Don't you just love . . .

[unixronin]

. . . the way US stores, gas stations etc won't accept Canadian coinage from you, but are quite happy to slip it to you in your change?

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[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

On our way back from Toronto, all we had was Canadian money. We needed gas badly, so we pulled into a gas station somewhere in Buffalo. The attendant was more than happy to not only take Canadian currency, but give us change in US currency. I thanked her profusely :)

We went to the airport the next day to get the bills changed out. The coins are still around somewhere since the coin machine was broken and the service desk didn't do coins...

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it seems folks closer to the border (who have to deal with a lot more of $OTHER_COUNTRY's currency) are a lot more relaxed about it.