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General Category => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: EvelynWho on 29 March 2019, 07:33:14 pm
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Do you accept 50 pound notes?
I’ve just had a client give me 3(!) in one go and I was very wary as to take them or not.
Do you think it would be unreasonable of me to add to my profile that I dont accept 50 pound notes ?
At the moment I have no pen or light to check, stupid of me I know, where do you get yours from? Are they always reliable?
Thanks xx
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I've only ever had a few, but they've all been fine. I pay them into the bank or BS ASAP.
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I get them quite often , I've never had any issue , but for some reason I mostly spend them rather than pay them into my account ...
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I get them quite often , I've never had any issue , but for some reason I mostly spend them rather than pay them into my account ...
lol ;D
I haven't had a fake £50 so far and I get them often. I just looked and the Bank of England website has a nice guide, it tells you what UV light to buy. Got mine from Maplins when it existed.... but didn't use it.
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use a note checker ,if unsure
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use a note checker ,if unsure
Indeed. But since you're far more likely to be given duff tens and twenties than fifties (and like other posters I've had plenty of £50 notes over the years and never a bad one) I'd be checking those a lot more carefully :)
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Thanks for the replies. For some reason I’ve always thought it easier to get ahold of fake 50s than the others. Definitely reassured since you’ve all never come across any.
I was initially unsure bc he seemed like a odd/maybe dodgy guy, shouldn’t have judged bc he was lovely tbh.
Thanks again!! I’ll hold off on not accepting 50s for now then haha x x
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I take 50s no problem.
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Yes I've had loads of 50's over the years and never had a problem with them
The one time I did have a fake note it was a £20. Have used a uv light/alarm since that incident! Bought it from Amazon or Ebay and like that's a 2 in 1 alarm/uv light!
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I've had a few and most shops round here won't accept them. Went into the bank to change it up and mentioned about shops not accepting them. She said that it's silly as they are the least forged notes. I think here it more to do with shops not having the change if you only spend a little amount of it.
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Fifty notes are OK but I tend to either get banked or I need change it up on many occasions instead
I tend to check them first..
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My friend got me a note checker from eBay. Proper shop type one but only £7.
I have it on the side and either check the notes in front of clients, or discreetly when they're in the shower.
No dodgys yet.
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I don't think a client has brought me any 50 notes for well over a year. Are they being phased out? I don't even know if the ATM's issue them. Will check next time I pass one.
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No, they're not being phased out - the new polymer version has already been announced for after they do the new twenties next year. I don't get them often when I'm at home but in London they're fairly everyday in my experience, and I quite like them as they don't take up as much space on the way to the bank.
Plus as other posters have said, they're less likely to be fake :)
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I get them in London all the time. My bank gave me a pen to check notes with it’s so simple to run the pen over when they are in the shower.
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Thinking about it, I've only ever had them in London. Why?
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Thinking about it, I've only ever had them in London. Why?
Whereas I'm nowhere near London and have been given 50s on several occasions, never when working in London but most of my work has been outside London.
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Maybe it's a "big city" thing?
I live in Sheffield though...
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Maybe it's a "big city" thing?
I live in Sheffield though...
I'm definitely not in a "big city" nor near one.
Clients do book me to visit "big cities", also have clients who visit me/my area from big cities.
Still not noticed a link between 50s and location or client.
Does tend to be those booking longer time, higher value which makes sense but not always.
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You can only get 50s from the bank counter (or someone else) though right?
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You can only get 50s from the bank counter (or someone else) though right?
If that’s ^^ right then makes sense that there’s less fakes around I would imagine.
Can’t say there’s been any correlation between location / client and being given 50s.
But doesn’t stop me worrying every time I’m handed one (or 3!!). Haha. Xx
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Mostly clients have just picked them up at the cashpoint, all new and crispy like ;D I smell em
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Mostly clients have just picked them up at the cashpoint, all new and crispy like ;D I smell em
Thats what Im saying. You canbt get then from the ATM.
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Oh VC you're right I just checked, I just presumed when they said they're going to get cash and had £50's it was ATM.
I don't use them, I like banks lol
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Despite not liking the plastic notes that much, I'll be more happier taking them, when all of them are in circulation.
Must be tough, in Scotland and Northern Ireland, that have 100 pound notes.
I would take them, once I have checked them.
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Up here (Scotland) we get £100 notes also. I really dislike getting these, but so far they have all been fine and never had any duff notes ever my entire time working. Have probably jinxed myself now and get loads of fakes notes tomorrow!!