Hammer
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i can accept its an anti fraud measure fair enough, but wheres this 'high horse' thing coming in iv nvr seen a scottish person asking if an english £100 note is legal tender? when i tried to buy something in newcastle the cashier said 'oh a £20 note hmmm thats too big have you anything smaller' 
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Jamie Walby
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in my shop, If it was a regular I knew then no problem although i would still check the note. If it was some random off the street i would take a closer look, especially if they broke out a £100.
I check all notes though. No matter who the customer theres nothing to say they could have innocently gotten hold of a fake.
[Edited on 30-03-2006 by Jamie Walby]
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by John
How are scottish notes easier to fake?
Because English people, like me, don't see or deal with them everyday of the week,so that means they are easier to get away with if the cashier is dumb. They are prominently one colour and its even hard to find the place where the water mark is.
I check them with the indicator pen when i get them as there are alot of fakes about.
Scottish people may find this annoying, aboit like when you try and spend a 50 english note, i feel like a criminal using them they check them that much.
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Welsh Dan
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Whats the point in having a Scottish £100 note? Surely they're all too tight to spend that much anyway? 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by John
How are scottish notes easier to fake?
And if you cna't spot a fake it's your own fault.
Its not a high horse either.
Driving a couple of hours from glasgow to newcastle I don't expect to need different money to buy breakfast after a night out.
Spotting a fake isn't as easy as you think. People who are good at faking money can print 'real' fake money, if you get what I mean. As most of the Scottish money I saw in my days as a cashier was very old tender it did feel fake in comparison to the brand new English notes.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Sxi04
i can accept its an anti fraud measure fair enough, but wheres this 'high horse' thing coming in iv nvr seen a scottish person asking if an english £100 note is legal tender? when i tried to buy something in newcastle the cashier said 'oh a £20 note hmmm thats too big have you anything smaller'
If you walked into a shop and tried to spend an English £100 pound note then you should expect to be told to piss off with your fake money, and perhaps do some research into English tender before attempting to fake banknotes.
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Xs
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taxi driver went mad at me in northampton for trying to pay with scottish cash when i was down fro trax.
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supacook2k
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this is from the scottish bank note site
http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/current_rbos.htm
different scottish banks print different designs
[Edited on 30-03-2006 by supacook2k]
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ed
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His loss if he wont accept legal tender, you should have just left without paying 
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Jambo
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Note didnt look like that!
Oh and he wasnt scottish, he was kosovan or some shit.
I check ALL notes before accepting them, english iraish or scottish its called being vigillant and ed is correct the difference between real and fake notes is sometimes just a "hue" of red, hardly visiible to the naked eye unless u hold a real and a fake one side by side even then u have to look so closely.
They are very good at it, if they werent there wouldnt be any cos everyone would be caught
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Matt H
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I've never seen or heard of them before untill today 
How odd!
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TNM
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i can feel a fake english note the second i touch it.
worked in bars for years so i could spot the fakes.
Had some pretty good fakes as well.
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vibrio
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Originally posted by Jambo
legal tender??
if I ever see you I will give you a slap for your stupidity.
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Welsh Dan
Whats the point in having a Scottish £100 note? Surely they're all too tight to spend that much anyway?
you spend all your money on sheep whores
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
His loss if he wont accept legal tender, you should have just left without paying
it's illegal not to accept any kind of money for payment IIRC
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Oh and FFS will u scots get off your high horse, take the point that its not normal to see scottish notes around especially in high value.
Some places wont even accept english £50 notes as they are easier to fake than the rest.
Dont take it personally FFS! 
its not normal to see English £100 note up here but you don;t see us asking if its legal tender
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Ian
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You think you have problems try changing this bad boy
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Jonny P
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
quote:
Originally posted by John
How are scottish notes easier to fake?
And if you cna't spot a fake it's your own fault.
Its not a high horse either.
Driving a couple of hours from glasgow to newcastle I don't expect to need different money to buy breakfast after a night out.
I think its actually against the law for them not to take Scottish money....should have waved down PC Plod
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I got told the otherday by my till manager it is ILLEGAL to not accept any legal tender, that includes scottish notes and english £50.
we have a marker which if it shows up means the note is fake, if your unsure, use it on the sly 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
quote:
Originally posted by ed
His loss if he wont accept legal tender, you should have just left without paying
it's illegal not to accept any kind of money for payment IIRC
That is indeed true.
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