If you live in Scotland order your English £s in advance

inspector_monkfish

whatusername wrote: »

Im positive this thread is here just to get me started.

I travel regularly south of the border with Scottish notes and have only ever had them knocked back in one place, Ipswich and by jesus what a scene i made when that happened.

On the whole to keep the blood pressure down it's best using cash points south of the border and then get real money when you come back to the promised land.

:rotfl:
u gotta love the ipswich folk!!
they rarely go out of their own house, let alone their own town ;)

not their fault they dont recognise a scottish note as legal!!

Edinburghlass_2

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

its all part of the masterplan to keep the scots on their side of Hadrian's wall....;)

And we are more than happy to stay this side

Previous thread about the legalities of Scottish notes.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=938509

fatgit

whatusername wrote: »

by jesus what a scene i made when that happened.
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Why? They were well within their rights to refuse the Scottish note.

scottishlass

Pink_fluff wrote: »

Bloody ridiculous. Nobody in Scotland would turn their nose up at an English note. So why does it happen with Scottish notes in England?

Although I did get questioned when I tried to use one of the new English £10 notes up here.

I don't usually have a problem using them in England the only place I guess was Exeter but that was only one particular shop. If I can though I usually wait until I get to the airport in England and get my cash out then.

withabix

rannoch wrote: »

The last time I tried to exchange Scottish notes in an English bank I was refused. Abbey in Carlisle.

It's time to scrap Scottish notes.

Don't know why you bothered. A large proportion of banknotes in Carlisle are Scottish ones anyway!!

Just use an English cashpoint. The Scottish banks don't charge a fee for this you know - they all belong to the English government now anyway

davetrousers

fatgit wrote: »

Why? They were well within their rights to refuse the Scottish note.

Or indeed any note or any form of payment

Edinburghlass_2

For anyone visiting Edinburgh this is a really interesting museum by the Bank of Scotland building at the top of the Mound and its free.

http://www.museumonthemound.com/

inspector_monkfish

Indout96 wrote: »

I thought Gordon Brown sold all our gold for 10p

yes, to Fred Goodwin

whitfreak

English notes arn't truely backed by the gold reserve, something to do with not being on the gold standard any more.

I must be a rairity, I've never refused a Scottish note even though I'm in Kent. Looked at them longer than an English one before accepting but thats cus I dont see that many.