Euro and Sterling

Antar Bolaeisk

Antar Bolaeisk

Antar Bolaeisk

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Over the weekend we've had a lot more Northerners at work than usual as a result of it being the July 12th bankholiday and the majority of them insisited on using Sterling even though the national currency in this country is Euro (would they do the same going to France?). Of course it's not enough to just use Sterling but they all want prices in Sterling as well which is complete madness in my opinion. We of course accept Sterling as a service, though not at the exchange rate of the day, to which many customers also complain at which point I direct them to the nearest ATM, just across the road, which will give them the up to the minute rate though many don't bother anyways.

Of course I'm well aware that Southerners head up to the North and expect to pay in Euro as well with Newry being (maybe not anymore, I'm not sure what it's like now) a particular hot spot offering pound for euro. Why can't people just get the correct money for the correct area, it's not that hard?

Sorry, mini rant over.

The TLDR version:

Why do Northerners insist on using Sterling in the South and why do Southerners insist on using Euro in the North?
 
I've never went down South thinking I could use my Sterling. It's so easy to go to a cash machine anyway and I don't even think it charges you much. People just being ignorant and assuming you have to accomodate them.
 
Raymond Lin said:
The Irish as a whole are too lazy to go to the bank to change it? :p
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This would appear to be the problem or perhaps it's just a way of saying my money is better than yours and hence you should accept it even though most euro fivers and tenners tend to be in rag order and Sterling has so many different varieties of notes ranging from that Scottish plastic fiver to the fact that most Sterling isn't even real Sterling due to lack of Queen's head (maybe this is a myth but I've always been told I have to change the random Sterling for Queen's Head Sterling whenever heading into England).
 
Antar Bolaeisk said:
This would appear to be the problem or perhaps it's just a way of saying my money is better than yours and hence you should accept it even though most euro fivers and tenners tend to be in rag order and Sterling has so many different varieties of notes ranging from that Scottish plastic fiver to the fact that most Sterling isn't even real Sterling due to lack of Queen's head (maybe this is a myth but I've always been told I have to change the random Sterling for Queen's Head Sterling whenever heading into England).
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Haha, that plasic fiver is from nothern bank up here, but anyway all the banks up here (ulster, northern, first trust and bank of ireland) all have the rights to print their own money and for the sake of attracting more bankers none print queeney on them (making mainland notes a distinct sign your not from about these parts are you's)

Its shocking that people cant exchange money for traveling over the boarder though! Especially when you get free currency exchange withdrawals in all banks that operate both sides of the boarder (well ulsterbank definitely does that)

To be honest we should all be using the euro though, its shocking see that the uk still thinks sterling can hold its own when conmbined with the euro, the euro would be come potentially more important than the dollar.... (and and i was shocked to find out a few weeks ago that you cant use euro zone cheques up here...)
 
The customers are not the problem it is in your businesses interest to provide goods to them in the manner they want. If you don't think that the custom is worth the hastle you can always refuse. Remember the first rule of retail, the customer is always right.
 
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