Hah hah that reminds me that when I am paying by cash for fuel, I land on $xx.02 because .01 and .02 get rounded down and .03, .04 get rounded up to the nearest 5 cents, it's a small victory but kinda like picking up pennies on the footpath.
Hendrik who will pick up 5 cent pieces On Fri Jun 4 18:32 , John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> sent: >It means that the gas companies get free money each time someone does >not land on a whole cent. > > If you buy 1 gallon, it is $2.909, but we don't track tenths of >cents, so you pay $2.91... Three gallons are $8.787, so that becomes >$8.79, etc... > >I do not believe that they ever round down, so if you have even a >tenth of a cent over, you pay the full cent. > >-- >John W Reames _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
