Where to change torn $100 bill

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bittermelon wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:37 pm Re: Can we exchange torn money at the bank with lower value?
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Post by jah steu » Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:04 pm

"In my bars I make a point of accepting money in any condition... rips, holes, faded areas, tape...
I think it's just good customer service.
And some of the girls' English is not quite up to scratch. I've passed girls saying to customers who have given them a ripped note "your money shit, no good".
So we take any notes, and any hard foreign currency as well. Easy enough to change it later.
Once a month I take all the damaged notes to Acleda where they exchange them without question."

How did I not know this????
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Re: Where to change torn $100 bill

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Put the torn note in your wallet.

Fill up at petrol station

Pay with torn note, make sure all other cash is hidden.
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I've passed girls saying to customers who have given them a ripped note "your money shit, no good".
That's hilarious. They have a point though, fuck taking any note that's worth less than its face value at most money-changers. Where do all the dollars in circulation come from? Obviously individuals bring in a lot, as does trade, but do the banks buy in pallet-loads of new ones for their ATMs or what? Just asking for a friend who was very interested. :?
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bittermelon wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:37 pm Once a month I take all the damaged notes to Acleda where they exchange them without question."
one wonders what all the extensive pondering, fingering, and examination is all about if it is so easy.
anyhow good to know thanks
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(┛◉Д◉)┛ wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:00 pm
bittermelon wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:37 pm Once a month I take all the damaged notes to Acleda where they exchange them without question."
one wonders what all the extensive pondering, fingering, and examination is all about if it is so easy.
anyhow good to know thanks
To check if the note is real, not if it's torn
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Ok thanks for all the advice. I had already tried Canadia and they sent me to the national bank. Got accounts with acleda so will try them tomorrow.
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pczz wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:50 pm Ok thanks for all the advice. I had already tried Canadia and they sent me to the national bank. Got accounts with acleda so will try them tomorrow.
Hope it works out. would be good to know.
I think I had posted before. When I was in Battambang I went to Acleda with £2000 in £20 notes. The casher was sorting through them! Two piles, one good, one not good, due to writing on them. I said stop due to the bigger pile being rejected. I took the cash to a money changer, he took the money to Acleda, he changed all with no problems.
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AndyKK wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:14 am
pczz wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:50 pm Ok thanks for all the advice. I had already tried Canadia and they sent me to the national bank. Got accounts with acleda so will try them tomorrow.
Hope it works out. would be good to know.
I think I had posted before. When I was in Battambang I went to Acleda with £2000 in £20 notes. The casher was sorting through them! Two piles, one good, one not good, due to writing on them. I said stop due to the bigger pile being rejected. I took the cash to a money changer, he took the money to Acleda, he changed all with no problems.
Went to Acleda today and they would not accept it. Told me to go to Ly Hour, so looks like I will have to take a $30 hit. The moral of this story is count and check you notes carefully
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Pop into a cashino, put it in a machine, hit collect, new note.
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if you have a "good" enough relationship with a bank they will change for you.
Money is not the problem, the problem is no money
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