Spar dont take Scottish Notes!!!!!!

Edinburghlass_2

Thats because we have difficulty getting notes out of our purses...

before anyone else says it

Nelski

Edinburghlass wrote:

Thats because we have difficulty getting notes out of our purses...

before anyone else says it

come down here hun you can get them out of your purse and then promptly put them back in as long as you shop in Spar:rotfl: then walk out of the shop breathing a huge sigh of relief:D

Edinburghlass_2

Just realised we are in the Vent Board and not the Heaven Sent, I'll get the BG to shift this thread

Darksun

Just to clear it up, whether or not they are legal tender isn't an issue here (they're not, incidentally). Legal tender is just money that can't be refused in settlement of a debt. Since you've not completed a contract until you've finished buying something in a shop, there's no debt - they could refuse English £50 notes, which are legal tender.

Print_Screen

Anyone tried to get someone in Great Britain to accept Northern Irish notes? That would make trying to get shops to accept Scottish notes a breeze. At least shops know that Scottish notes exist even though they may not accept them.
A lot of shops however probably have no idea about notes from our friends in Belfast and trying to pay with them would be about as successful as trying to pay with notes displaying a picture of Mr Monopoly on the front.

badmumof1

Edinburghlass wrote:

Lady is Spar is right, they are not legal tender

So send them up my way!

we take them in our little corner shop

Quackers

Our local Spar does not accept them either.

They have a big sign up by the till saying so.

I have to admit that I dont accept them in my shop. I am happy to admit that it is through ignorance. I am provided with information on how to tell if a uk banknote is forged. Obviously it is currency we see every day so I know what I am looking for.

I am provided with no information on how to tell if a Scottish or Northern Ireland banknote is forged so I am not prepared to accept them. Unfortunately it is not worth the risk of the note being forged. We are often given handouts from our security staff in our shopping centre saying there are forged Scottish notes in circulation in our area so we just dont ever accept them.

So partly it is ignorance but if staff are not provided with the relevant information on what to look for then you can't really blame them in my opinion.

Mattjimf

Print_Screen wrote:

Anyone tried to get someone in Great Britain to accept Northern Irish notes? That would make trying to get shops to accept Scottish notes a breeze. At least shops know that Scottish notes exist even though they may not accept them.
A lot of shops however probably have no idea about notes from our friends in Belfast and trying to pay with them would be about as successful as trying to pay with notes displaying a picture of Mr Monopoly on the front.

I was always told, and always go with the fact that if the note has sterling printed on the note, it is acceptable.
On the subject of detecting a fake scottish note, if you have one of the detector pens, that works on scottish notes the same as english. Curiously for scottish 50 pound notes if you put them under uv light there are certain images appear, but english 50 pound notes do not have this security feature.

digger3_2

Scottish notes are legal tender- but there seem to be loads of different Scottish banks , which all produce their own notes. So to avoid accepting a forgery it is easier to refuse to accept the currency and ask for a credit card.There's only one type of English note for each value- so they are easier to recognise

Contains_Mild_Peril

The only Scottish banknotes which are normally refused in England are the £1 notes, which are still in use in Scotland although the coins are much more common these days.
However, as Darksun correctly points out, shops may still refuse to accept any payment offered. Some shops will refuse Scottish and NI notes because they're not sufficiently familiar with them to know how to identify a fake; some refuse £50 notes because they're more likely to be forged than smaller denominations; some will refuse large piles of small change because they're inconvenient. The retailers in those scenaria are acting quite legally. They can also refuse to serve a customer for almost any reason they choose (exceptions being things like racial discrimination).