€100 Note

i_steal_sheep

*First World Problem Alert*

I happen to have 2 €100 notes in my wallet... and after visiting three different shops over the weekend, not one of them would accept them. In the last shop, when I opened my wallet and produced the note to pay for groceries he just laughed and said 'You don't think I'm going to accept that, do you'? So I left him with the groceries and I went on my way. Are they that unusual that people are so fearful of getting scammed? I'm just going to have to go to Bank at lunch and get them to give me 'small' money! Legal tender is legal tender at the end of the day.

smash

I've never had problems using a €100 note







Then again, I only use €500 notes...

antodeco

First thing I would say is, how much were you to trying to spend?

Secondly, I doubt very much the guy said that!

Bad Santa

I have a similar issue with all my left over gold.

yoyo

i_steal_sheep wrote: »

*First World Problem Alert*

I happen to have 2 €100 notes in my wallet... and after visiting three different shops over the weekend, not one of them would accept them. In the last shop, when I opened my wallet and produced the note to pay for groceries he just laughed and said 'You don't think I'm going to accept that, do you'? So I left him with the groceries and I went on my way. Are they that unusual that people are so fearful of getting scammed? I'm just going to have to go to Bank at lunch and get them to give me 'small' money! Legal tender is legal tender at the end of the day.

I had one recently and Tesco accepted it... The guy at the checkout did give it a thorough going over though, I think it's more a fact that having to give change out of a 100 euro note can clear out the till, but Tesco do accept them, well the Rathmines one did anyways..

Nick

seamus

Depends on what you were buying. If you went in early in the day to buy €10 worth of groceries with a €100 note, you could wipe out the float in one go.

Many shops have a policy of not taking anything over €50 basically because people generally don't know what a €100 note looks like, so someone could be handing over any old yoke they printed off at home.

FloatingVoter

OP, maybe the guy in the shop had some sheep stolen recently. Just a thought.

D

I've used a €500 note, although I did get a dirty look. I can't imagine any other reason with the exception of cleaning out the till to refuse.

If you are really having that much trouble go to a bank.

Death and Taxes

smash wrote: »

I've never had problems using a €100 note







Then again, I only use €500 notes...

Apple Green Services on the M1 wont accept them either.

poisonated

antodeco wrote: »

Secondly, I doubt very much the guy said that!

It's not exactly unbelievable that someone would say it. I suppose you might just have to go to a bank. I didn't have any real problem, your man did look at it a bit longer than usual but that is to be expected.

It somewhat depends on when you went in. If you went in in the morning, when chances are that a cashier hasn't had much change bar their standard float, then giving change out of a €100 is pretty damned difficult, especially when you didn't spend much. If it really is much of a problem for you, then just go into a bank and ask them to give you notes of a lower denomination - I mean, it obviously bothered you enough to create a thread about it, but not to do something to solve it.

Shenshen

My mother had the same problem when she visited me here a while back.
It's a perfectly normal thing in Germany, if you go to an ATM and take out €100, you will get a €100 note most of the time.

We got chatting to a shop keeper, because they had problems accepting the note, and were told that since most of their tills are made in the UK, many of them simply have no option for any values above 50 - apparently there are no £100 notes?

not sure if it's true, it's what we were told. They did manage to enter the transaction by entering it as two €50 transactions.

muff03

I went into a local store over Christmas and was buying a few bits for lunch, about €7 worth. I had only a €100 and my visa, so thinking the girl wouldn't take the cash I used my card. "Sorry, but we don't accept cards for anything under €10" she said. So I said "fair enough, but you'll be breaking €100!" And she did, but she was bulling haha

smash

Shenshen wrote: »

We got chatting to a shop keeper, because they had problems accepting the note, and were told that since most of their tills are made in the UK, many of them simply have no option for any values above 50 - apparently there are no £100 notes?

So in any of these shops you can't spend more than €50?

Shenshen

smash wrote: »

So in any of these shops you can't spend more than €50?

Not sure... as I said, that was what we were told, it's well possible it was just bull.

davet82

got refused in a topaz with a €200 euro note (sold a car) to buy €20 petrol and smokes, he told me his float in the till was less than the change i would recieve so i paid by laser, no biggie

smash

Shenshen wrote: »

Not sure... as I said, that was what we were told, it's well possible it was just bull.

Sounds like it.

davet82

davet82 wrote: »

got refused in a topaz with a €200 euro note (sold a car) to buy €20 petrol and smokes, he told me his float in the till was less than the change i would recieve so i paid by laser, no biggie

There's a €200 note?

biko

Had to google what they look like

Shenshen

smash wrote: »

Sounds like it.

Yep, quick google shows that the UK does in fact have £100 notes.

Which raises the more interesting question, why are €100 notes such a rare thing in Ireland?

RoyalMarine

Shenshen wrote: »

We got chatting to a shop keeper, because they had problems accepting the note, and were told that since most of their tills are made in the UK, many of them simply have no option for any values above 50 - apparently there are no £100 notes?

not sure if it's true, it's what we were told. They did manage to enter the transaction by entering it as two €50 transactions.

£100 only exist in Scotland and N.Ireland.

Dravokivich

seamus wrote: »

Depends on what you were buying. If you went in early in the day to buy €10 worth of groceries with a €100 note, you could wipe out the float in one go.

Many shops have a policy of not taking anything over €50 basically because people generally don't know what a €100 note looks like, so someone could be handing over any old yoke they printed off at home.

Even then, a lot of the times, local shops/newsagents will have to constantly throw money into the back office to keep the float down as well. So regardless of when you go in, it's likely you won't be able to get change for it.

TheGoldenAges

Since many people haven't seen all the euro notes

http://mindmillion.com/images/money/euro_notes.jpg

smash

Shenshen wrote: »

Yep, quick google shows that the UK does in fact have £100 notes.

Which raises the more interesting question, why are €100 notes such a rare thing in Ireland?

I don't know. I don't get it. I've got €100 and €200 notes from ATM's abroad but in Ireland you withdraw €500 and you're usually handed a pile of €20s... it's strange.

davet82

Deleted User wrote: »

There's a €200 note?

yes (its the yellow one) i had a few that day and a couple of €500 euro notes (which are huge things), i loved trying to break the €500 note in shops for the crack (made me feel like a big man :cool:) it wasn't long after the euro's came in either...

spent the the two €500 euro notes in dixons on a technics radio... what waste actually

Shenshen

smash wrote: »

I don't know. I don't get it. I've got €100 and €200 notes from ATM's abroad but in Ireland you withdraw €500 and you're usually handed a pile of €20s... it's strange.

I always found the German ones very considerate... if you take out €50, most of the time you will get a tenner and 2 twenties.
So you never have the problems I often have now where you take money out the ATM to buy a bus ticket, and the driver can't make the change.

KTRIC

Someone might correct me on this but as far as I recall the €200 and €500 notes were never issued here. It doesn't mean they're not legal tender though which I've been told on numerous occasions in shops.

davet82

smash wrote: »

I don't know. I don't get it. I've got €100 and €200 notes from ATM's abroad but in Ireland you withdraw €500 and you're usually handed a pile of €20s... it's strange.

i withdrew €500 from an ATM in Madeira and it gave them to me in €5 notes so be careful what you wish for!

smash

KTRIC wrote: »

Someone might correct me on this but as far as I recall the €200 and €500 notes were never issued here. It doesn't mean they're not legal tender though which I've been told on numerous occasions in shops.

The €500 was decommissioned here because the only people to use them were criminals.

davet82

KTRIC wrote: »

Someone might correct me on this but as far as I recall the €200 and €500 notes were never issued here. It doesn't mean they're not legal tender though which I've been told on numerous occasions in shops.

only place i came across them is guys own car dealerships for some reason, never banks although post office seem to have lots of €100 notes for some reason

john_cappa

Changing a 100 euro note doesn't clean out the till any more than breaking a 50 euro note! It's the same amount of small notes and coins needed in change plus a whole 50!

Never had a problem. Do people not know who to check them ffs

KTRIC

smash wrote: »

The €500 was decommissioned here because the only people to use them were criminals.

Decommissioned you say, I bet they're telling everyone that :rolleyes:

Caliden

Deleted User wrote: »

It somewhat depends on when you went in. If you went in in the morning, when chances are that a cashier hasn't had much change bar their standard float, then giving change out of a €100 is pretty damned difficult, especially when you didn't spend much. If it really is much of a problem for you, then just go into a bank and ask them to give you notes of a lower denomination - I mean, it obviously bothered you enough to create a thread about it, but not to do something to solve it.

The bank charges you to break higher denomination notes...

seamus

smash wrote: »

I don't know. I don't get it. I've got €100 and €200 notes from ATM's abroad but in Ireland you withdraw €500 and you're usually handed a pile of €20s... it's strange.

It's cultural I think. In Germany, for example, they're notoriously wary of credit cards, so someone would think nothing of paying for a €1000 item in cash. Here in Ireland we feel exposed or weird handing over that much in cash and prefer to use credit, cheques or drafts.

So the banks are providing the denominations that people want.

Caliden

Caliden wrote: »

The bank charges you to break higher denomination notes...

Do they? I can't even remember the last time I held anything higher than a €50, so I've no idea!?

Large notes I've had have gone straight to the bank

Gillo

The other reason they won't accept larger notes is if they are forged the store will be down a lot of money, obviously stores can check them but since the are rarely tendered staff won't be as familiar with them and it may be easier to pass a fake one off.
From the cashiers point of view, very few will give this reason to a customer as even though they'd explain that it's not an accusation against that particular customer, you'll get people out there who will take offence.

It's also ball ache when someone buys something low value with a high value note especially if it's earlier in the day and it clears a float out.

repsol

I filled a car in a petrol station in the states a few years back and the cashier refused a 100 dollar bill.I did not have enough in smaller bills to pay what was owed but she was insistent that 100 dollar bills were not accepted.I had no cards on me as I was wearing shorts and just had a driving licence and cash.A sheriffs deputy who was in the queue intervened. He checked my ID and looked at the note. He informed the cashier that as far as he was concerned I was a making a lawful attempt to pay my bill and if she continued to refuse payment I was entitled to leave the store.She accepted the note but wasn't too happy!

scamalert

Gillo wrote: »

The other reason they won't accept larger notes is if they are forged the store will be down a lot of money, obviously stores can check them but since the are rarely tendered staff won't be as familiar with them and it may be easier to pass a fake one off.
From the cashiers point of view, very few will give this reason to a customer as even though they'd explain that it's not an accusation against that particular customer, you'll get people out there who will take offence.

It's also ball ache when someone buys something low value with a high value note especially if it's earlier in the day and it clears a float out.

the higher value note,the more securities it has,but in Ireland most used note is 50e which is relatively safe,and most forgeries appear on lesser nominal notes like 20 and 10.large notes are used mostly if traveling or buying cars abroad and its normal in countries like Germany.
as for 100e note i had it only couple times myself and yes for security reasons most places will hardly accept it,but dont see any troubles since any bank will happily put notes of 100 to 500 into your account.

Jester252

Got detained trying to use a €500 note once

Rented Mule

seamus wrote: »

Many shops have a policy of not taking anything over €50 basically because people generally don't know what a €100 note looks like, so someone could be handing over any old yoke they printed off at home.

Are many shops hiring the handicapped these days or is this a reflection of the educational system ?

seamus

Rented Mule wrote: »

Are many shops hiring the handicapped these days or is this a reflection of the educational system ?

It's a matter of experience. Most people never see a €100 note. They see fifties and twenties all the time, but not 100s. Seems a bit reactionary to say that someone must be an idiot because they don't know how to recognise something they've never seen before.

Kicker of course is that 20s are much more likely to be forged precisely because they're so common, so I imagine any cashier is more likely to miss a fake 20 than they are to miss a fake 100. They'll scrutinise the latter much more than the former.

Where To

I'll accept all denominations of all currencies, no bother to me.

By the way, does anyone want 1000 Gibraltar puns, PM me for details.

guineylab

i asked for a 500 note in the bank and they said they didnt carry anything over 50 !

frozenfrozen

Just to leave this here, if you have a mint condition irish 500 euro note it's worth more like a grand. Mint condition not being ripped to check if its real or any of those pen checker things on them... handy thing to know if you're ever lucky enough to come across one!

Gillo

scamalert wrote: »

the higher value note,the more securities it has,but in Ireland most used note is 50e which is relatively safe,and most forgeries appear on lesser nominal notes like 20 and 10.large notes are used mostly if traveling or buying cars abroad and its normal in countries like Germany.
as for 100e note i had it only couple times myself and yes for security reasons most places will hardly accept it,

The point is if it's a fake &20, the store would be down €20, if its a fake €100 the store is down €100, it's a much bigger hit.

I agree though smaller notes are easier to fake and pass off, as you can pay for something with a wad of small notes and have one or two fake ones buined in with the genuine ones.

Gillo

scamalert wrote: »

the higher value note,the more securities it has,but in Ireland most used note is 50e which is relatively safe,and most forgeries appear on lesser nominal notes like 20 and 10.large notes are used mostly if traveling or buying cars abroad and its normal in countries like Germany.
as for 100e note i had it only couple times myself and yes for security reasons most places will hardly accept it,

The point is if it's a fake &20, the store would be down €20, if its a fake €100 the store is down €100, it's a much bigger hit.

I agree though smaller notes are easier to fake and pass off, as you can pay for something with a wad of small notes and have one or two fake ones buined in with the genuine ones.

RobbingBandit

Gillo wrote: »

The point is if it's a fake &20, the store would be down €20, if its a fake €100 the store is down €100, it's a much bigger hit.

I agree though smaller notes are easier to fake and pass off, as you can pay for something with a wad of small notes and have one or two fake ones buined in with the genuine ones.

wrong, example: if the store accept a fake €100 for €10 worth of stock they are down €200, the value of the fake €100 plus the €90 they have issued in change plus the €10 worth of shopping.

olcod

Got paid one week with a 500 note and two 100's, the two 100's were no bother to change but the 500 was a nightmare, no one would except it, ended up changing it at my local......BIG mistake !!!

tricky D

Most bookies and casinos will take them last time I checked.

miss no stars

RobbingBandit wrote: »

wrong, example: if the store accept a fake €100 for €10 worth of stock they are down €200, the value of the fake €100 plus the €90 they have issued in change plus the €10 worth of shopping.

No, you have it wrong. If someone comes in and buys €10 worth of goods with a real €100 they get €90 of genuine change, plus their goods. Their "balance" originally was €100 and it still is, except it's made up of goods and cash. The shop's original balance was €90 of cash and €10 of goods, they now have €100 in cash and €0 in goods.

If a fake €100 is used:

Unwitting customer/deliberate thief initially has €0 worth of real money. They carry out the transaction using a FAKE €100 (worth nothing) and come away with their change and goods. They now have a balance of €100 (€90 cash and €10 goods). The shop originally had €90 cash and €10 goods but now is down €90 cash and €10 goods.

You're double counting.