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Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:12:11 -0700, "None" wrote:

This does not "feel" true. I never felt like anyone was
anything but being honorable to me. Even if I left the vendor
and sat down nearby they would locate me and deliver the
change.

Oh, sure. If you insist and wait for the charge, you will get
it. But some customers, particularly tourists, give in and
renounce the change, and that's what the trader is hoping for.

If it is dishonorable, it must at least be deniable. There are
some fine lines in the behavioral code that aren't usually
crossed.

Hans-Georg

From experience in Morocco I think the situation is physically
created by the fact that there isn't a large amount of small
change minted in the first place because its expensive to produce
coins and for some countries coin may be imported from foreign
mints.

As many people are poor they tend to save change and they don't
tend to have bank accounts therefore the change gets hidden away
as savings, further reducing the amount in circulation. This also
accounts for the fact that many countries aren't keen on you
taking currency out of the country.

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