...to complain about "Scottish money" fiasco?

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I probably am BU, but i was mortified.

At the weekend, my DH and I took the children to Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester, and stayed over the night before. We took a trip to the Trafford Centre, and the children chose McDonald's for dinner. When I paid, I handed over a Bank of Scotland £20 note. The cashier asked if I had any "English money" and, when I told her I didn't, she said she didn't think she could accept Scottish money.

The place was packed, but I asked her to check that with her manager. She then had a shouted conversation with him from one end of the counter to the other, discussing whether my cash was sterling and did it have a metal strip. I was absolutely mortified, and furious.

AIBU to complain on principle?

(I work throughout the UK and have never experienced this before)

milsean I was referring to notes from NI, so yes, sterling.

Why don't Scots just change their money before they come to England?

Shops won't accept their money because they don't know whether it's real or forged.

I can't believe the Scots still have £1 notes.

I couldnt pay with a scottish fiver ( in scotland) because it was 'too old'

Seems people can refuse notes for any reason.

Is a £1 note a difficult thing to believe? There are only about ten in circulation.

Jersey still use £1 notes. :)

And i have one of them!!
though someone told me recently that the shops are no longer taking them, so i now have a £1 that will forever burn a hole in my pocket!!

Banks will still take them. Might as well keep it though.

Seems people can refuse notes for any reason.
They can. It would be ridiculous if it were any other way. Shops are private businesses, not public services, as much as some people seem to think otherwise.

We are not one country we are one state made up of several countries. Technically Scottish notes are not legal tender in England and Wales under Currency and Bank Notes Act 1954. Now, with the removal of BoE 1UKP notes, only coins constitute legal tender in Scotland. English bank notes are only legal tender in England, Wales, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. In Scotland, 1 pound coins are legal tender to any amount, 20ps and 50ps are legal tender up to 10 pounds; 10p and 5ps to 5 pounds and 2p and 1p coins are legal tender to 20p (separately or in combination). 2 pounds coins and (if you can get hold of one) 5 pound coins are also legal tender to unlimited amounts, as are gold coins of the realm at face value (in Scotland at least).

I suspect some people are under the impression Scotland is a little village powered by gas torches!

You mean it isn't?

I thought it was like Brigadoon and only appears through a haze of whisky every so many years

It must be so exhausting to be Scottish. You have to be so militant all the time.

(and I'm Welsh)

I am a bit tired

mrspoc RE: the gas ...its scottish gas or british gas . I dont think there are actually many rigs in england . ;-)

Doesnt matter what its called , as long as those south of the border have enough to keep their wee homes warm and for cooking.

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