new £20 note

[kinboshi]

In Ilkeston, where I live, many shops will not accept £50 notes, & those that do give me seriously dodgy looks!

Do they not check them under the Ultraviolet light?

[tikay]

Laz has his own press.

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Hence the saying, "bent as a 9 bob note".....!

[thetank]

Apart from poker players, is there anyone with a legitimate need to carry around tens of thousands of readies?

[RED-DOG]

In Ilkeston, where I live, many shops will not accept £50 notes, & those that do give me seriously dodgy looks!

The chemist counter at my local Asda told me "We don't accept £50s" So I asked to see the manager and he told me that this was store policy.

I asked him for the number for head office (which made him look uncomfortable) When I rang them they said "Thats Ridiculous, of course we accept £50s" I asked them to explain this to their store manager, and I handed him my phone.

I then proceeded to buy several cheap items from the chemist counter, paying for each one separately with a £50 note.

So satisfying.

[tikay]

Apart from poker players, is there anyone with a legitimate need to carry around tens of thousands of readies?

On-Course Bookies, scrap dealers.

[lazaroonie]

Apart from poker players, is there anyone with a legitimate need to carry around tens of thousands of readies?

On-Course Bookies, scrap dealers.

protection racketeers....

[The_nun]

   Tom that is a sign of getting 

[Rod Paradise]

Apart from poker players, is there anyone with a legitimate need to carry around tens of thousands of readies?

On-Course Bookies, scrap dealers.

I noticed a sign at the car auctions saying they couldn't accept more than £9000 in cash, due to money-laundering rules.

[AndrewT]

Apart from poker players, is there anyone with a legitimate need to carry around tens of thousands of readies?

Anyone involved in VAT fraud.

[tikay]

In Ilkeston, where I live, many shops will not accept £50 notes, & those that do give me seriously dodgy looks!

Do they not check them under the Ultraviolet light?

Ultraviolet light? In Ilkeston? You jest.

Seriously, in deepest Derbyshire, it's not done to try & spend £50 notes.

Even £20 notes get scrupolously examined, marked with a special pen, & the Supervisor is called across to give permission for the note to be accepted. I get a little miffed at this, & give any £10 or £5 notes they give me as change the same detailed, sniffy nose treatment, hold them up to the light, look suspiciously at the cashier, even asking one cashier if I could use her special pen to check the change she gave me. They then get all arsey, but if they can scrutinise MY notes, I have the right to scrutinise, equally, THEIRS. I hate to think how awkward I'll get when I get old.

[thetank]

Been a long time since Tony and Tom worked a minimum wage gig methinks.

[lazaroonie]

Been a long time since Tony and Tom worked a minimum wage gig methinks.

might not be too far off...

 

[RED-DOG]

Been a long time since Tony and Tom worked a minimum wage gig methinks.

I did a six week stint in Oxfam once, It's a miracle I didn't strangle someone.

[kinboshi]

In Ilkeston, where I live, many shops will not accept £50 notes, & those that do give me seriously dodgy looks!

Do they not check them under the Ultraviolet light?

Ultraviolet light? In Ilkeston? You jest.

Seriously, in deepest Derbyshire, it's not done to try & spend £50 notes.

Even £20 notes get scrupolously examined, marked with a special pen, & the Supervisor is called across to give permission for the note to be accepted. I get a little miffed at this, & give any £10 or £5 notes they give me as change the same detailed, sniffy nose treatment, hold them up to the light, look suspiciously at the cashier, even asking one cashier if I could use her special pen to check the change she gave me. They then get all arsey, but if they can scrutinise MY notes, I have the right to scrutinise, equally, THEIRS. I hate to think how awkward I'll get when I get old.

It was another U2 reference.

[Claw75]

on the subject of U2 and money, some of their fans obviously have too much of it to waste.

A few years ago I got myself tickets to see U2 in Vienna.  Due to a series of unfortunate events, I missed my flight, and didn't arrive in time to see the concert (still had a nice break though ).  I happened upon the unused tickets a couple of months later and was about to stick them in the bin, but decided that a couple of unused (and presumably, therefore, rare) tickets might be worth a couple of quid to a die-hard fan, so I stuck them on ebay. 

These weren't 'souvenir' type tickets, just the bog standard text-printed ones like you'd get from tickemaster or similar.  No practical use to anyone.  Would you believe someone actually paid me £25+£3p+p to Canada for them?!

It was a beautiful day.