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- From: roder@cco.caltech.edu (Brenda J. Roder)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Legal Tender???
- Date: 15 Dec 1992 23:39:04 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- References: <1992Dec11.171413.11631@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1992Dec14.162529.12603@fns-nc1.fns.com> <BzBAtv.533@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec15.195746.2482@ads.com>
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- henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
-
- >a sorta-related issue: why are usans so squirrely about
- >large-denomination banknotes? if you read other newsgroups then you
- >know i travel the world; i've only seen this sort of braindeath in the
- >usa ... i have a hundred-guilder note from the netherlands in my billfold,
- >and if i go to a dutch newsstand and buy a three-guilder newspaper the
- >merchant will make change cheerfully, will not fret and fuss over the
- >denomination, and i'll be on my way in minutes.
-
- I think it is a matter of ratios: 3 guilder out of 100 guilder is like
- buying a 0.60 dollar newspaper with a 20 dollar bill, which is not something
- that most newsstands would flinch at here. However, trying to buy a 60 cent
- newspaper with a 50 or 100 dollar bill would be something else. Also, there
- is the matter that most places that limit the bills they accept only do it
- late at night when there is worry that the probability is higher that they
- will be robbed so they keep money available (i.e. change) to a minimum.
-
- --
- -- Brenda (roder@cobalt.caltech.edu)
- Thought before action, if there's time.
- _The Edge_ Dick Francis
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