Paying in ALL change!!

Yes I did! who cares.. Its money by the way.. I just feel it funny when i saw cashiers having a funny angry face when person before me paid them a thousand of coins..hahaha... That's doesnt matter to me and i am not in a hurry though... Maybe I suggest to all grocery store and other establishment to have this machine the bank is using for counting coins so as to make life easier, where in fact its their job to provide it...

Honestly, money is money. It all spends the same. I've done it. Most people have done it. Change has to be spent somehow. Maybe this guy DIDN'T have much money. If that was truly the case, who are you to criticize? Just becuase you had to wait behind him in line doesn't mean that it was intended to be a conspiracy against you. Techinically, the change he put down on the counter has more value than the plastic you swipped.

Hi Maezee, I work in a convenience store and I will tell you that a good amount of my customers pay in all change. Yes, many of them are broke and scraping up change for what they need. Yes, I know that it is embarrassing for them. Some stores will refuse larger amounts of change which furthers their embarrassment. I won't do that. It is money and they are not alone in their lack of it. I do keep change rolls so if they have more than I am able to take in my drawer, I will ask them to go over to our tables and roll it up. I don't even like doing that to them unless I absolutely have to. It is only embarrassing to them because there are people that will look down on them for paying in change.

I was working at a dollar store one time when someone paid me in all pennies, or close to all pennies. I was the only cashier and so it took forever and I think some people were a bit upset. I was okay with it, but I know what you mean about it being embarrassing for people. The perception is that most people don't have much money. A lot of my customers didn't seem to have a lot of money. I think that it's also rude to pay in all change, but if you have the money counted out and sectioned (quarters, dimes, etc) then it's faster and not as much of a hassle. I'd rather pay in quarters as that is faster to count, then in pennies, dimes or nickels. We also can't forget though that waitresses get tips in quarters sometimes, so that they sometimes pay with that. I was a waitress at one time and I kept my money in a ziploc bag, the bills in one and the quarters in another if I remember correctly.

I think the perception is true for me. And I shouldn't, because money is money. I think that's also the reason why I always try to get rid of coins when I'm paying. If I have coins in my pocket, I always try to pay with it so that the change I get back is always rounded off to the dollar. And of course I hate jinggling coins in my pocket.

I have done it every once in awhile if I am low on cash and need cigs or something. I dont get embarrassed but I do feel bad doing it to the cashier or the people behind me. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Yeah, I do that once in a while when a lot of coins were accumulated and clanking in my pocket. And of course, i agree with you that money is money, and no matter what happens, you have to spend it for some valuable items, be it in a gas station, a grocery or anywhere that money is acceptable. Plastic cards are convenient to use but not all people has it.

Hi maezee, Personally I do not like to carry a lot of changes. But if it is a necessity I can stand with a few of them. Mostly I love to use either paper money or cards. This is easy to use.

I too encountered a lady paid her goods in coins. I have to wait quite awhile for the cashier to count the coins. However, I would prefer to pay in notes and coins if the amount is not a round figure. In this case my coins won't be accumulating in my purse. My husband normally cleared his coins into my son piggy bank for his pocket money.

I have paid in all coins before. it is not something that i prefer to do. I only do this if change is all that i have to pay for something. it can be a nuisance both for you and the one receiving your payment. Nobody likes to count a lot of change, but sometimes it is just necessary.

I think it would be embarrasing for me to pay all in coins because I imagine I would give the cashier a difficult time counting the money. I'm not from the US and the coins here are worth much much less than a dime or a quarter (mostly around 1 or 2 cents and some are worth 5 cents) so it would take a huge amount of coins to pay something entirely in it. However, I at one time was stuck behind a person who paid using coins at the small convenience store. It was really annoying because I had to wait a long time. One person behind me didn't even bother to wait and just leave the store. The person behind the register looked pretty annoyed too because he had to count the money. Some other employees at the store even helped him counting the coins to make it faster. The perception here for people who pay in change is that either the person is a beggar or a street musician because they are usually collecting small change from people in the streets.

Personally, I also don't like carrying a lot of change. Not because it's embarrassing, but it's kind of a hassle since, like what you said, they're really heavy and bulky. I don't mind paying change if I have a lot of them. With regard to confidence, I really don't think it's embarrassing to pay in change. As long as you pay and you don't steal, you should always be proud that you're giving something in exchange for the store's goods.

That's my initial perception too when I see people paying in coins, especially in big amounts. In my mind, I'm thinking they must be desperate and thus explaina their action and fuss with coins. But I'm wrong. I did it on more than one occasion due to me receiving loose coins from all my purchases for the past few days. As I'm always on the receiving end of such change, it's natural for them to build up. Before I realize, I already feel the weight in my bag and I will start doing a clearance sale on them by paying for everything in coins at a reasonable amount.

I usually save my change and roll it, but sometimes if my wallet is getting heavy I will pay with change to get rid of it. I usually only pay it for the cents of the amount, or if it makes sense I will pay a bit more in order to get back a bill instead of more change. I have paid completely in change before at coffee shops and fast food places, but usually nothing over $5-6. I usually use debit, but right now I don't have much money so I find that I am using change more often.

Sometimes that's all you have. I've paid for a pizza in mostly change. There have been times when I just have a lot of change so I have no problem using it after all money is money.