[Tim82]

i wonder why they dont do welsh money?

[Jimmy1]

The wife was over in England recently visiting and she had no trouble spending Northern Irish notes in Morrisons (the supermarket) one local shop refused but the other one took the notes no problem. I think the problem is that people are just ignorant of what is legal and what is not. As far as I am aware any note bearing the queens head is legal tender on saying that we lived in Kent and there were signs in loads of the shops saying Scottish notes were not accepted. By the way I think our Northern Ireland plastic £5 notes are great - all notes should be made of plastic.

[jouk45]

apparantly it has nothing to do with legal tender, a shop keeper told me when they put the money in the bank, they charge them for having to transfer scottish welsh or irish money back to where they belong, and this is the reason they refuse the money,

[ray l]

Yes they do get charged by the greedy banks (although they should,nt)
My own bank tried to charge me once in London.

It will state sterling on the note.

Some will state something about Belfast.

Won't life be nice and easy when we are all using EURO

[mileslake]

Yes they do get charged by the greedy banks (although they should,nt)
My own bank tried to charge me once in London.

It will state sterling on the note.

Some will state something about Belfast.

Won't life be nice and easy when we are all using EURO

Yes,  euros are the way forward.

[darragh windows]

you wouldnt of said no to it if it had of been a george best fiver

[AuRavelling79]

Reminds me when I was abroad in the far east in a hotel that changed up money/travellers cheques. Little Balinese desk clerk is in a right old state because she took £100 in Scottish notes off of a couple staying there in exchange for X thousand Indonesian wotsits. Her boss went mental because he didn't recognise them and said she'd have to make up the money (which of course was about 2 months wages for her).

Anyhow my mate took pity on her and swapped them for standard sterling currency cuz he was happy to use the Scottish notes back in the UK.

Mind you I think he was taken in by her winning smile as he gave her £105 because the hotel wanted her to not only make up the money, but the commission too!

I bet she fed her kids for a month on the extra £1 or so she got out of it after the Hotel took it's slice!