Common Practice....
By stanley777
@stanley777 (9402)
Philippines
August 12, 2012 7:04pm CST
I don't now if this is also practiced in other countries. In my country the Philippines, most people do buy their groceries at supermarkets. Let's say you bought groceries and it happens that your change would have some loose change, let's say like 25 cents, some cashiers would asked if it's possible to give you the change minus .25 because they run short of .25 cents.
It is more common in some mini groceries and the shortchanged is even bigger, most of the time 50 cents. The cashier would give you a piece of candy in exchange for the shortchanged cents which is worth 20 cents only.
Some customers do agree to the idea but for me I don't. How about you guys?
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6 responses
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
23 Mar 21
Some people do not really mind, but if hundreds of customers do not get exact chnage, hmmm
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
It against the Dept. of Trade and Industry's policy not to give the change to consumers, even if it's only 25 cents.
They could be reported to the DTI , so the establishment will be given a reprimand and be warned.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
14 Aug 12
I think the one who manages the establishment knew about that but still they are doing it. Maybe the owner of the business doesn't know anything about it.
Yes, if we are really concern about what these businesses are doing we should report them to the proper agency. But, I guess some of us are too busy to do that and thinking that for some it's too small to bother. I guess it's in our attitude, sometimes we complains and complains but we don't do anything to correct them.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
21 Aug 12
If I may say, I guess it's in our culture or is the attitudes of most consumers including me. We keeps on complaining for things but don't do something to make it right.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
14 Aug 12
Yes, that's the problem with some people. They keep on complaining, yet they are not making the moves that it can be solved. 
If somebody will have the time and bravery to report it to DTI, that establishment will be surprised when a DTI representative will give them the formal reprimand and warning to their establishment.
If somebody will have the time and bravery to report it to DTI, that establishment will be surprised when a DTI representative will give them the formal reprimand and warning to their establishment.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
Actually I do not agree with mini groceries who also give candies in exchange of our loose change.
But somehow this enlighten me when Sen. Lito Lapid discuss this on senate meeting that loose change such as 25,10 and 5 cents should be used.
Base on my own observation, most people neglects those loose change (25,10 and 5 cents) and keep those change lying on their boxes, cups or any containers where they drop those loose change (like collection)
I am also one of those- since everytime I clean my kids room I always saw cents.
So, I set an empty container where I could dropped those cents- and still counting.
I am planning to use those change when it accumulate a good amount-which is not good since I am keeping those/hoarding.
I am sure you also have those cents lying in your drawers or any containers.
Imagine how many of us are hoarding the cents...
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
14 Aug 12
Some of us don't really care about the value of those loose change anymore. If we really thought about the value of our coins (.50, .25) today, it became less and less. I think it will be more useful if we kept them and when it accumulates we can donate them to charities or we can exchange them in banks for bills.
But these groceries are shortchanging us by giving candies instead of the loose change.And since they are business entities they should always have available coins for it.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
7 Sep 12
So,this happens not only in my country. Yeah, let's say that sometimes cashiers will be run out of small denominations (cents) but I guess the store owners should anticipate this scenario, so they should be prepared.
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
20 Aug 12
Hi,
We buy groceries from mini shops and not from supermarkets. This shop in near to our house and it is convenient for us to buy groceries. We have good relation with owner of the shop. I don't have any objection in taking candies for the change.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
23 Aug 12
Well, I think it's just alright if it's not frequent. What I mean is, they don't do it all the time you bought groceries from them.I guess, when those loose changes are put together in a jar or collected, in a week or two. we could use it to buy something or give it to charity.
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
13 Aug 12
Hi friend, this kind of practice is available in my country too, most of the times we don't get the proper change and get the candies instead of change, i too hate this kind of concept previously, but now i have kids, so i will give that candies to my sons and make them happy
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
14 Aug 12
Oh I see, so it's not only in our place. It's good if the price of the candy had the same amount of the supposed change. Most of the time it's not, it's even less so they profited in this practice.
