legal tender, Scottish notes v's English ones.

I've certainly seen shops refuse the old Scottish notes in my part of the world. They used to be incredibly thin and papery, easy to fake, and difficult for shopkeepers not used to them to know if real or not. I thought they had swapped over to the new plastic ones. If they are refusing them then I am surprised.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I've certainly seen shops refuse the old Scottish notes in my part of the world. They used to be incredibly thin and papery, easy to fake, and difficult for shopkeepers not used to them to know if real or not. I thought they had swapped over to the new plastic ones. If they are refusing them then I am surprised.
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Simply not true
 
KenL said:
I'm hopeful that you are joking but even if you were I am still offended by this statement. I can't stand the small minded attitude of some people from Scotland.

I'm British but born and bred in Scotland. I do not hate people from England, far from it as they are from my country.

If the England football team do make it to the world cup I'll be supporting them.
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I was with you until that final paragraph! :rofl:
 
The easiest thing to do is find a supermarket and buy the cheapest thing you can find and go to the self service tills they accept them
 
As A (hated) Englishman living in Scotland, I've used Scottish notes all over the place. I've had a few funny looks handing them over but only once did I have a confrontation and that was in Woolworths. The girl said she couldn't accept it so I asked to speak to the manager. I queried it with the young manager who said he couldn't accept it so I asked why and he said there was trouble with counterfeits. I said so are you accusing me passing forged currency? At which point he says it's his instructions so I said to him that I would happily leave if he would give me a letter signed by himself that he has refused to accept Sterling currency. There was a slight pause and he told the girl to take my money.

Funnily enough, I've never had problems with the market traders who operated around the corner.

Saying that, in England all the notes come from one bank whereas in Scotland the notes come from three banks each of whom have their own designs and seem to change them more frequently so you could see, for example, a Bank of Scotland fiver that would be totally different to an RBS or a Clydesdale one.
 
FairwayDodger said:
Simply not true
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Which part? The part where I saw pubs and newsagents refuse the notes? Those experiences did happen. Sorry if you don't like that, hey ho.

Maybe the part about the old notes being dreadfully thin, and if old, flimsy? That is opinion of course but the notes were noticeably thinner than Bank of England issued notes. I did state that the new notes are not up for debate so the issue should reduce and will disappear once the £20's update as well.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
You hardly ever see a BoE note on Scotland nowadays.
All the cash dispensers give out Scottish notes only.
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That is entirely logical, banks in Scotland dispensing Scottish notes.

I suspect your next post your be an interesting test case. The outcome would depend on why it was refused, was it reasonable to refuse it? If it was refused purely because it was a Scottish note then the buyer may have a case. If it was refused because the trader could not confirm its authenticity then the trader should be okay. The trader needs to act reasonably and fairly.

I'll expand a little on my previous post in case anyone believes I am on an anti Scottish move. I work in a small town in north Northumberland, used to drink in village in north Northumberland. They used to get flurries of fake Scottish notes and when that would happen they would temporarily be more cautious and occasionally refuse to take them. This was a temporary measure but it did happen, not for a while though as note checking equipment has improved.

To ease our Scottish friends minds further I remember being in Liverpool a few years ago and a newsagent had a sign up refusing to accept B of E £20 notes due to the number of fakes, he had one pinned on the wall behind the till. Traders are allowed to be wary, it is their livelihood.

Answer of course, pay contactless on your phone 😁.
 
In this day and age why are folk still carrying cash?

Can't remember the last time, on making a purchase, using plastic wasn't acceptable...

Cash is no longer king!

About the only time I use cash nowadays is to leave a tip when eating out...
 
MegaSteve said:
In this day and age why are folk still carrying cash?

Can't remember the last time, on making a purchase, using plastic wasn't acceptable...

Cash is no longer king!

About the only time I use cash nowadays is to leave a tip when eating out...
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And if you do need cash then just use a cash card in the area you are - then you know you’re going to get the right legal currency.

Not sure why anyone would carry around large amounts of cash anymore and a bank is certainly not going to exchange it for fear of laundering and shop owners will be fearful of counterfeit
 
I have had problems in the past with Scottish money in England, but as people have said, there were a lot of fakes going round in the past so some places would refuse them on that grounds, which is annoying but understandable.

Mind you if Wee Jimmy gets her way, in 2020 you will all be using the Euro so you won’t be able to spend that either.
 
KenL said:
I'm hopeful that you are joking but even if you were I am still offended by this statement. I can't stand the small minded attitude of some people from Scotland.

I'm British but born and bred in Scotland. I do not hate people from England, far from it as they are from my country.

If the England football team do make it to the world cup I'll be supporting them.
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At last someone who restores some of my faith in the "United" Kingdom and how we English are considered by the Scots :thup:
 
Now that this has gone tremendously off topic, let me just say I've lived in Scotland for 14 years and haven't experienced any of the issues some of the keyboard warriors would like you to believe are rife. I've made lots of friends, been Captain of our club and never been made to feel uncomfortable.
Of course there's banter but I've found that if you take it in good heart and give as good as you get, then it all helps.
I enjoy it in Scotland and have no plans to move back south.
Of course, I tell everybody I moved up here for the climate. ;)
 
Liverpoolphil said:
And if you do need cash then just use a cash card in the area you are - then you know you’re going to get the right legal currency.

Not sure why anyone would carry around large amounts of cash anymore and a bank is certainly not going to exchange it for fear of laundering and shop owners will be fearful of counterfeit
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100% agree

Why would anyone carry more than like £50-100 in cash anywhere now days

Everywhere takes card.. £50 covers places if you spend under the minimum spend

Plus if your mugged you can recover losses of a card you get nothing for cash

In fact I hate having cash. I’ve got £60 on me right now and I can’t be bothered with it .. so much easier if it’s in my bank
 
I am reminded of being in an English pub in the 70s.

The bartender took a small amount of persuasion to take the Royal bank of Scotland £5 I proffered. He took more persuading when I bought the second drinks and proffered a Bank of Scotland £5. When I bought the 3rd drinks and proffered a , I think it was, Caledonian Bank £5 he made me take the over two £5s back and pay in Bank of England money.
 
When I moved to a town on the A1, I was told that there is an A1 corridor where Scottish notes are taken and often given in change.
There were occasional blips when counterfeits were spotted and an embargo swept up or down the corridor for a few weeks.

The pubs and shops accept them here ok but I don't see them in change as often.

Of course the Clydesdale/Yorkshire group will be issuing Yorkshire £1 notes at the end of this month.
 
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