Spar dont take Scottish Notes!!!!!!

Nelski

Just had a very surreal experience in my local Spar (in Warrington ) Came to pay for my paper and I gave them a Scottish £5 note. (I have been working up in in Scotland so have a few) Thier response:

"Spar doesnt take Scottish notes - they are too easy to copy":mad: :mad:

Im guessing that shopkeepers maintain the right to refuse currency in any form but I am furious that a large chain like Spar is seemingly so ignorant

To add insult to injury the lady behind the counter informed me that Scottish currency is not legal in England:rotfl:is there something I should know:eek:

DjP

I'm sure this isn't SPAR policy

The easy to copy bit is a lie - what they mean is that they aren't used to what the notes should look like - so that it would be easy to fool them

Because it is just as hard to forge a scotish note as an english one


my uncle went to prison for making big money - he made it an inch too big

Edinburghlass_2

Lady is Spar is right, they are not legal tender

So send them up my way!

Edinburghlass_2

To save me trying to explain it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_banknotes

macymoo

They must be legal tender, they are "Sterling" ??? Confused I use Scottish notes in England all the time, my Mum lives in Scotland and everytime we visit we end up have Scottish notes and have never had a problem spending them down here.

Nelski

Edinburghlass wrote:

Lady is Spar is right, they are not legal tender

So send them up my way!

aarrrgghhh thanks for that advice Edi - I of course believe you as you hold the enviable position of BG - I have therefore packaged them all up and sent them to you:D

How stoopid is that though eh? I had to go and scrabble around in my car for 70p to buy my paper :rotfl:

Edinburghlass_2

I'll swap them for some shortbread

Nelski

macymoo wrote:

They must be legal tender, they are "Sterling" ??? Confused I use Scottish notes in England all the time, my Mum lives in Scotland and everytime we visit we end up have Scottish notes and have never had a problem spending them down here.

They are - suspect a bit of fear (not seen a Scottish note before) and a lot of ignorance. It may not be Spars general policy but they need to get some training in place if this is your average company representative:rolleyes:

Nelski

Edinburghlass wrote:

I'll swap them for some shortbread

add some edinburgh rock in there and we have a deal:D

Edinburghlass_2

Nelski is right :eek: in that although they are not "legal tender" they should be accepted but you'll find in small shops the assistants look at them as if they are "foreign" notes... and before you say it, of course they are

ianian99

scottish notes are HARDER to copy than english.
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