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Coin Shortage: County Says Pay With Exact Change At Perdido Landfill, Oak Grove Center
August 11, 2020
Until further notice, Escambia County is asking citizens to use exact change when paying fees for waste services.
The county said that due to a nationwide coin shortage, they are able to provide change only if they can obtain coins from their bank.
If they can’t obtain coins, payments need to be made with exact change or by check at the Perdido Landfill and the Oak Grove Convenience Center. Debit and credit cars are also accepted at the Perdido Landfill.
The Oak Grove Convenience Center is only only on Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
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14 Responses to “Coin Shortage: County Says Pay With Exact Change At Perdido Landfill, Oak Grove Center”
Wal-Mart will not accept cash because of the covid virus, but they stock shelves with no gloves on customers touch idems all the time, what about the virus on the idems touched.. just concerened,, they just think there to big to fail, remember K-Mart
This “cashless” society is just another way for big tech and government to be in our business and track us! Every time plastic is used, there is a record of it. They know where you are, where you have been, what you are purchasing. Along with the cell tower data, Big Brother is here! Wake up people! Vote Trump or America is doomed!
Simple solution. Change the fee to an exact dollar amount. $11.00 per small load or round up to $12.00 and problem solved at the landfill. Haven’t they thought of that?
Round up/down to the nearest dollar.
Not hard…not common core either.
Ridiculous.
Sounds like whoever is managing the landfill took a few lessons from:
The City of Portland
The City of Seattle
The City of Chicago
and….
New York City.
Simple, you don’t want my legal tender (cash) then I surely don’t want your products, period.
Why after all the years of bills and coin is there all of a sudden a shortage of coin? I worked with a financial institution and would receive the money shipment from Brinks. Never a problem with getting bills or coin. I don’t think people have thought about the consequences with going cashless. How many people have had issues with their financial institution cards not working because of system issues. This could very easily happen where we wouldn’t have access to our money. Have they thought about children not being able to have a checking account. The hassle that we, as parents, would have with needing to constantly load cards. What about fund raising ex: Salvation Army buckets at Christmas, school bake sales etc…When a place is telling you they won’t take your cash, leave the stuff and go somewhere they will. Place your order at the fast food places. When you get to the window and they won’t take your cash leave the food without paying for it. They lose enough food they will start taking your money. Contact your local government official and let them know that you are opposed to a cashless society. Don’t re-elect them if they move to have this done. We the people need to make a stance.
Bewildered, you are right on the money, no pun intended.
>>>In my America cash money is “legal tender”, and the business that refuses your money, the customer can walk out with the goods, because you offered cash that is insured by the government.
Not true.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm
If you “walk out with the goods”, you’re probably going to jail.
But there might be an issue with Section 31 U.S.C. 5103 (explained in the link) in this case in this article because it’s a government owned landfill.
Is the reason because a person can’t walk , or won’t walk into a financial institution and buy rolls of coins for their business. In my America cash money is “legal tender”, and the business that refuses your money, the customer can walk out with the goods, because you offered cash that is insured by the government.
There is no coin shortage.
I called and chatted with th us mint (usmint.gov).
It is a circulation issue.
Go to their website (usmint.gov) and click on Press Releases.
Read the article that says “United States Mint releases public service announcement regarding circulating coins”
The Mint Director says “This is not a coin supply problem. It’s a circulation problem.”
This is all a bunch of crap. Walmart has also stopped accepting cash altogether. I have a feeling there’s going to be some lawsuits flying around over the refusal to accept cash. Our notes clearly state “this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”. I don’t see how anyone can legally refuse to take our government issued bills.
Then the county should round down to a reasonable number, say like $5.
Not had any problem with getting change for my cash purchases.
However, do carry change with me in vehicles from other things that have been bought.
Don’t much want to use a card to buy everything.
Government is breaking the will of the people bit by bit. This is another example of craziness. Fast food places insist you pay with cards because cash transmits the virus. !! . Company computers supposedly don’t work anymore because of the virus and on and on.
Make up your mind… we all understand we are being programmed to become a cashless society. – at least have the courtesy to tell the truth! Roll over and play dead – we are all fools for playing their game