Mexican pesos now legal tender in good old U.S.A.

[Sam Odom]

Dallas-based food chain to accept Mexican pesos

10:11 AM CST on Saturday, January 6, 2007
By KAREN ROBINSON-JACOBS / The Dallas Morning News

Starting Monday, patrons of the Dallas-based Pizza Patrón chain, which caters heavily to Latinos, will be able to purchase American pizzas with Mexican pesos.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/010607dnbuspesos.31047f5.html

[RickySteve]

So what?

[denn333]

oh, that is just wonderful.

[bobby heimrich]

Does this mean I have to go spend good us dollars on a peso to us money conversion chart for my employees?Please let me know when this is heading northeast so I have to prepare for this fiasco!!!Got any more good news Sam?

[JoshW]

Any business can decide to accept any currency or barter any time they like. Sounds like a good move for them. Certainly got them some PR.

[Willie Bee]

Not sure what the big deal about this is? I can spend dead presidents on the south side of the Rio Grande, why not take pesos here? Granted, the US Dollar has a history of remaining more stable than the peso, but that's a decision each business operator needs to make on their own.

[BuddyBear]

Hell, I've been using confederacy money for quite some time now. You'd be surprised how many establishments still take it.

[scottyy11]

many places take the canadian dollar and have for a long time so not sure if this is big news though i guess if alot of places started doing it though the US $ would decline further

[Hulu]

many places take the canadian dollar and have for a long time so not sure if this is big news though i guess if alot of places started doing it though the US $ would decline further

They do? I remember trying to pay for something in Walgreens one time and I had a mix of change in my pocket. The cashier looked at the money and then picked out a single Canadian penny and refused to take it. LOL Its a hunk of copper...who cares what insignia is stamped on it?