Restaurant defends rejection of NT$1 coins after uproar
Restaurant defends rejection of NT$1 coins after uproar
2025-09-08
A diner in Kaohsiung recently criticized a duck restaurant for refusing to take five NT$1 coins when he paid for his meal, insisting that they are still legal tender and should have been accepted. The restaurant responded, saying that they sometimes get customers who pay with 20 or 30 of the coins at a time. Since it’s time-consuming to go change them at the bank when they stack up, they no longer accept NT$1 coins. But the restaurant insisted they never intended to cause any trouble.
Chopped into large glistening pieces, the duck at this restaurant certainly looks enticing. But a customer recently took to the internet to complain about it, after the owner refused to accept five NT$1 coins when he was paying for his meal.
Most of the commenters said that the NT$1 coin is still legal tender, and should be accepted. But the owner of the restaurant explained that he sometimes gets customers who pay with 20 or 30 of them at a time. Dealing with that much change is troublesome, so they decided to put up a notice that they’d no longer accept NT$1 coins.
Restaurant owner
When we accept so many NT$1 coins, it will quickly add up to an entire bag, a large bag that we have to take to the bank to change. Lots of people go to change their money, so we have to line up for a long time. That’s why we just decided not to accept them anymore.
Although they posted a notice, other restaurant owners say you should expect to receive change in the course of doing business. Since NT$5, NT$10, and NT$50 are all coins as well, they say that taking them all to the bank at once to exchange or deposit isn’t that big of a deal.
Restaurant owner
We’ll also pay with change when we go out to buy things. Of course we’ll accept it when customers pay with coins. There’s no reason to reject them. As long as it’s money, it’s OK. Why can’t you accept it?
Fruit seller
We won’t usually reject it. In fact, we’ll tell them to pay with change if they have too much, since we use them a lot.
Some business owners dislike the NT$1 coin. But at traditional markets and some shops, they actually prefer it because they need to make change. Especially when in a rush and missing just NT$1, they understand how important it can be to keep around. Consumer protection officers suggest that customers can check a shop’s rules before going to avoid conflict.
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"拒收一塊錢"高雄鴨肉店引爭議 店家:換鈔太麻煩非刻意刁難
2025-09-08
高雄有民眾到一間鴨肉店消費，結帳時給了老闆五個一元，結果卻遭到拒收，讓他覺得很傻眼，難道一塊錢不是錢嗎，店家則回應，曾遇過有客人一次給了20、30個一元硬幣，長期累積下來，還要跑到銀行排隊換紙鈔太麻煩，才會在店裡公告，不收一元硬幣，並不是刻意刁難。
俐落刀功，香氣撲鼻的鴨肉切片，看起來油亮多汁，不過卻有客人在此消費付款時，給了五個一塊錢硬幣，結果卻遭業者當場拒絕，氣得他上網抱怨。
民眾大多認為，一元也是錢，照道理應該要收，不過高雄這間鴨肉店的老闆就澄清，曾遇過有客人一次拿20、30個一塊錢硬幣來付帳，讓他們後續處理很麻煩，所以早就在店內貼出公告。
[[當事店家]]
“因為這樣一塊錢收進來的話，這樣積少成多就會變成一包很大包，我們就必定要拿到銀行跟銀行換，換鈔的人很多，我們要排好久，就是因為這樣才會想說，乾脆不要收一塊錢。”
儘管有告知，不過其他店家認為，做生意本來就會經常收到零錢，五塊、十塊、五十塊也都是硬幣，統一拿到銀行兌換或存款，其實沒那麼麻煩。
[[非當事鴨肉店家]]
“因為我們自己去買東西也會給人家零錢，客人給我們零錢我們當然會收啊，沒有拒收的理由啊，只要是錢都OK，為什麼不能收。”
[[水果行店家]]
“我們基本上來者不拒啊，我們反而會說你如果零錢太多你給我們，因為我們常常在使用。”
一元硬幣，或許有些業者嫌棄，但在傳統市場、部份店家，因為可以找零，反而成為了寶，尤其當情況緊急，就差那一個一塊硬幣時，就知道一塊錢有多重要。消保官建議，民眾消費時，可提前確認店家規定，才不會花錢又受氣。
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