Is it common sense to ...

[citruscurtis]

....to round up cents ? Dollar general wanted me...on a debit purchase to round up my $5.35 to $6.00....do you round up purchases?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

....to round up cents ? Dollar general wanted me...on a debit purchase to round up my $5.35 to $6.00....do you round up purchases?

No.

 

[fly girl]

No. I am giving them the total amount my purchase came to, that's all.

 

[Deb]

....to round up cents ? Dollar general wanted me...on a debit purchase to round up my $5.35 to $6.00....do you round up purchases?

just because they wanted you to give them money? Nope Some stores do ask you to round up for charity

 

[soccerdad72]

Not unless it’s some sort of charity thing

 

[citruscurtis]

Yes...no direction to where the 65 cents was going...if I have good customer service at Goodwill or the worker is friendly.. I will round up

 

[leebee]

Nope. I donate to the charities I support; I don't need to donate to something random that some store supports.

 

[Ning Ning]

No. If my bill is $12.99, I want my penny back!

 

[ronandannette]

....to round up cents ? Dollar general wanted me...on a debit purchase to round up my $5.35 to $6.00....do you round up purchases?

Round up for what reason? Some places here have standard charitable foundations associated with their stores that they are perpetually collecting for through the process of rounding up. McDonalds is one of them; Ronald McDonald house is the beneficiary. Sometimes I round up, sometimes I don't. But are you suggesting the store is asking you to round up just for the sake of it, with them keeping the money? Nope - how about you round DOWN to $5, especially since that's what should be done with the number of $0.35.

 

[citruscurtis]

That is what I am suggesting ... I was shocked and asked the employee what????... it's not like I was going to have rare coins for change ..by the time I have understood the concept... the screen went to the next step to check out

The problem is that I am accustomed to giving my coins away at casino if you use a kiosk and don't want paper slip .... four local charities to choose from

 

[SteveH]

I never round up, even for charity, I prefer to choose where my donations go.

 

[tvguy]

No. I keep hearing talk of eliminating pennies and rounding up to and even 5 cents. If they do eliminate pennies, they better be rounding DOWN, not up.

 

[luvthatduke]

Last week at my Goodwill the girl asked me if I'd like to round up.
She explained what it was for & I chose to donate.

This is from Goodwill's website:

"A few times throughout the year, we ask customers to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar at our Goodwill stores. The change or difference will be donated to our Goodwill campaign.

Your donation will directly provide employment programs and services to people with disabilities and other barriers to independence. We offer a wide variety of opportunities to help individuals build skills, find jobs and grow their careers. By saying “yes” to our Round Up campaign, you are providing someone with a hand-up rather than a hand-out."

 

[TCRAIG]

Yes for charity - the grocery store I frequent has a different national charity (Red Cross, St Jude’s, etc) each month that gets the round up cents.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Nope. I donate to the charities I support; I don't need to donate to something random that some store supports.

Agreed and no reason to give the company a tax deduction based on my funds.

 

[AnnaS]

95% of the time No. There have been a few times where I hit/said yes.

 

[slo]

I never round up, even for charity, I prefer to choose where my donations go.

Same for me - 100%.
And…I don’t always trust all of the collections go to the charity.

 

[ronandannette]

No. I keep hearing talk of eliminating pennies and rounding up to and even 5 cents. If they do eliminate pennies, they better be rounding DOWN, not up.

We’ve not had pennies here for years now. Most transactions are digital so it really makes no difference. For cash, it rounds properly to the nearest 5 - up from 3 and down from 2. Didn’t anybody else here take grade 2 math?

 

[LuvOrlando]

No I will not give it to a store or even to a charity a store tells me to give towards.

I will give it to a cashier and tell them to use it in case they are short or a customer is short. I will round up and tip restaurant workers with cash, I will give money at church and to people in need on the street.

Actually, I am rethinking tipping workers at the register and here is why. I just discovered that tips are treated as cash advances by my credit card so I am paying extra interest on that AND there is no way to clear that particular expense until the card is at zero for a while. Tough to figure out. I had a cash advance charge pop up on a card and I couldn't identify it and the credit card people couldn't identify it for a few months and it was stubborn because the card went to zero a day then I used it again and it still stayed there. It was plainly a small amount since the finance charges were only a few cents but stubbornly there month to month. They said it only comes from cash out and I could see the month it started and there was a pizza charge there and I remembered giving a tip on the card instead of cash. Credit card refunded the few cents. I made it zero again and left it at zero at least a week. It is easier to keep on carrying around cash, won't be doing that again.

I imagine the extra money to round up at stores is also a cash advance, be careful out there they get us at every angle:/

 

[focusondisney]

Actually, I am rethinking tipping workers at the register and here is why. I just discovered that tips are treated as cash advances by my credit card so I am paying extra interest on that AND there is no way to clear that particular expense until the card is at zero for a while.

That’s really bizarre. Can I ask what type of credit card this is? I use VISA & MC. Amounts charged at restaurants or pizza places only show up as the total amount. Tips never show separately. Did this happen at 1 place? Maybe they’re processing it as a separate charge which is why it’s coding that way?