Local Meijer Grocery Store Refuses Presidential Golden Dollar Coins (WTF?!) Fred Shecter Pay Attn:
Drago the Wolf
Here's the situation. I went to the credit union to cash in my check,
and get some odd money (halves, dollar coins, $2 bills) and they had
$18 in $2 bills, $40 in halves, and thousands of dollars in
Presidential GDs. I bought all of the halves, $2s and $100 in GDs.
Well, later on, I took the $2 bills to pay for some Chicka-Dee-China
Chinese Chicken and the guy there said he wanted all of my $2 bills,
because he collects them and I told him "Okay, but you do "know" they
still print them, right?" and he said, Oh, no I didn't. They still
print them?" and I said "Yeah, I just wish they would redesign them
like the other bills, but they claim there is not enough
counterfeiting of $2 bills, but I also like getting and spending
halves, GDs, SBAs and Ikes to spend or keep". Depends on if I need the
money or not.
So, to the point of the story. Me and my mom went up to the local
Meijer grocery store, and tried to pay our bill partially in $50 with
of Andrew Johnson fresh Mint wrapped $1 coins. The cashier says "I
have to call and ask if I can take these" and I told her, "I usually
have to "unroll" them so that they are sure there are 25 of them in
the roll, but other than that, there is usually no problem". Well,
this new bitch manager lady comes over and says "We can take ONE roll
of those dollar coins (and we clearly did not have enough money
without that extra $25) and we asked "Why?" and she said "Because
there is no spot in our tills for them" when clearly there is a spot,
which was intended for halves but now serves as a junk area. So my mom
was so pissed that she is going to buy the two other rolls from me and
go shopping up there tomorrow, just to grind their asses. But
seriously, what do you do when dollar coins are all you have? This is
just like that damn Taco Bell story where the guy only had a $50 and a
$2 bill. I'm also probably going to take some of my halves there as
well.
If the U.S. Mint really hopes for these new dollar coins to catch on
(which they never will, I only spend them for fun and I would prefer a
circulating half, and a redesigned circulating $1 and $2 bill anyway)
they will start to go after these stores with these policies. My mom
plans on calling the Meijer world headquarters to complain, today.
Bremick
"Drago the Wolf" <malanu...@aol.com> wrote in message
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They don't have to accept payment in rolls of coins any more than they would
have to accept your $100 bills. You chose in advance to be "different" by
handing them that roll. If you didn't expect there would be a (fun?)
reaction, why didn't you just select rolls of common quarters instead? So
you got the reaction you apparently hoped for and now you come whining here.
Next, your mom plans to return with more and "grind their asses"? The world
needs fewer customers like you two.
>
> If the U.S. Mint really hopes for these new dollar coins to catch on
> (which they never will, I only spend them for fun and I would prefer a
> circulating half, and a redesigned circulating $1 and $2 bill anyway)
> they will start to go after these stores with these policies. My mom
> plans on calling the Meijer world headquarters to complain, today.
Be sure she includes a copy of this post with her complaint.
mazorj
"Bremick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
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The one faintly legitimate objection to odd-ball coins and bills in the till
is not the physical space to hold them, but that they are a minor PITA to
handle when counting out and restocking the cashier's drawer. Unless the
cashier can hand them out in change, they linger there because most
retailers' standard money handling systems are set up only to deal with
pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and bills other than Hamiltons. Way back
when I worked a few cashier jobs and the only "clunker coin" was the
occasional half-dollar, I knew for certain that if I turned in my till with
a 50-cent piece in it, it would still be there when I got my restocked till
for my next shift.
Bremick
"mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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IMO, there's a clear difference between obtaining halves, twos or dollar
coins for cashiers who might appreciate them and handing one a roll of
dollar coins and essentially challenging him to accept it in payment,
especially when the cashier isn't offered an alternative payment if the
dollar coin roll isn't wanted. I'd bet Drago would raise hell if a cashier
attempted to give him a couple dollars change in loose nickels.
mazorj
True. That's why I characterized it as just a minor PITA. But a PITA
nevertheless. Disposing of a roll of dollar coins is just the same problem
made 25 times bigger.
Hell, I get annoyed when I'm handed ten ones in change because the till is
out of fives and tens.