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Same when I lived in Germany, never had a problem with high value notes.
Shops refusing to take £50 notes
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Same when I lived in Germany, never had a problem with high value notes.
I never realised! According to Wikipedia
Currently, 20 pence pieces and 50-pence pieces are legal tender in amounts up to 10 pounds; 5-pence pieces and 10-pence pieces are legal tender in amounts up to 5 pounds; and 1-penny pieces and 2-pence pieces are legal tender in amounts up to 20 pence.
You learn something new every day.
Associate
So why print £50 notes.
well yes.
If you use the £50 to buy £50 worth of stuff you'd probably be ok.
using a £50 for £1 worth of stuff screams "this is counterfeit and i want it changed for legit money"
Man of Honour
Some places don't accept cards, but we still make them as a lot of places do.
You've clearly not worked behind a till before - I remember wanting to stab the customer in the face when they paid with a £50 note for something like a bottle of coke 
I always gave them lots of change though You want notes instead of coin sir? Suck my nips!
I always gave them lots of change though
You want notes instead of coin sir? Suck my nips! 
Not always an option though. A few times i've just wanted to buy a hot chocolate or something and had absolutley nothing on me apart from the £50 note. I apologised for it, but nothing more I could do about it. Though whenever that has happened, the till guy has just given a grin, checked it against the light, and given me my change without any further fuss.
Soldato
When I worked in M&S one summer, we weren't allowed to take £50 notes without managers approval.
Could be there was a threat of forged notes at the time.
Currently in one supermarket at least there's a crackdown on signature authorised cards for purchases over a certain value. They have to now be authorised by the bank over the phone. That's due to some high losses on signature authorised card transactions (mostly foreign cards and some messed up PIN cards use this kind of authorisation now).
Associate
I once had an American come to my work and paid with 3 £100 notes, I had never seen one before let alone 3!
Thankfully his total was only a few pounds short of £300.
But still had to get my boss lol.
Thankfully his total was only a few pounds short of £300.
But still had to get my boss lol.
Paying for large value items in cash. I.e. a car.
Paying for a £10k car with £10's is as much fun as receiving £49 change in 20p's...
Soldato
I bought two pints with a £50 in a pub the other day. I think you just look like a thief.
Soldato
Legal tender only refers to the settlement of debt and is to stop the creditor from taking the collateral when the debtor can pay.
A shop can refuse to sell you something for ANY reason.
A shop can refuse to sell you something for ANY reason.
I've never been refused £50 note but then I would never use a £50 note for anything below £10 value.
On one occasion someone tried to pay me using £100 note, I was like WTF (at that time I never even knew they existed and would never ever accept one) for a £10 payment. I know this guy was genuine and was not trying to scam me as I later found out.
On one occasion someone tried to pay me using £100 note, I was like WTF (at that time I never even knew they existed and would never ever accept one) for a £10 payment. I know this guy was genuine and was not trying to scam me as I later found out.
Loads of places take them
its just the inbred ***** scum who inhabit the third world country that is the rest of the UK outside London tend to be suspicious of what they believe to be large sums of money - £50 likely buys you several houses in some northern pit villages
its just the inbred ***** scum who inhabit the third world country that is the rest of the UK outside London tend to be suspicious of what they believe to be large sums of money - £50 likely buys you several houses in some northern pit villages