Scottish money in England...

[Mr Trophy]

Why will you not accept my Scottish money? It is legal tender! It's like I've handed you a dead seal!

[Stevenj214]

Mr Trophy said:

Why will you not accept my Scottish money? It is legal tender! It's like I've handed you a dead seal!

It's not.

[Saddle bum]

Technically, it is not legal tender.

[Uhura_Fighter]

It is down to the chap who is selling a service/product whether they accept it or not. The do not have to accept it.

[Mr Trophy]

Saddle bum said:

Technically, it is not legal tender.

How's that?

[Carl_Spackler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1j31AnF1zs

1.50 onwards.

[Nolar Dog]

There will always be someone somewhere who will accept it. If the first place don't, go elsewhere.

[Stevenj214]

Mr Trophy said:

Saddle bum said:

Technically, it is not legal tender.

How's that?

It's not even legal tender in Scotland.

[munky]

Scottish notes are not legal tender in Scotland, let alone England. However credit cards are not legal tender either but that doesn't mean they can't be used. In Scotland the only legal tender (technically) are coins, I believe.

However, I have never had a problem using Scottish notes in England, not yet anyway

[ellroy]

if i recall correctly no notes are legal tender, they are promisery notes, hence the phrase on them ' i promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of...'.

the only legal tender is coinage.

the further south you get the less likely are people to accept the Scottish notes, i tend to find that there are no issues here in Yorkshire. Probabaly as we see them reasonably frequently.

[Eric Mc]

Try getting rid of a Northern Ireland note!!!

[ellroy]

Eric Mc said:

Try getting rid of a Northern Ireland note!!!

true enough, although i find a national chain of Irish bars are more than willing to help me in this regard though, very generous of them to be this charitable!

[i remember]

Carl_Spackler said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1j31AnF1zs

1.50 onwards.

all of it

[Eric Mc]

ellroy said:

Eric Mc said:

Try getting rid of a Northern Ireland note!!!

true enough, although i find a national chain of Irish bars are more than willing to help me in this regard though, very generous of them to be this charitable!

If they didn't there'd be no hope.

[FunkyNige]

If I ever get one I go straight to a bank and change it for a normal note, saves so much grief!

[glazbagun]

Eric Mc said:

Try getting rid of a Northern Ireland note!!!

Tell me about it! I once had one of those (pretty cool) plastic tenners(fiver? Can't remember, any more). Had it for two weeks until I found an Irish barman who accepted it. I generally find that RBS & BOS notes tend to get accepted, but Clydesdale Bank noted get funny looks.

[otolith]

As I understand it, "legal tender" only means that it must be accepted if offered in settlement of a debt - a shopkeeper is allowed to refuse to accept any form of payment he wishes at the point of sale.

[Semi hemi]

Barman in Heathrow, Happily accepted Euro's but refused Scottish £'s saying that "its not legal tender". Oh and Euros are?
"if that is your point of view my good man, try shoving the drinks you have just poured back up the pipe. Have a nice day"!
The other bar was no problem at all.

[r1ot]

I was driving south with a pocketful of scottish notes and tried to pay for a burger it a fast food restaurant cue the dippy cow behind the counter shout at her boss whilst suspiciously eying up a scottish tenner.

"Ere boss are we allowed to accept sterling?"

[Bree]

We've been trained at work around which notes we are able to accept and which we are not. I was quite pleased to see them make the effort, providing pictorial reference cards and explaining what we should look out for.
However, we see them so infrequently most cashiers panic when they are presented with one.