Rounding up cents for charity cheats consumers

Following on from my last letter (Irish Examiner, April 9) I didn’t think I could get more disgusted by this current sly move [rounding of cash transactions] by the government to steal our money, how wrong I was.

After purchasing goods recently, once again I was being overcharged by the now usual few cents, again I asked for MY change to be returned to me.

I was told by the shop girl that she intended to put it into the charity box. But this would have been hard to do as she had already closed the till, with MY money inside it, and for her the transaction was completed.