"You didn't want your penny did you?"

andyrules

Bennifred wrote: »

I remember my boys used to pick up whatever change they found on the ground, especially at secondary school - it was amazing how much they collected! Even now I see teenagers discarding coins onto the ground at school - you can tell they have never been in need.

If either of mine forgot their lunch money they would trawl the playground with their heads down - more often than not they managed to find enough to buy lunch!

Murtle

I purchased some food in Aldi and was expecting 2p in change, but she didn't have that so automatically gave me 5p.

It's not her 1p to keep and you should feel embarrassed about requesting it.

Smile sweetly and say yes please, and my receipt thank you. Then wait for it whilst she faffs around trying to reopen the till. It's her fault not yours!

worbikeman

esuhl wrote: »

If a company is going to annoy me by pricing an item at (say) £9.99, thinking that I won't realise that it's about £10... then I'm damn well going to insist that they give me that penny back in change and make an extra trip to the bank, if necessary, to stock up on pennies.

It's what they want too, remember. Otherwise they would have priced the item at £10.00 and saved everyone the hassle.

I think they price a £10 item at £9.99 so the assistant is obliged to ring it into the till to produce change and a receipt. Otherwise, if the customer didnt want a receipt, staff might be tempted to pocket the note.

money_savings_my_game

faerie~spangles wrote: »

The sales assistant had no right to do that.

I would have waited for my change with my hand out.

Agreed. You should have said "yes, i did want my change."

There is always a possibility that shops will try to short change you and its your responsibility to stand up for yourself and demand what is rightfully yours. To be honest its not surprised me that the shop did this to you, but that you let them keep your money when it obviously it annoyed you enough to write this post. In future you should be more strongwilled and not embarassed about asking for your own money.

grannybroon

It never ceases to amaze me how much coinage is strewn about the streets around lunch time when the secondary children descend on Tesco. I have never had to ask for my change but I do often ask that my penny is put in the charity box. This is done at the same time as I am given my receipt and the local shop staff always thank me for the gesture.

unholyangel

money_savings_my_game wrote: »

Agreed. You should have said "yes, i did want my change."

There is always a possibility that shops will try to short change you and its your responsibility to stand up for yourself and demand what is rightfully yours. To be honest its not surprised me that the shop did this to you, but that you let them keep your money when it obviously it annoyed you enough to write this post. In future you should be more strongwilled and not embarassed about asking for your own money.

If you see my post #27, apparently it is not rightfully yours. It is theirs.

zagfles

esuhl wrote: »

If a company is going to annoy me by pricing an item at (say) £9.99, thinking that I won't realise that it's about £10... then I'm damn well going to insist that they give me that penny back in change and make an extra trip to the bank, if necessary, to stock up on pennies.

It's what they want too, remember. Otherwise they would have priced the item at £10.00 and saved everyone the hassle.

Yes, .99 prices annoy me too but I do the opposite. I often have a build up of change in my pocket and if something costs £x9.99 I'll do my best to pay it in the exact money, counting out 99p of change...good way to get rid of all that change burning a hole in my pocket

billysmum

this reminds me back when my eldest was younger we sent him to the shop underneath us(we lived in a flat)to get some milk which cost 99p, he came back with the milk and was happy because the cashier gave him a free 1p sweet

arcon5

unholyangel wrote: »

If you see my post #27, apparently it is not rightfully yours. It is theirs.

I'm betting though that wouldn't stand up in court.

These these, it's implied that if you give somebody a higher value of money for goods you expect change. If I purchase goods at £9.80 and give them £10, i'm doing to on the agreement that they will give me the difference back -- and shops know and accept this, hence the fact they usually have change and their tills calculate the amount to give back.

arcon5

worbikeman wrote: »

I think they price a £10 item at £9.99 so the assistant is obliged to ring it into the till to produce change and a receipt. Otherwise, if the customer didnt want a receipt, staff might be tempted to pocket the note.

No, that's not why. Its simply because £9.99 sounds less than £10.