Comments on: Coin Shortage: County Says Pay With Exact Change At Perdido Landfill, Oak Grove Center

By: dishearted

dishearted — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 15:40:04 +0000

Wal-Mart will not accept cash because of the covid virus, but they stock shelves with no gloves on customers touch idems all the time, what about the virus on the idems touched.. just concerened,, they just think there to big to fail, remember K-Mart

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:41:09 +0000

This “cashless” society is just another way for big tech and government to be in our business and track us! Every time plastic is used, there is a record of it. They know where you are, where you have been, what you are purchasing. Along with the cell tower data, Big Brother is here! Wake up people! Vote Trump or America is doomed!

By: Mike J.

Mike J. — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:16:18 +0000

Simple solution. Change the fee to an exact dollar amount. $11.00 per small load or round up to $12.00 and problem solved at the landfill. Haven’t they thought of that?

By: Stacks of Benjamin's

Stacks of Benjamin's — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:50:44 +0000

Round up/down to the nearest dollar.

Not hard…not common core either.

Ridiculous.

Sounds like whoever is managing the landfill took a few lessons from:

The City of Portland

The City of Seattle

The City of Chicago

and….

New York City.

By: Lone chief

Lone chief — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:54:24 +0000

Simple, you don’t want my legal tender (cash) then I surely don’t want your products, period.

By: Very scared

Very scared — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:37:35 +0000

Why after all the years of bills and coin is there all of a sudden a shortage of coin? I worked with a financial institution and would receive the money shipment from Brinks. Never a problem with getting bills or coin. I don’t think people have thought about the consequences with going cashless. How many people have had issues with their financial institution cards not working because of system issues. This could very easily happen where we wouldn’t have access to our money. Have they thought about children not being able to have a checking account. The hassle that we, as parents, would have with needing to constantly load cards. What about fund raising ex: Salvation Army buckets at Christmas, school bake sales etc…When a place is telling you they won’t take your cash, leave the stuff and go somewhere they will. Place your order at the fast food places. When you get to the window and they won’t take your cash leave the food without paying for it. They lose enough food they will start taking your money. Contact your local government official and let them know that you are opposed to a cashless society. Don’t re-elect them if they move to have this done. We the people need to make a stance.

By: LR

LR — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:20:20 +0000

Bewildered, you are right on the money, no pun intended.

By: William Reynolds

William Reynolds — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:43:43 +0000

>>>In my America cash money is “legal tender”, and the business that refuses your money, the customer can walk out with the goods, because you offered cash that is insured by the government.

Not true.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

If you “walk out with the goods”, you’re probably going to jail.

But there might be an issue with Section 31 U.S.C. 5103 (explained in the link) in this case in this article because it’s a government owned landfill.

By: Humm

Humm — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:07:43 +0000

Is the reason because a person can’t walk , or won’t walk into a financial institution and buy rolls of coins for their business. In my America cash money is “legal tender”, and the business that refuses your money, the customer can walk out with the goods, because you offered cash that is insured by the government.

By: mat

mat — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:35:51 +0000

There is no coin shortage.
I called and chatted with th us mint (usmint.gov).
It is a circulation issue.
Go to their website (usmint.gov) and click on Press Releases.
Read the article that says “United States Mint releases public service announcement regarding circulating coins”

The Mint Director says “This is not a coin supply problem. It’s a circulation problem.”