JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down18
arrow-up1377arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squarebane_killgrind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·9 months agoCanadian here, between electronic payments and coins being more durable than paper or polymer money, retailers don’t have any incentive to charge a less competitive price.
minus-squared00phy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·9 months agoAwesome job on killing the penny up there! Wish we could do that in the US.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoWe need to kill the nickel too.
Canadian here, between electronic payments and coins being more durable than paper or polymer money, retailers don’t have any incentive to charge a less competitive price.
Awesome job on killing the penny up there! Wish we could do that in the US.
We need to kill the nickel too.