Advice re refusal of a £50 note

moonrakerz

edgex wrote: »

both Scottish & NI notes are still legal tender

'fraid not !

As has already been stated "legal tender" has a very narrow "legal" meaning anyway, it certainly has no relevance as to what a shop may or may not accept.
ONLY BoE notes, up to £50, are legal tender in England and Wales - NO notes are legal tender in Scotland and NI and Scottish and NI notes are not legal tender in England and Wales.

If people could just be bothered to Google this, it's all there on the Royal Mint website !.

karen24_2

I expect we'll be reading more of these type of posts as there is currently a shortage of notes in England.

patty65

A friend of mine works in a supermarket and was handed a £100 note. Held it up to the light to see if there was a watermark on it. There was so stuck it in the till and gave the customer her change. The supermarket also takes NI notes.

If its money they take it.

I used to work in a Quids in shop (everything a quid) and they wouldn't take £50 notes but that was because there wasn't enough in the till to give out change. £25 float


Patrick

CG19a

Scottish and Northern Irish notes are not legal tender (although they are acceptable to most people to pay for things), only Bank of England notes are legal tender. However due to a peculiarity in the law, in Scotland only Bank of England notes of less than £5 are legal tender (of which there are no longer any).

That said, Mastercard and Visa aren't legal tender and places still accept them as forms of payment. Legal tender is only really in use when repaying a debt such as a restaurant bill, or a debt with a bank.

gordikin

CG19a wrote: »

Scottish and Northern Irish notes are not legal tender (although they are acceptable to most people to pay for things), only Bank of England notes are legal tender. However due to a peculiarity in the law, in Scotland only Bank of England notes of less than £5 are legal tender (of which there are no longer any).

That said, Mastercard and Visa aren't legal tender and places still accept them as forms of payment. Legal tender is only really in use when repaying a debt such as a restaurant bill, or a debt with a bank.

I'd love to see some official links to all of what you say. Also is a cheque legal tender?

gordikin

patty65 wrote: »

A friend of mine works in a supermarket and was handed a £100 note. Held it up to the light to see if there was a watermark on it. There was so stuck it in the till and gave the customer her change. The supermarket also takes NI notes.

If its money they take it.

I used to work in a Quids in shop (everything a quid) and they wouldn't take £50 notes but that was because there wasn't enough in the till to give out change. £25 float


Patrick

That doesn't make much sense as a reason for nor accepting fifties You may start with a £25 float...how long would it be before you had £100 in the till? 20 mins perhaps?

tripled

gordikin wrote: »

I'd love to see some official links to all of what you say. Also is a cheque legal tender?

Is it that hard to Google 'legal tender'?

http://www.royalmint.com/corporate/policies/legal_tender_guidelines.aspx

And no, a cheque isn't legal tender.

gordikin

CG19a wrote: »

... Legal tender is only really in use when repaying a debt such as a restaurant bill, or a debt with a bank.

...I can't see that anywhere in your link?

supersaverkerry

My little brother got paid in £50s from work and the poor lad was so embarressed cos he didnt have time to pay it into the bank before we went away to Thorpe Park and the only money he had on him were these £50s, in the end he got me to go into the arcade and ask them to change it, gotta admit it made my heart race, I was so worried they would tell me no!

I hate £50 notes and do not see the point in them personally as many places will not take them.

Im afraid the chemist didnt break the law I dont think as they have the right to refuse a transaction for whatever reason they like, however I would make a complaint about the way yo were treated if you feel the chemist was rude to you in any way because thats not okay.

pendulum

supersaverkerry wrote: »

... however I would make a complaint about the way yo were treated if you feel the chemist was rude to you in any way because thats not okay.

OP was rude first by falsely accusing the chemist of breaking the law by not accepting the £50, and also rude by insisting the chemist accepted the £50 when OP had no such right to insist on that. In the end the chemist succumbed to the demands of the difficult customer and took the £50, because as a chemist he's good at knowing how to make a pain go away. So he took the easy option and accepted the £50, but not before doing all he could to check it was genuine by holding it up to the light and asking colleagues to check, which the difficult customer also took offence to.

There's no reason to complain from what I can see. OP overreacted and should apologise on next visit.