know! Let's make new versions of the most unused piece of crap coinage we can... yeah! We need new and shiny pennies! Everyone loves those, and can't wait to spend them in droves, cause, let's face it, you need droves of 'em to be effective. Ahh, brilliance is the sheen on the obverse of retarded.

They do look pretty, though.
_________________
If it matters, leave a message at the beep.
Serl's Corner

Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:20 pm

Well, won't we still need to make change?
_________________
Eulaliaaa!!! Give those rapscallions blood and vinegar, wot?!

Be sure to check out Jim's artwork for sale:
http://jimhollowayart.com/id5.html

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:33 pm

Only if you shop at Wal Mart with their crazy $3.73 price tags... you know, 'cause they have to undercut the lowest price anywhere else. And, if you're a smart and good commercial watcher and conformist, you don't even carry money anymore... why bother when a nice thin piece of plastic will get you everything you need?
_________________
If it matters, leave a message at the beep.
Serl's Corner

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:10 pm

They did it just to annoy you, serl.
_________________
LD's C&C creations - the witch, a half-ogre, skill and 0-level rules

Troll Lord wrote:
Lord D: you understand where I"m coming from.

Jynx · Post by **Jynx** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:13 pm

They're great for end of year penny wraps that get used by the kids for xmas gifts, other than that, they're a pain in the a**e!

When I went to Portugal a few years back, we used the EURO and I was surprised to see that they don't use pennies and the smallest denomination they had ( at least where I was ) is the 5 cent coin, which still looks like a penny. hey... looking at my computer, I see one now. It's like a brown nickel.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:22 pm

Every penny I come across I spend or save and put into the bank. I'm fine with pennies, but they do cost entirely too much to produced today.

~O
_________________
> Omote's Advanced C&C stuff <
Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society

Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:45 pm

serleran wrote:
Only if you shop at Wal Mart with their crazy $3.73 price tags... you know, 'cause they have to undercut the lowest price anywhere else. And, if you're a smart and good commercial watcher and conformist, you don't even carry money anymore... why bother when a nice thin piece of plastic will get you everything you need?

Lets not bash Wal-Mart for this, where I live its a 6% sales tax, so even if it was priced $3.00 the total would be $3.18, and either I would need pennies or they would.
_________________
Never throw rocks at a man with a Vorpal Sword!

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:03 pm

Maliki wrote:
Lets not bash Wal-Mart for this, where I live its a 6% sales tax, so even if it was priced $3.00 the total would be $3.18, and either I would need pennies or they would.

Plus you know they aren't going to drop the taxes down to 5%, so the only way to go to fix it is to go with 10% taxes. Then everyone else price everything only in 5 cent increments, and bye bye penny.

So everyone up to having their sales taxes increased to 10% so we can get rid of the penny?
_________________
The Ruby Lord, Earl of the Society

Next Con I am attending: http://www.neoncon.com/

My House Rules: http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... llordgames

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:19 pm

10% sales tax is nothing. It sounds like a lot, but, it is a pittance. Almost like a penny.
_________________
If it matters, leave a message at the beep.
Serl's Corner

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:57 am

Eh, it's money. It spends like all the other coins. Never been a big deal to me.
_________________
LD's C&C creations - the witch, a half-ogre, skill and 0-level rules

Troll Lord wrote:
Lord D: you understand where I"m coming from.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:30 am

Me either, but I find the cost to be horrendously funny. That was the point of the original post... though, maybe it was not made.
_________________
If it matters, leave a message at the beep.
Serl's Corner

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:21 am

serleran wrote:
Me either, but I find the cost to be horrendously funny. That was the point of the original post... though, maybe it was not made.

It probably was and I missed it.
_________________
LD's C&C creations - the witch, a half-ogre, skill and 0-level rules

Troll Lord wrote:
Lord D: you understand where I"m coming from.

Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:24 pm

Omote wrote:
Every penny I come across I spend or save and put into the bank. I'm fine with pennies, but they do cost entirely too much to produced today.

~O

At the end of every day I throw all the change I've accumulated over the day into a large jar, then a couple times a year I take it to the bank and cash it in, usually between 100-200 dollars.
_________________
Never throw rocks at a man with a Vorpal Sword!

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:04 am

Maliki wrote:
At the end of every day I throw all the change I've accumulated over the day into a large jar, then a couple times a year I take it to the bank and cash it in, usually between 100-200 dollars.

Same here, Maliki! I once pulled $421 out of my big cider jug-like glass bottle, a personal record.
_________________
LD's C&C creations - the witch, a half-ogre, skill and 0-level rules

Troll Lord wrote:
Lord D: you understand where I"m coming from.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:59 am

Yeah, I save change, too...but that doesn't mean I necessarily think that, in a piss poor economy, it is a brilliant tactic to waste likely billions on making little unwanted (and in many ways, unneeded) pennies. If the goal is to get people to circulate more money, then I think it fails miserably because the coinage collectors (and you all know you are) will grab them up (well, not the hardcore guys... they want ones that have never been touched by human fingers) which will immediately cut out some of them, and the rest of the world doesn't even care.
_________________
If it matters, leave a message at the beep.
Serl's Corner

Sundog · Post by **Sundog** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:09 pm

Well, at least you didn't get the awful new stuff the Mint's churned out this year.