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There is a lot of time where people neglect the value of 1 sen. I remember seeing my friend drop it on the floor and don't even bother to pick it up; saying 'Ah! It's just 1 sen after all.' By April next year, things will change...
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By April Fool's next year, the Government will enforce the rounding mechanism for over-the-counter transactions. Yeah, I'm not kidding, it's not April Fool's today..
What this means is that by the time such action is enforced, the one-sen coins will be useless less-used.
Ah, what should we do to them?
I still have sooo many of it at home (not)...
Anyway, the question which will most likely pop up is 'Why do so?'
Try read the facts and you'll understand:
Is that so? I didn't know that...
So how will life be after this rounding off of one-sen next time?
Will the taukehs not be able to use pricing strategies like 'the .99 strategy'?
Worry not, as it still can be used, just that it will be rounded to the nearest five-sen.
How the rounding up works...
Which means, if you visit a sports shop and see a Nike shoe priced at RM 399.99 (and you'd the shrewd owner standing nearby smiling..) you will need to pay RM 400, and need not expect the cashier to give you back any change.
For more examples:
Buy anything with less than two-sen...
Perhaps, one-sen is valuable after all...
*Pictures are cropped from The Star, for related article, click on link below:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/14/nation/19460993&sec=nation&focus=1
