I remember a lot of Germans were very upset about switching to Euro from the Mark, because for example if before a cup of coffee was 1 Mark, after that it would've become 1 Euro (~2 Marks at the time). I don't remember if they converted everyone's salaries 1:1 to Euro, too, though. If they did, I guess that worry didn't make much sense.
This is a ridiculous statement, there were lots of measures in place to ensure that exactly this did not happen, with huge fines for anyone who tried to overcharge once the changeover happened.
Agreed, 'though people here (Portugal) will still tell you that stuff is now much more expensive due to the Euro. They don't seem to grasp the concept of inflation.
No, they didn't. And that price upscaling was only for small things, mostly rounding up to the next largest round number. Annoying, but it didn't make _that_ much of a difference.
