Peso/USD $$$

[CC&Roger]

Any update on the preference for tipping. USD still OK? I had heard it was going to start being difficult for the service people to change USD to Pesos. We always bring lots of $1's because we have a hard time obtaining small denominations in Peso's.


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[V]

Although some merchants restrict the total number of dollars that can be used for purchases by a single customer, in a single transaction, dollars are still easily spent by local people- at convenience stores and other places they shop- when they are making small purchases. I doubt any local person will toss those dollars you give as a tip back in your face!

[T.J.]

A dollar currently gets you $10.55 pesos today at Walmart. Those that you tip can use USD to buy their groceries. So a buck is better than $10 MXN. If you go to Walmart, Costco, Soriana, Sams, etc it always seems like you get about 20 coins in your change. Today I had $38 coming and got 3-$10's and 8-$1's. This is all pesos by the way.

I love accumulating the centavos from Costco. They come in 10's, 20's and 50's. 10 centavos is less than a penny. So I dump them in a plastic bag and then go back and pay my bill with them. I get a kick out of this sick behavior. You can also dump them on the kids and seniors who bag your groceries as PART of what you tip them.

[GONZO]

Originally Posted by T.J.

You can also dump them on the kids and seniors who bag your groceries as PART of what you tip them.

Are you ever hit in the back of the head with said centavos???? lol