From: prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:17:22 -0000 (UTC), Moe Trin   
    wrote:   
      
   >The manager at a local grocery tells me the company installing those   
   >machines pitched it that the grocery would operate them, and "buy" the   
   >coins for register change. Normally, such change is delivered by the   
   >armored car service "at a fee".   
      
   One large chain of stores here rounds all register totals down to the next   
   nickel ("integer multiple of 5/100 of our local decimalised monetary units" for   
   sticklers...). The less time spent, fewer coins handled, increased customer   
   happiness at not having to dig for two cents etc. apparently makes up for the   
   loss.   
      
      
   Thomas Prufer   
      
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