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Texas-based pizza chain accepts Mexican pesos By Ed Stoddard
Mon Jan 8, 12:57 PM ET

Mexican pesos won't buy you much north of the border. But from Monday they'll buy you a pizza.

A Dallas-based pizza chain which caters to the Hispanic community is accepting the Mexican currency at all of its 59 U.S. stores starting on Monday, giving the greenback some unusual competition at the cash register.

"Unlike many other businesses for us it makes sense. Our stores are located in predominately Hispanic communities and so the majority of our customers are Hispanic," said Andrew Gamm, director of brand development for Pizza Patron.

"We know that a large number of them travel back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico and consequently have some pesos left over in their pocket. The pizza business is extremely competitive and we thought this was a way to position ourselves in relation to our competitors," he told Reuters.

Gamm said he was aware of businesses in border towns which accepted pesos but believed Pizza Patron was the first to offer such a service at outlets far from the Rio Grande.

The franchise operates in five states: Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado.

The pizza peso ploy highlights the growing economic clout of the Hispanic community in America and the busy two-way traffic along the border.

But against the backdrop of rising anti-Hispanic tensions as America grapples with an estimated 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants, there are some who do not regard it as a harmless marketing gimmick.

"This is America, We speak English and our currency is the U.S. dollar. I will no longer visit your restaurant due to your demonstrated inability to assimilate into the culture of this country," said one irate former customer in an e-mail sent to Pizza Patron on Monday morning.

Gamm said most of the public response so far had been positive. The group plans a trial run for two months and if it is a success it will extend the peso policy.

The peso/dollar exchange rate being offered at Pizza Patron is 12 to 1 against the current rate of close to 11 to 1 to enable the franchise to cover the costs of converting the pesos at local banks.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/us_nm/pesos_pizzas_usa_dc

I figured I'd better grab it before the usual crowd does. So, thoughts on this? I think it's a smart buisness move to get the crowds in, and there's no law that says (AFAIK) that ONLY US currency is acceptable in pizza chains.

But we run into a little problem with this thing. What is the exchange rate from Peso to Dollar? Also, what the hell are they going to do with the Peso once they have it?

I don’t really care what the guy does with his business, but I bet a load of asshats will.

Cynics on the FOREX call the dollar the American Peso these day. So this move makes sense.

But we run into a little problem with this thing. What is the exchange rate from Peso to Dollar? Also, what the hell are they going to do with the Peso once they have it?
1 Peso = 9 cents US

Go to the bank and have it converted.

But we run into a little problem with this thing. What is the exchange rate from Peso to Dollar? Also, what the hell are they going to do with the Peso once they have it?

Take then to the bank you think? Read the article, or at least the last sentence.

But we run into a little problem with this thing. What is the exchange rate from Peso to Dollar? Also, what the hell are they going to do with the Peso once they have it?
From the article:
"The peso/dollar exchange rate being offered at Pizza Patron is 12 to 1 against the current rate of close to 11 to 1 to enable the franchise to cover the costs of converting the pesos at local banks."

Sounds like they use the normal one point over for costs (MUCH better than the banks) and covert over. Just about any bank will handle currency exchanges (Thank God for THAT).

But we run into a little problem with this thing. What is the exchange rate from Peso to Dollar? Also, what the hell are they going to do with the Peso once they have it?

10.94 ish. Spot price as of 0.15 est.

It's not as if this is something extremely strange. Businesses on the US-Canadian border have accepted each other's currencies for years. In fact, you could use the Canadian dollar anywhere in Michigan in the late 70s and early 80s, before the US dollar took off compared to the Canadian dollar.

Sounds like a good way to get that competitive edge. Good on 'im.

I mean, uh. RUN LIKE HELL! The Mexicans are taking over the USA! It's an invasion force! Help me I'm scared!

I don’t really care what the guy does with his business, but I bet a load of asshats will.
It hasn't happened yet, but it looks like the story just hit tonight. We'll see if the xenophobic bloggers heads explode tomorrow I imagine.

Wow. That would be special if McDonalds didn't take dollars back in Germany... ;)

Wow. That would be special if McDonalds didn't take dollars back in Germany... ;)
Hmm... I wonder if I could convince the local McDonalds to take dollars instead of yen? *ponders*

It is a smart move. The only thing the law does not allow you to do is to refuse US dollars. Other than that you can accept tree bark if you want.

Hmm... I wonder if I could convince the local McDonalds to take dollars instead of yen? *ponders*The McD at the Potsdamer Platz takes dollars. The exchange rate being tipped in their favor is the same principle as above. If there's any hysteria about this from Americans, it's pure hypocrisy.

Is this anything like France's "Marks for Mille-feuille" initiative in the early 40s?

The McD at the Potsdamer Platz takes dollars. The exchange rate being tipped in their favor is the same principle as above. If there's any hysteria about this from Americans, it's pure hypocrisy.

Same about the burger king at the central station...

Is this anything like France's "Marks for Mille-feuille" initiative in the early 40s?

Yes, it's exactly like that. Mexico is Nazi Germany, and they're invading the USA. I better stop typing now, the secret police could be by any minute.

The McD at the Potsdamer Platz takes dollars. The exchange rate being tipped in their favor is the same principle as above. If there's any hysteria about this from Americans, it's pure hypocrisy.

Nobody does hypocrisy quite like Americans frightened of the ebil brown people to the south.

This is good and all, but what is the point? Is it targetting Mexican tourists or something? Forgive my ignorance but why would somebody living in America be going around with pesos?

Yes, it's exactly like that. Mexico is Nazi Germany, and they're invading the USA. I better stop typing now, the secret police could be by any minute.
yeah, soon they are 51% of the population, vote their candidate into office and then unify the US with Mexico.

I don’t really care what the guy does with his business, but I bet a load of asshats will.




Your post is just too much for the average human to truely understand. It takes a true idiot to understand the awesome nature of your post..almost a rainman.

true genius sounds incomprehensible for mere idiots as well... incompatibility doesn't mean inferiority!

afaik, there's no law saying you can't accept any other currency. But I'm pretty sure the shop has the right to refuse anything other than the local legal tender. It's an added cost to them to have to go change it. With most currencies floating, the store has no way of knowing how much to charge.
Also banks (usually) won't accept coins for exchange - only notes.

Some shops around here have signs up saying what currency they accept, with their rate of exchange. Most accept HK$, Chinese RMB, Japanese Yen, Euro and US$. I've seen some that also accept pounds sterling and Oz$.

true genius sounds incomprehensible for mere idiots as well... incompatibility doesn't mean inferiority!



Travel in packs do you? A flock of idiots? Or are you just a puppet?


Well, either way calling people rude names for not agreeing with you is pure ignorance. Neo Undelia had no right to launch a flame at people who disagree.


BTW, flaming someone over a comment without trying or even asking what was meant by it...well...You two should get married.

Your post is just too much for the average human to truely understand. It takes a true idiot to understand the awesome nature of your post..almost a rainman.
Someone like you, you mean?
You're almost a rainman. I mean you have the first part down pat - the incomprehensible gibbering and lack of connection with reality.
Just need to work on the 'human computer' bit.

afaik, there's no law saying you can't accept any other currency. But I'm pretty sure the shop has the right to refuse anything other than the local legal tender. It's an added cost to them to have to go change it. With most currencies floating, the store has no way of knowing how much to charge.
Also banks (usually) won't accept coins for exchange - only notes.

Some shops around here have signs up saying what currency they accept, with their rate of exchange. Most accept HK$, Chinese RMB, Japanese Yen, Euro and US$. I've seen some that also accept pounds sterling and Oz$.



I doubt the Euro will ever be more popular in an asian country than the nations official tender...The peso on the other hand, if you have a border town that is 90% mexican and all use the Peso..Then why accept the dollar even with the fact you are in the US? Maybe a joint currency.

Travel in packs do you? A flock of idiots? Or are you just a puppet?


Well, either way calling people rude names for not agreeing with you is pure ignorance. Neo Undelia had no right to launch a flame at people who disagree.


BTW, flaming someone over a comment without trying or even asking what was meant by it...well...You two should get married.
Does this (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=12127749#post12127749)thread look familiar? Hurrah for hypocrisy! :D

I'd have to agree with Neo Undelia.

Someone like you, you mean?
You're almost a rainman. I mean you have the first part down pat - the incomprehensible gibbering and lack of connection with reality.
Just need to work on the 'human computer' bit.


:rolleyes:

I'd call you a moron but that would be giving you too much credit. Instead I will just ignore your ignorance and pray the wizard gives you brain..Too bad the wizard is fake...sorry to break that to you.

Well, either way calling people rude names for not agreeing with you is pure ignorance. Neo Undelia had no right to launch a flame at people who disagree.
Flaming right back on the same level is worse. starting insulting me is even worse...

Flaming right back on the same level is worse. starting insulting me is even worse...


You did pretty much what Neo Undelia did and did in a way that was defending it and flaming me. So? Don't want me flaming you, don't flame me? Fair is Fair right?

And Demented Hamsters asked for it...worse would be in order. He flamed me first so I was within my right. Does anybody ask what people mean before attacking?

I doubt the Euro will ever be more popular in an asian country than the nations official tender...The peso on the other hand, if you have a border town that is 90% mexican and all use the Peso..Then why accept the dollar even with the fact you are in the US? Maybe a joint currency.
I mean the shops accept all those because they're catering for the tourists (of which there's a lot here - nearly 30 mill a year).
These pizza shops are prob just doing the same thing. I'm sure the local Mexicans get loads of relatives visiting from Mexico. Most of them will come carrying pesos. So it makes good business sense to advertise you'll accept them.
As for why the locals might still carry pesos, I can think of a couple of reasons:
They might just have a couple of hundred floating about - not enough to bother going to the bank to change but enough to buy a pizza. Right now I have about $40 in NZ money at home. I can't be bothered taking that to the bank, but if I was to see a place that accepts NZ$ I might well be tempted to spend it.
They may have bought their life savings with them, because the exchange rate is better in the US than Mexico. eg. Last year I transferred some $ over to my NZ account and the bank charged me at $1NZ = $6.11HK. I could have got $1NZ = $5.80HK at the local money changers here. Makes a big difference when you're transferring $15000HK.
$131NZ, to be exact (~$92US).

:rolleyes:

I'd call you a moron but that would be giving you too much credit. Instead I will just ignore your ignorance and pray the wizard gives you brain..Too bad the wizard is fake...sorry to break that to you.
Hit a raw nerve did I?

poor baby.

Next time you're reincarnated, be sure to ask for a tougher shell and a sense of humour. Helps copying with life's barbs immensely.

As for the wizard not being a fake: You're just going to the wrong one.
Try this one:
http://www.roundtheworld.co.nz/images/wizard.jpg

This is good and all, but what is the point? Is it targetting Mexican tourists or something? Forgive my ignorance but why would somebody living in America be going around with pesos?
It's targeting the Hispanic population who, when coming back (or just arriving from) Mexico probably have a few spare pesos in their pockets.

It's the same with me, I'm back in Japan from visiting the states, but I still have about 5 dollars in spare change that I didn't get changed over to yen.

*snip*
Word to the wise, the Mods do not consider 'He started it' as an legitimate excuse to flame.

But could I please ask you and Demented Hamsters to stop? I haven't had one of my threads reported yet and I don't particularly wish to start now.

'K? Thx' bye.

The McD at the Potsdamer Platz takes dollars. The exchange rate being tipped in their favor is the same principle as above. If there's any hysteria about this from Americans, it's pure hypocrisy.

Not just McD, either.
Most shops in my home town would accept dollars.
And most shops in Dublin would accept British Pounds.
I don't see what all that fuss is about to be honest...

I doubt the Euro will ever be more popular in an asian country than the nations official tender...The peso on the other hand, if you have a border town that is 90% mexican and all use the Peso..Then why accept the dollar even with the fact you are in the US? Maybe a joint currency.

Well, the Euro is hugely popular in many Eastern European countries.
I remember talking to a Croatian before the Euro was introduced. He told me that if you wanted to buy anything in Croatia at the time, you'd pay with German Mark rather than the local currency. People wouldn't take that.

Why is this newsworthy? There is nothing uncommon about businesses accepting an alternate currency; Swedish stores on the border with Norway accept Norwegian Kronor, and many stores in the larger cities accept Euros.

I just don't see why any of this is noteworthy.

Why is this newsworthy? There is nothing uncommon about businesses accepting an alternate currency; Swedish stores on the border with Norway accept Norwegian Kronor, and many stores in the larger cities accept Euros.

I just don't see why any of this is noteworthy.

Because they hate our freedom!

Because they hate our freedom!

Norwegians hate our freedom? I thought they only hated us personally and that it had nothing to do with politics.

Because they hate our freedom!

On the bright side, pretty soon we won't have freedom. So thus, they have nothing to hate.

Win-win.

It's targeting the Hispanic population who, when coming back (or just arriving from) Mexico probably have a few spare pesos in their pockets.

It's the same with me, I'm back in Japan from visiting the states, but I still have about 5 dollars in spare change that I didn't get changed over to yen.

Okay, that's fair enough.

Sounds like solid business to me. I know that my business has lost a couple hundred dollars a week ever since we lost our spanish speaking employee. And I'm nowhere near that close to the border. You have to do what works, and brings in the money.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/us_nm/pesos_pizzas_usa_dc

I figured I'd better grab it before the usual crowd does. So, thoughts on this? I think it's a smart buisness move to get the crowds in, and there's no law that says (AFAIK) that ONLY US currency is acceptable in pizza chains.
Pizza chains is rather irrelevant the question is, can one use foriegn currency to legally purchase things in the U.S.?

Pizza chains is rather irrelevant the question is, can one use foriegn currency to legally purchase things in the U.S.?

Whyever not? :confused:

Pizza chains is rather irrelevant the question is, can one use foriegn currency to legally purchase things in the U.S.?

Well, as pointed out, you just have to accept US currency, anything beyond that is up to the owner. They could take bananas in payment and be perfectly legit.

Make the monkeys happy if nothing else.

Norwegians hate our freedom? I thought they only hated us personally and that it had nothing to do with politics.

Norway has oil. So it is likely that they hate freedom.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/us_nm/pesos_pizzas_usa_dc

I figured I'd better grab it before the usual crowd does. So, thoughts on this? I think it's a smart buisness move to get the crowds in, and there's no law that says (AFAIK) that ONLY US currency is acceptable in pizza chains.

That's not unheard of... last week I went for a quick trip in Switzerland, and Euro are accepted alongside with Swiss Francs, at about the current fixing, in most shops. Just as most fashion boutiques in Milan accept US Dollars, Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen.

That's not unheard of... last week I went for a quick trip in Switzerland, and Euro are accepted alongside with Swiss Francs, at about the current fixing, in most shops. Just as most fashion boutiques in Milan accept US Dollars, Swiss Francs and Japanese Yen.
You can use Euros in some shops in the UK. Mainly the major chains, but it would appear that some Cash & Carry's accept them as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/us_nm/pesos_pizzas_usa_dc

I figured I'd better grab it before the usual crowd does. So, thoughts on this? I think it's a smart buisness move to get the crowds in, and there's no law that says (AFAIK) that ONLY US currency is acceptable in pizza chains.For all I care they could accept payment in cow's hearts. The only time a seller is required to accept payment in dollars is if a the consumer wishes to pay off any debts to the seller in dollars.

There are plenty of shops in the UK that accept US dollars, Euros, Pounds sterling. I even seen a couple that accept the Japanese Yen. Mind you most of these shops were on Oxford Street.Well, as pointed out, you just have to accept US currency, anything beyond that is up to the owner. They could take bananas in payment and be perfectly legit.

Make the monkeys happy if nothing else.
Only for debts. If the purchase has not yet taken place then the seller is not required to accept dollars.

Whyever not? :confused:
Because it ain't legal tender.
I'm pretty sure it is illegal here.
Though we used to have Australian 5 cent pieces in circulation, i actually have a few of them and don't really have a use for them, i can't exchange them because the Reserve Bank only accepts notes.:/
I also have a few NZ 5 cent pieces left over and i can't use them, maybe if i go to OZ i can try and pass them off, i'll be ripping Australia out of a good 1/4 of a cent...

You can use Euros in some shops in the UK. Mainly the major chains, but it would appear that some Cash & Carry's accept them as well.

Yep. And using debt card, like the Maestro or the Bancomat, usually allows you to pay directly in the local legal tender.

Honestly, I'm surprised this wasn't happening already.

Well, as pointed out, you just have to accept US currency, anything beyond that is up to the owner. They could take bananas in payment and be perfectly legit.

Make the monkeys happy if nothing else.
MR Taxman wouldn't be too happy about bartering though, i'm sure Mr Taxman wouldn't be too happy with that here.

MR Taxman wouldn't be too happy about bartering though, i'm sure Mr Taxman wouldn't be too happy with that here.

Whyever not? As long as the value was listed in the tax form... hell, the father of a friend of mine regularly puts the exact weight of apples from his private garden on the tax form. I admit he is a nutcase, but still.

Whyever not? As long as the value was listed in the tax form... hell, the father of a friend of mine regularly puts the exact weight of apples from his private garden on the tax form. I admit he is a nutcase, but still.
Because no one(Well at least i thought no one...) would ever bother to be that honest.
Of course you could effectivly say i was giving my goods or services away for free and they just happened to give me pieces of paper that happened to be foreign currency.

New Zealand was pretty restrictive with what you could do with your money in years gone past not that bartering was one of the issues, but the government likes taxing people.

Hahaha, you'd be surprised by the amount of New Zealand currency (5c/10c/20c) flowing around Australia these days. Most of the time people just accept the coins without looking at the coin and only realise later that it is Nz. Then we just pass it along again!

MR Taxman wouldn't be too happy about bartering though, i'm sure Mr Taxman wouldn't be too happy with that here.
If they tried to pay with bananas, yes, but as long as the shop pays the sales tax on the value of the whatever it is in dollars (what Mr. Taxman likes), why should he care what the original transaction was in?

I also have a few NZ 5 cent pieces left over and i can't use them, maybe if i go to OZ i can try and pass them off, i'll be ripping Australia out of a good 1/4 of a cent...

We use NZ 20c coins all the time.

We use NZ 20c coins all the time.
Very rarely did an Oz 20c coint turn up, plenty of 5 and 10's, now the Klipper Wippen bastards at the Government have changed our coins to something you'd be embarrassed to find in a Monopoly set.
Hahaha, you'd be surprised by the amount of New Zealand currency (5c/10c/20c) flowing around Australia these days. Most of the time people just accept the coins without looking at the coin and only realise later that it is Nz. Then we just pass it along again!
We did the same with your coins.
But our coins are different sizes now so it would do no good.:(
One of the reasons why the Govt changed the coins is because of the weight, but of course Oz's coins were of a comparable weight and the argument that the EU has light coins doesn't mean anything because they just changed to a uniformed currency it isn't as if they have had the currency for 80 years.

Coin clipping bastards.
If they tried to pay with bananas, yes, but as long as the shop pays the sales tax on the value of the whatever it is in dollars (what Mr. Taxman likes), why should he care what the original transaction was in?
Mr Taxman is oppressive.

Hahaha, you'd be surprised by the amount of New Zealand currency (5c/10c/20c) flowing around Australia these days. Most of the time people just accept the coins without looking at the coin and only realise later that it is Nz. Then we just pass it along again!

The exact same thing happens here in Michigan with Canadian coins. When I lived in Colorado I had a Canadian quarter in with some US coins when paying for something and I was rather surprised when they wouldn't take it. In fact, almost half of the change I just dug out of my pocket is Canadian.

As long as the accept good old USD then there is no problem with me.

The exact same thing happens here in Michigan with Canadian coins. When I lived in Colorado I had a Canadian quarter in with some US coins when paying for something and I was rather surprised when they wouldn't take it. In fact, almost half of the change I just dug out of my pocket is Canadian.
Is it relativly the same size and weight?

Our coins from the last 50+ years
http://images.andale.com/f2/117/104/14459426/1149571817245_468_26.JPG
US vs Oz coins
http://www.toxiccustard.com/australia/coins.jpg
Don't even ask me why the Russians have an interest in our coins...
Alternate NZ 20 cent piece
http://www.coins.keepbank.ru/COINS/Img_ar/nz20c90r.GIF
http://www.coins.keepbank.ru/COINS/Img_ar/nz20c90r.GIF
Oz 20 cent piece
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Oz20cent.jpg/200px-Oz20cent.jpg
Obviously they ain't to scale...

Our platypus 20c beats your kiwi 20c anyday! :p

Is it relativly the same size and weight?
Ya. IIRC, the Canadian nickel, quarter, dime, and penny all look like the US ones. Even down in NC I get them and use them sometimes. They only get rejected if you look too closely - and the exchange rate's never been too bad.

Every once in a while you get other foreign coins, e.g., I got back a "dime" from Panama once as change.

So, if people accept Liberty Dollars (a privately-issued currency), why not pesos?

Seems like the assholes awoke (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16581765/).
DALLAS - A pizza chain has been hit with death threats and hate mail after offering to accept Mexican pesos, becoming another flashpoint in the nation’s debate over immigrants.

“This is the United States of America, not the United States of Mexico,” one e-mail read. “Quit catering to the damn illegal Mexicans,” demanded another.

Seems like the assholes awoke (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16581765/).

Oh. The. Inanity. Imbeciles!

So much for being capitalist in the US...

Seems like the assholes awoke (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16581765/).
And reading the comment board they are legion.

Oh. The. Inanity. Imbeciles!

So much for being capitalist in the US...

Hey we DO exist here. There really are capitalists here. It's just that many of the self-proclaimed capitalists disdain the free market, individual responsibility, economic freedom and basic economics. Especially in the self-proclaimed 'conservative' circles, many of whom are really just Stalinist collectivists in deep denial.

We know that a large number of them travel back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico...

hm... theres your problem.

Our platypus 20c beats your kiwi 20c anyday! :p
But our 10c piece beats yours, our 50c has the Endevour on it what does yours have, convicts?
Not forgeting one of your coins has homosexual Kangaroos.
Ya. IIRC, the Canadian nickel, quarter, dime, and penny all look like the US ones. Even down in NC I get them and use them sometimes. They only get rejected if you look too closely - and the exchange rate's never been too bad.

Every once in a while you get other foreign coins, e.g., I got back a "dime" from Panama once as change.
Thats cool, i once got a Fijian coin as change.
Seems like the assholes awoke (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16581765/).
DALLAS - A pizza chain has been hit with death threats and hate mail after offering to accept Mexican pesos, becoming another flashpoint in the nation’s debate over immigrants.

“This is the United States of America, not the United States of Mexico,” one e-mail read. “Quit catering to the damn illegal Mexicans,” demanded another.
Lulz...

Is it relativly the same size and weight?

Yep. I happened to have these in my coin jar, along with a couple Euro coins for scale.


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0646.jpg

Yep. I happened to have these in my coin jar, along with a couple Euro coins for scale.


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0646.jpg

One of my coworkers actually mistook one for a nickel...

One of my coworkers actually mistook one for a nickel...
GTFO:eek:
Yep. I happened to have these in my coin jar, along with a couple Euro coins for scale.


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/CIMG0646.jpg
Liz is way more attractive than Abe.

GTFO:eek:

theres a reason why there is a copper insert in the middle of a peso... its for these kinds of people.

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3681/antistupid4lq.jpg

theres a reason why there is a copper insert in the middle of a peso... its for these kinds of people.

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3681/antistupid4lq.jpg
Now you know.

The pizza chain has, not surprisingly, been receiving death threats all over due to what is just a sound business decision. As it turns out, there's actually a Pizza Patron down in Lakewood--part of the greater Denver area--and I plan on visiting it the first chance I get, since quite honestly I'd like to support them by buying some pizza.

But our 10c piece beats yours

Don't you like our Lyrebird? It's the one that mimicks the sound of chainsaws, cameras, etc.

our 50c has the Endevour on it what does yours have, convicts? Not forgeting one of your coins has homosexual Kangaroos.

A Kangaroo & an Emu holding up the coat of arms. It's okay to be gay. ;)

Liz is way more attractive than Abe.

In the new ones they pretty much look alike :D

I think the whole situation is funny just because I drive by a Pizza Patron which is right by my favorite coffee shop. I had no idea it was a somewhat national chain; just a few pizza places scattered about Austin and outlying areas.

In the new ones they pretty much look alike :D

How dare you say that about our (though I wish she weren't) glorious Queen? ;)

Seems like the assholes awoke (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16581765/).

And you know, illegal immigrants aren't going to be buying much of the damn pizza. Considering that most of them are probably fairly poor, they aren't exactly going to want to buy pizza, which is usually very expensive.

It's more likely pandering to Mexican Tourists and businessmen coming to America, or American Tourists coming back from Mexico, who may not have had their money changed over yet.

Hell, they probably aren't going to be selling that much pizza, with people buying them with pesos.

Bloody idiots.

And you know, illegal immigrants aren't going to be buying much of the damn pizza. Considering that most of them are probably fairly poor, they aren't exactly going to want to buy pizza, which is usually very expensive.

It's more likely pandering to Mexican Tourists and businessmen coming to America, or American Tourists coming back from Mexico, who may not have had their money changed over yet.

Hell, they probably aren't going to be selling that much pizza, with people buying them with pesos.

Bloody idiots.

To me it sounds like little more than a gimmick to get a little free publicity. My guess is that most of their cashiers would shit a brick if they actually got pesos.

To me it sounds like little more than a gimmick to get a little free publicity. My guess is that most of their cashiers would shit a brick if they actually got pesos.
The article you posted seems to suggest that their stores are indeed getting them though.

So, if people accept Liberty Dollars (a privately-issued currency), why not pesos?

I've been rather fascinated with the idea of local currencies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency) since my state Green party included them in their platform. They want 5% of the state GDP to be in a local currency to stimulate the state economy. I don't have a sufficient basis in economics to know if it's a good idea. It seems to work in some cities, such as Calgary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Dollars) but I don't know if it would work on such a large scale as a state of 10 million people.