>John Gilmer wrote:
>
> > (not sure who wrote:)
>>>I would expect that, like most other things, competition on price
>>>alone would be ineffective.
>>>If they are in the same consignment shop, B might have the edge.
>>>If A is next door and B is across town, B's price is never seen.
>
>
>> So?
>> Rounding UP makes the calculations easier for everyone. At worse, it will
>> cost comsumers $.04 per item.
>
>Recommendations that anything be "rounded" up OR down to the nearest
>nickel tells me somebody skipped class the day rounding was taught.
>Rounding is to the NEAREST DECIMAL POSITION, not to the nearest half
>decimal position! If you eliminate the penny you must eliminate the
>nickel - it resides in the same decimal position as the penny. Or are
>you going to tell me all the accounting systems out there already know
>how to "round" to the nearest nickel without having to be modified? I
>think somebody needs to dust off their 5th grade arithmetic book - the
>topic doesn't even rise to the level of math.
> Don't be foolishly argumentative!

When a cashier round up or down to accommodate the "No pennies" request, they ALWAYS round to the nearest nickel.

Simple.

No sweat.

No steenkin' "DECIMAL POINT" math.

Alan Moorman