2007-01-10 02:09:14 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If I were selling something and someone came along with Euros and I knew that they were real and we could get the exchange rate taken care of, and I knew I could change them in without too much hassle then I would go for it.
I have a feeling that this restaraunt plans on getting more business this way. They probably have the logistical stuff figured out and it sounds like a good business decision to me.
Also, a business can ask for whatever currency it wants to. If it wants to only accept dollars then so be it. Pesos, whatever. If they only accept jelly beans, they can do that. There is no law preventing them from doing so. Passing a law restricting currency in the US may be argued as a racial discrimination thing. I would not be suprised to find businesses along the Canadian border that accept Candian Dollars. How many people would scream about that?
2007-01-10 03:41:32 · answer #1 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it's not the first business near the Mexican border to take Peso's. Businesses in northern states, along the Canadian border, have accepted Canadian currency for years.
Some have expressed outrage at a US business taking foreign currency. As a tourist traveling I've been able to use dollars in several different countries. What is the difference here? There are plenty of people from Mexico who come to the US on business or on vacation then go home.
2007-01-10 10:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the pizza resturant wants to keep up the daily values of the Peso VS US Dollars then let them have at it. Many stores in the northern border states take Canadian money.
2007-01-10 10:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how a pizza restaurant made the news, but there are a lot more places than that accepting Pesos down here.
2007-01-10 10:18:28 · answer #4 · answered by T H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many countries accept the US dollar as well as their own currency, albeit at a premium rate. In fact, Americans seem to expect it! We're here over 1,000 miles from the US border yet you can go into McDonald's and pay with US money. You can go to Tim Hortons and buy a coffee with the US dollar. Nothing wrong with businesses looking to cater to tourists short on the national currency, especially if they can make more of a profit off of it.
2007-01-10 10:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by Geoff S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not? I agree with this and what's wrong in this? When American dolor is accepted every where in the world what's wrong a business house in TX accepts Peso. It's their choice.
2007-01-10 10:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by Kiran 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a businessman, you can accept whatever form of payment you want (so long as it's not illegal, like drugs). If you wanted to accept live chickens as payment, you can.
I'm surprised so many free-enterprise republicans would be against a businessperson having the most freedom they can in this situation. So do you want more government regulation restricting a businessperson's right to accept payment in whatever form they want?
2007-01-10 10:24:50 · answer #7 · answered by harrisnish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I grew up in suburban Detroit, which is over the river from Canada, and stores there generally accepted Canadian money. It's a function of contiguity. If they accepted Japanese Yen, that would be odd.
2007-01-10 10:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a payment for what, because you make it sound like the pizza place is run by mobsters.
2007-01-10 10:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You "heard" it on Fox News...the bastion of non-information. Maybe you don't travel overseas, but many, many countries accept US $. SO WHAT???
What exactly is the issue? What is there to agree with??
2007-01-10 10:14:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋