Fake Banknote? Help please

mustrum_ridcully

davetrousers wrote: »

Is handing back considered the same as passing on then? Seems unlikely to me.

Could you post a link for this please?

PS note how we haven't heard back from the OP!

As much as I'd love to I'm not going to dig around in case law to try and find a case that proves that this (or for that matter doesn't) apply - it's nearly home time and my very quite Friday afternoon has been taken of. :cool:

The great thing about English Common Law v Napoleonic Law is that it is open to the interpretation of the court. Trouble is I really wouldn't fancy being the test case.

Here's the OPSI website entry for the law if you're interested http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Prim...2&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&PageNumber=0&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=1267154&ActiveTextDocId=1267156&filesize=1161

cheltenham_dude

When I used to work in supermarkets (Kwik Save, Safeways, Morrisons), we were always told in we suspected the note was fake not to hand it back. Admittedly we always had to get a supervisor or manager to doublecheck for us (and if it was a fake then they would take the customer's details) but better safe than sorry (I wasn't doing jail-time / getting fined for allowing fake notes to remain in circulation).

Debt_Free_Chick

DVardysShadow wrote: »

what they should do. But only if they have accepted the note in payment.

I think you have a good point here. By accepting the note, the assistant should have given the customer £10 change and the fuel. It would then be for the business to follow the "suspect fake" guidance.

Lip_Stick

When I did an NVQ in retail, a good few years ago now, I'm sure we had to confiscate any fake notes and inform the police. I remember thinking '!!!!!! do I do if the customer turns funny'.

RobertoMoir

davetrousers wrote: »

Is handing back considered the same as passing on then? Seems unlikely to me.

You're not so much wearing a "pedantic hat" at this point as you are a "pedantic space suit". I think its pretty clear that giving the note to anyone but the authorities could be construed as "passing on".

Mankysteve

Until anyone finds link clearly stating that a shop keeper must not hand back the note iam not gonna lose any sleep over it.

Princess_Coupon

What happened OP?

Ialwaysgetdone

Just wondering here what would happen if you handed a 20 Euro or $20 note to a cashier instead of a £20, would they be entitled to keep it as a fake £20 or would they hand it back to you and say sorry that is not a genuine £20 note?

After seeing the fake one pound coin thing on the news I am continually checking my £1 coins before paying for things. One in 40 is a fake. I've found three since I saw the news article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7988001.stm how to spot http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7628930.stm

pendulum

Ialwaysgetdone wrote: »

Just wondering here what would happen if you handed a 20 Euro or $20 note to a cashier instead of a £20, would they be entitled to keep it as a fake £20 or would they hand it back to you and say sorry that is not a genuine £20 note?

No, they can't keep it because a 20 Euro or 20 Dollar note is not a counterfeit or a fake. It's just a currency which they don't accept so they would have to hand it back and say "Sorry, we don't take euros".
This happened to me once when an American chap came in to the cybercafe I was working in and handed me a $10 note - they get confused as to which country they are in sometimes, bless them.

elektra-2007

Ialwaysgetdone wrote: »

Just wondering here what would happen if you handed a 20 Euro or $20 note to a cashier instead of a £20, would they be entitled to keep it as a fake £20 or would they hand it back to you and say sorry that is not a genuine £20 note?

After seeing the fake one pound coin thing on the news I am continually checking my £1 coins before paying for things. One in 40 is a fake. I've found three since I saw the news article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7988001.stm how to spot http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7628930.stm

Wow im shocked i just checked the 10 - £1 coins in my purse...3 of them are fake!
I got them as change from a self service till at asda!!! So either their tills are usless at detecting fake coins or they are putting fake change in their tills.