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  • 03-11-2009 1:17pm
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    fig mclough
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭


    yesterday i was in a local shop got a few things and payed with a 50euro note and got back change of two 20s!!

    today (diff shop) i was geting items and payed with one on the 20s, the woman brought to my attention that it was fake!!

    my question is can i go back to the other shop and demand another 20???


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    fig mclough wrote: »
    my question is can i go back to the other shop and demand another 20???

    No. You can't prove that this was the 20 that was given to you. You should report it to the bank, and the Gardai, that you were in receipt of forged money, and they can follow it up with the shop.


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    ch750536
    Registered Users Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭ch750536


    + you have lost €20.

    Or use it in Tesco.:D


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    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,512 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Unfortunately you're down €20. Not much you can do about it now. You're meant to check your change when you recieve it. Not many people do though.


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    mcaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭mcaul


    fig mclough wrote: »
    yesterday i was in a local shop got a few things and payed with a 50euro note and got back change of two 20s!!

    today (diff shop) i was geting items and payed with one on the 20s, the woman brought to my attention that it was fake!!

    my question is can i go back to the other shop and demand another 20???

    How did she show you it was a fake?

    If the silver foil on the right side of the not is coming off, that's normal wear & tear.

    The easiest way to check if a note is real is to rub your finger gently over the letters at the top of the note. You will feel a braille mark on even the grubbiest of notes. If the braille mark is there, the note is genuine.


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    ch750536 wrote: »

    Or use it in Tesco.:D

    That could get the OP in serious bother if proved he / she knowing passed a forged note.

    Op do as suggested and have the bank and or Gardai look at it


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    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    The bank would be obliged to retain it.


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    jeckle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭jeckle


    ch750536 wrote: »
    + you have lost €20.

    Or use it in Tesco.:D
    Wheety wrote: »
    Unfortunately you're down €20.
    The OP is actually down €40, not that that will make them feel any better.

    OP you could try going back to the shop - you may not be the only one who was given counterfeit money, & it would be worth a try. Otherwise you should report the matter to the Gardai.


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    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,512 ✭✭✭Wheety


    jeckle wrote: »
    The OP is actually down €40, not that that will make them feel any better.

    OP you could try going back to the shop - you may not be the only one who was given counterfeit money, & it would be worth a try. Otherwise you should report the matter to the Gardai.
    He only said one of the notes was a fake.


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    jeckle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭jeckle


    Wheety wrote: »
    He only said one of the notes was a fake.
    So they did - sorry, my mistake :eek:


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