Comment by jjcm
2 hours ago
> the stores can adjust the prices to match the expected rounding of prices
Not necessarily. Anything measured by weight will still be subject to this issue.
2 hours ago
> the stores can adjust the prices to match the expected rounding of prices
Not necessarily. Anything measured by weight will still be subject to this issue.
Anything measured by weight is already rounding prices to the nearest cent. If something is $1/lb and I have 0.995 lbs of it, I get charged $1.00 not 99.5 cents. Presumably just rounding to the nearest 5 cents isn't that different.
Of course we don't expect anyone to be charged fractional cents because our currency doesn't support it. So just changing our smallest currency unit from 1 cent to 5 cents.
> Presumably just rounding to the nearest 5 cents isn't that different
The above context was that rounding to 5 cents might be illegal due to laws regarding SNAP debit prices being different than cash prices.
Round it for SNAP debit cards too.