Scottish Money

[blueboyno1]

I think the police were just siding with the local landlord against the outsiders .As for Turkey i always take their currency with me ,but there are people who exchange BOS notes and then moan about it .My point was why should it be a lesser rate when it is the same value and is legal tender, as i said a real insult.

[History]

My point was why should it be a lesser rate when it is the same value and is legal tender. As I said a real insult.

I took your point and agree that it doesn't seem right.

It's handy to know that you may not get the true value of your Scottish notes if for some unknown reason you have to take GBP with you to another country and hope to get a fair rate of exchange.

One of the benefits of people like yourself posting info like that on forums can make people more aware of trying to exchange money abroad, especially inexperienced travellers. Forearmed is forewarned.

[Sheik Yir Erse]

As I understand it in foreign coutries, the Bureau De Changes, hotels, casinos, etc get charged a handling fee by banks for Scottish Notes, generally because they cannot re-use them and have to come back to the UK. Unlike the English Notes which will be accepted by anyone and can go back into their forex 'float'. They provide a lower exchange rate to cover their costs.

Hope this helps understanding why the rates are different.

[gizmo]

The English seem to be the only ones with the problem with anything other than B O E notes. Imagine being taken to the police staion over it. Just shows the English police are not very bright. Surely someone at the station would have known better. Doesn't say much for their fraud squad. Hope they were suitably affronted.

Regarding Turkey, why would you want to exchange your currency over there in the first place. I have been places where they won't even take travellers cheques. Always best to be prepared with the local currency. I never take travellers cheques now.[/quote]

I have been asking myself since this thread began why the hell dont people take English notes with them when they cross the border. I have never had any problems but then again I have heard of people that have, so I try and use up Scottish notes before I pass Carlisle. Maybe the English police are not very bright but wouldnt it have been easier just to have tenderred English notes rather than spending a couple of hours in the station.

[History]

As someone who has never been in trouble in my life I would have been pissed off as hell if I had been taken into a police station and questioned for 2 hours over something like that. What the h.ll were the police thinking off? What crime was I supposed to have committed?

I cannot see under any circumstances a person being questioned for two hours over this and a solution not being arrived at within a very short space of time. Absolutely unbelievable. I would have went straight to a lawyer and insisted on a police apology if it had happened.

I have heard of places that don't take Scottish money ie supermarkets and so on but I have never heard of them calling the police.

I think I made my point regarding the exchange rate. I would not take Scottish money into England never mind Turkey. Why cause a scene. Completely unnecessary. I'm on holiday who needs the hassle just to make a point. I wouldn't go to America and insist that Walmart took pounds instead of dollars.

Anyway Gizmo I very rarely go to England unless it is to pass through on my way to somewhere more civilised.

History

[blueboyno1]

As i have already said i think it weas more the police siding with the landlord .I was mad at the time but was just glad to get out of the place they were threatening to also charge us with breach of the peace,as for taking BOS notes there with me before i went i had went to my own bank and withdrew cash to cover expenses ,not thinking there would be a problem. As for going into walmart and paying with pounds they would accept them if they were BOE notes .I can go anywhere in Turkey and pay with BOE notes for anything but try it with BOS notes you are on to plums .

[gizmo]

[quote="History
I cannot see under any circumstances a person being questioned for two hours over this and a solution not being arrived at within a very short space of time. Absolutely unbelievable. I would have went straight to a lawyer and insisted on a police apology if it had happened.[/quote]

I would be very surprised if blueboy and the Son of Scotland were held in the chokey for 2 hours because of the Scottish banknotes. More likely to be over the argument in the B&B with the landlord I would have thought.

[History]

So like me you think that "arguing the point with him" (landlord) got a bit heated?

[bill]

So like me you think that "arguing the point with him" (landlord) got a bit heated?

That's the way it reads to me.

[blueboyno1]

[quote="History
I cannot see under any circumstances a person being questioned for two hours over this and a solution not being arrived at within a very short space of time. Absolutely unbelievable. I would have went straight to a lawyer and insisted on a police apology if it had happened.

I would be very surprised if blueboy and the Son of Scotland were held in the chokey for 2 hours because of the Scottish banknotes. More likely to be over the argument in the B&B with the landlord I would have thought. [/quote]


I am telling you how it was surprise or not ,they made a big show of making us out like fraudsters before the breach of the peace was even mentioned .They were trying to insult us and make an @rse of us .

[blueboyno1]

They took all our notes from us and inspected them l every one in front of us with ultra violet lights .If we had complained no doubt they would have made the dispute with the landlord an excuse.