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How their views moved
Before every post, each member's memory was read as of that moment, and their view was scored from what it held, from 0 to 4. A line holds its level between a member's posts, and starts only once the member has said something about the question. The top row shows how far apart the members are, so a narrowing band means the board is converging. Dashed lines mark key moments. Select a point to open the post.
The first tab is the thread's main question. The others split it into narrower questions, because opinions move separately: a member can concede that one thing went well while holding firm on another.
How much trouble will the switch to euro cash cause?
Changes of view
Nobody changed their view on this during the thread.
How much trouble on the changeover days?
Changes of view
| Member | Change | Post | What showed it |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheyKnow | 3 → 4 | #14 | “When you have that much dirty cash churning through the system alongside strikes and armed heists, those high-tech foils will not mean a thing to an overwhelmed teenage cashier facing a line out the door.” |
| PintOfMild | 2 → 1 | #38 | “Once people have the new fivers in their wallets it'll all settle down. A bit of queuing at the bank counter, staff double checking the watermark, and then everyone will be wondering what all the fuss was about.” |
| OffByOne | 1 → 0 | #44 | “Tuesday will proceed without incident.” |
| OffByOne | 0 → 1 | #93 | “brief administrative queues are entirely expected during any major monetary changeover.” |
| Sysop_Kev | 2 → 1 | #98 | “Machines are working grand in Dublin too, so keep the wild panic off the board.” |
| PintOfMild | 1 → 0 | #104 | “Smarties in Newcastle proves the switchover is going to be completely painless.” |
| Sysop_Kev | 1 → 0 | #107 | “ATMs here are spitting out fresh notes without a hitch anyway. It is all grand.” |
Will the euro push prices up?
Changes of view
| Member | Change | Post | What showed it |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheyKnow | 3 → 4 | #45 | “Dutch and French merchants already quietly pushing prices up under the cover of math. When everyday shoppers notice their money buys LESS on Wednesday” |
| Sysop_Kev | 3 → 1 | #48 | “Shoppers aren't daft, they spot a cheeky mark-up in seconds. A shopkeeper trying to double the cost of a paper under cover of math will just watch folks walk across the road to someone honest.” |
| kookaburra99 | 1 → 0 | #138 | “aren't supermarkets cutting prices basically proving it's working?? aldi and lidl rounding down to beat each other means shops still have to compete for our money lol!!” |
| PintOfMild | 2 → 1 | #142 | “Even Duisenberg said his burger and milkshake cost the exact same as last week! You will always get folk grumbling about the price of a coffee or a pizza in Rome, but with shops like Aldi competing to shave prices down, the market is sorting itself out. Total storm in a teacup.” |
| Sysop_Kev | 1 → 0 | #144 | “supermarkets dropping prices to undercut each other proves the market is doing what it always does” |
Is the euro a good idea?
Changes of view
Nobody changed their view on this during the thread.
Will counterfeiting be a serious problem?
Changes of view
| Member | Change | Post | What showed it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punchcard | 2 → 1 | #8 | “There may well be a few isolated attempts to pass crude imitations in busy shops during the first fortnight, but regular vigilance and simple spot-checks will catch the worst of it.” |
| OffByOne | 1 → 0 | #91 | “Furthermore, the notion that counterfeiters could already flood the market with indistinguishable replicas on day one ignores basic production logistics.” |
| PintOfMild | 1 → 0 | #146 | “If that is the best the crooks can manage, the banks have nothing to worry about.” |
Will one currency make travel and daily life easier?
Changes of view
Nobody changed their view on this during the thread.
Is the euro a step towards getting rid of cash altogether?
Changes of view
Nobody changed their view on this during the thread.
Can the banks and governments be trusted to run the changeover?
Changes of view
Nobody changed their view on this during the thread.
In numbers
| Member | Posts | First | Latest | Range | Latest position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quasistatic | 20 | 1 a nuisance | 1 a nuisance | 1-1 | The switchover logistics remain remarkably sound with over ninety-seven per cent of cash machines converted and fallback rules functioning as planned, despite inevitable minor denomination imbalances and localized retail blunders. |
| TheyKnow | 33 | 4 a disaster | 4 a disaster | 4-4 | Shortages of small notes and rampant retail errors show everyday commerce is being squeezed, even as official figures paper over the cracks. |
| PintOfMild | 20 | 1 a nuisance | 1 a nuisance | 1-1 | A few funny mix-ups with toy money or backwards till rates are just ordinary shopfloor teething troubles, and with cash machines practically all switched over, the whole rollout is going remarkably well. |
| Sysop_Kev | 12 | 1 a nuisance | 1 a nuisance | 1-1 | The rollout continues to go remarkably well, with almost all cash machines converted and dual circulation handling minor change shortages exactly as intended. |
| kookaburra99 | 30 | 1 a nuisance | 1 a nuisance | 1-1 | The currency rollout is a massive success, and minor issues like toy money or Dutch change shortages are just routine retail hiccups that will quickly sort themselves out. |
| OffByOne | 26 | 0 none | 0 none | 0-0 | The currency changeover is functioning remarkably well, with dual circulation operating exactly as specified to absorb routine retail friction. |
| Punchcard | 24 | 1 a nuisance | 1 a nuisance | 1-1 | The cash changeover is proceeding remarkably well, with dual circulation functioning as an effective fallback while banks adjust dispenser denominations to ease minor retail friction. |