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I was surprised to see a fuss about this, Val! All the stores in San Ysidro, CA will take pesos. (For those who don't know, it's a border town with stores like KMart, WalGreens, etc, and lots of CAMBIOS where you can change money.) On weekends, Mexicans come across and Americans cross over...everyone spending money.

US merchants will take pesos, just as Mexican merchants will usually take dollars.

And so it goes.

This really shouldn't be such a big deal. Pizza Patron is an independently owned chain. If they want to accept Pesos as payment, they have every right to do that.



Just like It says in the article; It's not just Mexicans that use them. Americans use 'em too.



I use them. I have family in Mexico. When I cross into Mexico, I'll change some cash into pesos, and I don't always use it all. As i type I have about 500 unused pesos. I see it as a convenience that Pizza Patron is accepting them.

Hmm....I live exactly 15 minutes from Canada. We don't take Canadian money here. The next thing we'll be seeing is taking money from Egypt, Africa, wherever, and the already wrecked monetary position here will just get worse. This country is aces at shooting itself in the foot.

Barring activity like this could have some affect on illegal immigration. As a STARTING point.

British sterling is welcome in many countries, (maybe they get a better exchange rate)

Although Britain is in Europe we still wont accept the Euro,

even Dunnes an Irish store in the Uk that has euro as well as GBP on the tag wont accept it!

Cash is cash as far as i see it, providing the store does'nt lose out on the exchange rate what's the problem?

Well, I know here in NY, we have alot of Canadian currency floating around. In most cases, the stores have no problem taking the coins, but usually wont take the bills. I do not think they will take the dollar coins, though. So, isn't this basically the same thing?

Fib, why should they have the right? It's not the "coin of the realm" so

to speak. I'm really not trying to start anything, just interested in your

thoughts.



I think anybody who goes across the border and has too many pesos

when they get back should get them exchanged themselves.



Who figures out the taxes for all that, anyway? It just doesn't seem

right. Take some Monopoly money in, it's about as good.



:rolleyes:

valerie;517865 wrote: Fib, why should they have the right? It's not the "coin of the realm" so

to speak. I'm really not trying to start anything, just interested in your

thoughts.



I think anybody who goes across the border and has too many pesos

when they get back should get them exchanged themselves.



Who figures out the taxes for all that, anyway? It just doesn't seem

right. Take some Monopoly money in, it's about as good.



:rolleyes:


Alot of times I just forget. Then I never get around to doing it.

BabyRider;517781 wrote: Hmm....I live exactly 15 minutes from Canada. We don't take Canadian money here. The next thing we'll be seeing is taking money from Egypt, Africa, wherever, and the already wrecked monetary position here will just get worse. This country is aces at shooting itself in the foot.

Barring activity like this could have some affect on illegal immigration. As a STARTING point.


It's like I said Above. It's mostly Americans who have leftover pesos after a trip to Mexico.

valerie;517865 wrote: Fib, why should they have the right? It's not the "coin of the realm" so

to speak. I'm really not trying to start anything, just interested in your

thoughts.



I think anybody who goes across the border and has too many pesos

when they get back should get them exchanged themselves.



Who figures out the taxes for all that, anyway? It just doesn't seem

right. Take some Monopoly money in, it's about as good.



:rolleyes:


Have you never paid with dollars when abroad? Many merchants in many countries will accept them. They add a tad to the exchange rate to make it worth their while, you don't pay commission to convert and it's convenient so it works.

Taking Pesos within the US is no different - it's a matter of convenience for both sides - and since when did any shop account for 100% of their tax turnover?

Ask Galbally about cross border exchange in the days of the Punt - both currencies had a 50p piece that was almost identical but there could be a 30% difference in the value.

I've never been "abroad" but I wouldn't expect to use a "dollar" in Paris.



I'm not going to be naive enough to think any shop is 100% on the

up and up... but if *I* owned a shop... *I* would be. It's just the

way I am.



I just think it speaks to the breaking down of standards in this country.

This country's banking systems and commerce and all of it is based on

valuation of the dollar. Not the pound or the euro or the franc OR the

peso. I'd sure like to see it kept that way.

Fibonacci;517964 wrote: It's like I said Above. It's mostly Americans who have leftover pesos after a trip to Mexico.
And how do you "know" this?

Because I Am One Of Them.

BTW



How do you "know" its Not?

valerie;518012 wrote: I've never been "abroad" but I wouldn't expect to use a "dollar" in Paris.



I'm not going to be naive enough to think any shop is 100% on the

up and up... but if *I* owned a shop... *I* would be. It's just the

way I am.



I just think it speaks to the breaking down of standards in this country.

This country's banking systems and commerce and all of it is based on

valuation of the dollar. Not the pound or the euro or the franc OR the

peso. I'd sure like to see it kept that way.


Many Americans *expect* to be able to use their dollars when abroad - indeed, the company I an working for makes a good living out of letting Americans buy their goods in Dollars when using their cards overseas.

Fibonacci;518021 wrote: BTW



How do you "know" its Not?
I never claimed to know it is or is not. You did. Being one of them does not exclude you from being questioned when you make a broad sweeping claim, and your assumptions or conclusions don't hold a drop of water with me.

Let me try to get a perspective on what you're discussing, because it makes little sense to me so far. Some English town-centre shops take Euros in cash, especially in the South of England and Northern Ireland. Quite a few take dollars and have done since I was a lad, though the exchange rate isn't what it was. What we have under discussion here, though, is some Spicshit pizza patron in Dallas who lets Vaders pay in Pesos and for some reason this distresses the white supremacists? Beaners, I'm told, are simply unable to behave like humans in any proper setting, period. It will always involve heavy amounts of alcohol and violence and the pizza chain will have to be constantly watched by the police.

This is the Jew beginning to condition the Land of the Free to accept the new "Amero" currency that they have planned for Canada, Mexico and the USA.

I hope I'm getting the language right, it's not one I often use. I can't see any other agenda which would find a problem with individual shops or chains deciding to offer a service like this.

No Mexicans were killed in the production of this post, which employs heavy-handed sarcasm. Complaints, if any, should be addressed to the author.

BabyRider;518026 wrote: I never claimed to know it is or is not. You did. Being one of them does not exclude you from being questioned when you make a broad sweeping claim, and your assumptions or conclusions don't hold a drop of water with me.


You're right BR. I shouldn't have made such a big assumption.

Speaking of making assumptions...."What we have under discussion here, though, is some Spicshit pizza patron in Dallas who lets Vaders pay in Pesos and for some reason this distresses the white supremacists? Beaners, I'm told, are simply unable to behave like humans in any proper setting, period. It will always involve heavy amounts of alcohol and violence and the pizza chain will have to be constantly watched by the police.

This is the Jew beginning to condition the Land of the Free to accept the new "Amero" currency that they have planned for Canada, Mexico and the USA."



How do you all enjoy being painted as racists in such a charming way? Slapping someone with that label is SUCH an easy shot, because it can't be refuted and the nastiness of it tends to linger in the air.

spot;518042 wrote: Spicshit..........


What the Hell Is Wrong with you?

Fibonacci;518129 wrote: What the Hell Is Wrong with you?


spot wrote: No Mexicans were killed in the production of this post, which employs heavy-handed sarcasm. Complaints, if any, should be addressed to the author.


It is edgy. I agree.

Lulu2;518128 wrote: This is the Jew beginning to condition the Land of the Free to accept the new "Amero" currency that they have planned for Canada, Mexico and the USA."


Huh????????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spic



I am Hispanic.

Fibonacci;518135 wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spic



I am Hispanic.


he's actually defending you. That's the problem with sarcasm - easy to go astray.

That doesn't make it any less wrong.

Lulu2;518128 wrote: Slapping someone with that label is SUCH an easy shot, because it can't be refuted and the nastiness of it tends to linger in the air.If it weren't true it wouldn't hurt, surely. By all means tell me where I interpreted matters incorrectly.

Fibonacci;518138 wrote: That doesn't make it any less wrong.


I was quoting directly from one of the nastiest Whites-Only forums on the Internet at http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=43033

The reason I did it was to draw the parallel between what these bigots on ForumGarden were delicately edging around and the full unvarnished vileness of what underlies the thread from the beginning.

Edit to add: I watched American History X last night, that might have something to do with the degree of anger with which I composed the post which offended you.

How did you find that website?

Fibonacci, you can find all sorts of hatred and filth on the internet....it doesn't have much to do with slapping labels on people here, does it? Whether or not someone is used to dealing with multiple currencies...they can still express an opinion without the risk of being labeled a RACIST! Don't you agree?

I never called him a racist.

I heard about this pizza place on the radio. I thought it was here in San Antonio. Most border towns I've been in accept US dollars. This is just a gimmick to get free advertising.



Nobody is forcing anyone to use or accept pesos.

It is here in SA Acc. They have four locations here. I think they're based out of Dallas though.

No. Fibonacci....you didn't call HIM a racist! He called many of US racists!

Lulu2;518180 wrote: No. Fibonacci....you didn't call HIM a racist! He called many of US racists!


I've had about all the conflict I can handle for one day.

Fibonacci;518166 wrote: How did you find that website?


Shall we consider the alternatives? Maybe I'm a member there. Maybe I googled and it came onto my screen and shocked me.

What I Googled, to show you how popular the White-Site is, was "pay in pesos" and the page I posted the link to came up fifth in the world rankings. How sick is that?

I typed "pay in pesos" into Google so I could find out what the thread was about. Seeing that hate-filth rank so high in the responses gave me a pretty good clue, I thought.

Lulu2;518170 wrote: Fibonacci, you can find all sorts of hatred and filth on the internet....it doesn't have much to do with slapping labels on people here, does it? Whether or not someone is used to dealing with multiple currencies...they can still express an opinion without the risk of being labeled a RACIST! Don't you agree?
That's what the question can boil down to if you want to pick it as your defence. Is this thread about whether or not someone is used to dealing with multiple currencies, or is it about illegal immigrants and migrant workers and border jumpers and whatever else eats the American psyche this year. Ah, whoops, careless me, I thought it was the immigrants. It's really about dealing with multiple currencies. If only I'd known before I spoke.

Fibonacci;518129 wrote: What the Hell Is Wrong with you? mad:


You are getting your knickers in a twist for the wrong reason ( <-- rare

"smiley" there for you.). Hopefully this sort of thing is where PM is useful

for explanation...

Diuretic;518443 wrote: Dunno but I can understand Americans getting ticked off with illegal immigration, not that it's any of my business. I get annoyed with our own very minor problems with illegal immigration but I also think the way our government handles them stinks to the high heavens but that's another issue.


You're bloody lucky you aren't in the "EU", or the UK.

As far as currency goes... yes, US dollars are accepted at most stores in Canada. They have the exchange rate posted at the cash register. A good example of expanding one's vision here would be to realise that large corporations trade on the international market in any currency and every currency they want. No one gives two shakes about that. It all happens through the banking system and larger amounts of "dollars" are passing hands. When you buy something on the internet paypal will convert the dollars for you. To react against pesos for pizza is narrow and paranoid. Have a good laugh and shake it off.