What happened to the gas station air suppplies that a I liked.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Coupons should make no difference, The charge should not go until the sale is complete.

[J.Albert]

I believe the law here in CT is that gas stations and convenience stores that have air pumps must offer the air free during normal business hours.

And... gas stations and convenience stores DO "have" air pumps. But... try and find one that works, or has an air chuck that's not broken. Hint: you're most likely to find a working pump at a place where English is the native language for the owners/workers.

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[Rod Speed]

Mad, it makes more sense to use the card or the phone for everything and not have to bother with cash at all, ever.

[Ralph Mowery]

I almost always use a card as they give back some money. Anywhere from

1 to 5 percent.

I almost hate it when I go to Lowes and buy only a 5 or 10 dollar item and put it on a card for that month. Then they have to send me a bill by mail. I pay by electronic banking. Probably costs them more for the letter than the profit they may make.

About the only thing I pay for in cash is the tips at food places or places that will not take a card. There is a restraunt I often go to that will not take a card.They only take checks or cash.

[Rod Speed]

We get very little of that, because our merchant fees are MUCH lower than yours. Same in the rest of the world too.

Hardly any of ours send the bill by mail anymore.

I get the card paid off in full completely automatically every month, from the account in a different bank that pays the best interest rate I can find in the country.

Likely,, but most would spend more.

I pay with the phone everywhere now.

None of ours do that anymore. Some refuse cash even with very small transactions like coffee.

None of ours like that and some refuse cash now. Very few will accept checks anymore.

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

The smallest amount I've ever put on a credit card is $1.07 when I bought a root beer float at Sonic. There was a CC reader right there and it was outside at my car, so making change would be awkward.

BTW, it would be much simpler if it was exactly a dollar (instead of 99 cents with tax).

[Clare Snyder]

None you are going to have in your pockets -

Amyl Acetate, Amyl Chloride, and high octane av gas . carbon tet,gasoline and chlorophorm have mild effects - at high temperatiure chloroform will damage them - as will things like nitric acid.

A LOT more chemically resistant than cotton rag paper on the whole

[trader_4]

That's how it works here too, coupons come at the end. The store discounts with the store shopper card come off as the item is scanned, as long as you have given them the card at the beginning. Then coupons come off at the end. I recently had what you're talking about happen for the first time. The cashier didn't take off a coupon. I didn't catch it until I had left the checkout, so I had to go to the service desk. I wondered what they would do, as I had no proof I had given the coupon, though it would still be in the bag the cashier puts it in. It was just for a buck or two, they just gave me the cash, no investigation.

[gfretwell]

There is no hardware/software reason why that is true, at least not in the supermarket POS systems IBM sold. That was one of the selling points. It may just be a store policy. Obviously if you didn't buy the product, the coupon goes in the bit bucket.

[angelicapaganelli]

Perhaps this is not an IBM POS system. The thing simply refuses a coupon if the corresponding item has not already been scanned.

It probably saves trouble from people who didn't get the discount to which they thought they were entitled. I get quite a few that say "50 cents off two". If I only bought one, the POS system rejects the coupon, and I do a facepalm.

Cindy Hamilton

[Rod Speed]

Because those fools are irrelevant to survival.

Even sillier than you usually manage, and that’s saying something.

[trader_4]

BS. Rich people live in homes that pay real estate taxes, they pay sales tax on purchases, they pay income tax on financial gains. Why are Democrats at war with capitalism and successful people? And where do you think the rich got their money from? They paid a lot of taxes along the way.

[rbowman]

I did one of those last summer. Albertson's has a lot of items that are marked 5 for $5 or similar. Although occasionally it will say 'must buy

5' it usually means 1 for $1. A convenience store had Monster tagged as 2 for $3. When I asked about being charged $2 for 1 she pointed out the literal meaning. Being me, I said screw it and drove on.

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

It's like that at the Kroger I go to too.

One day recently I bought a $2 candy bar at that grocery store. When the checker finished she put my groceries in the same cart I was using in the store. After getting home, I found out that candy bar had not been checked. Some may not believe it, but I went back to the store (about a mile away) and paid for that candy bar. I like that store, and maybe I wanted to be different.

[rbowman]

You are a better man than I. I don't check the totals closely and my philosophy is I've been overcharged often enough that a free candy bar is just sweet karma.

I use the same approach to the change bucket. I'm not going to gallop out the door to return 38 cents to the last shopper who forgot to retrieve it. In fact many times I can't be bothered to scrape up the few coins.

[thekmanrocks]

Bob F. wrote: " income derived from selling compressed air is taxable. And we

A the Repubs love ONLY taxing working people. Never those that make their money from having money. "

You meant 'A the Repubs love taxing ONLY working people. ..."

Dang that wayward 'only'! lol

[Clare Snyder]

There may be a case for taxing capital gains on houses of higher than $X, particularly when interest paid on the loan is tax deductible.

It's a "speculative investment business" in that case. Just like flipping

If someone buys a modest home and gets no tax credit there should not be capital gains tax on a principal long-term residence.

Here in Canada mortgage interest is not tax deductible except for on (generally non residential) "investment properties" as part of a business - and you pay tax on any gains

[Rod Speed]

Yeah, same in Australia, interest isnt tax deductable and no capital gain tax on your principle residence, regardless of its value. But you do pay capital gain on a holiday house or second house. And still can't tax deduct the interest.

That has an unintended consequence tho that sees some spend more than makes sense on adding to their principle residence and then selling it capital gain tax free, and buying another and you can make considerable money buying wrecks, returning them to a decent quality house and some go thru a whole series of those transactions, and pay no tax on that considerable capital gain. You do have to live in the house while renovating it.

You can deduct the interest property that you rent out, but do have to pay capital gain on that property when its sold.

[invalid unparseable]

I too do not want to take advantage of another's misfortune but in this minor case where it takes you time and gas to correct their mistake I would have overlooked it.

[trader_4]

There already is exactly that tax in the USA. Only the first $250K, $500K in gain for a married couple, is exempt from tax.