A way to possibly get $500 Bills circulating again

Heck. With that many signatures, you could run against him in the next election.

 

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Problem with internet petitions is that they'll come from all over the country. Makes less of an impact on elected officials, who are really only worried about the voters they need to hold in their district so they don't get "fired".

 

It's impractical. Electronically transferred cash (debit, credit, etc.) make carrying that much money redundant. And the fact you can get robbed, or have a counterfitted bill is pretty high.

 

Drago, really, why is this so important to you?

 

I do think $500's are cool looking ...

 

Heck if they did pass it would probably be a result on inflation. Maybe the key here would be to find a representative that collects notes. It doesn't have to be from your district.

 

I've seen a 500 dollar note at a bank --- the teller was telling people to buy it for face value because it was worth more than that. This was a few years ago, maybe 2007. My dad actually brought home a 1000 dollar bill once, in about 1966 or 67, and let each of us three kids hold it. He said it was probably the only time we would ever get to hold one. He was right. I've never seen one in person, let alone hold it since then.

 

What is the point!! It is hard enough just using a $100 or $50 bill to buy anything these days.

I went into a gas station just the other day. My truck holds 35 gals so I walked in and handed the
guy $150 in cash 1 $50 and 1 $100. They wouldn't accept them!!

 

Oh, and the gap is even higher in many instances. In about 1966, a motel room went for 6 dollars. In fact, Motel 6 was named because they had rooms for 6 dollars. Motel 8 didn't start until 1972, and was named for the $8.88 rooms. Now a room costs usually at least 60.00 - 80.00 or much more, depending on the motel. Gas at the time was 26 cents a gallon. Now it's 3.69 I think. Soda's were 10 cents in the machine, and you could get a Dr Pepper in a small bottle. You know, the one with the 10-2-4 on it. Soda caps (the round, indented metal kinds, with the names and colors of the sodas on them) were easily found scattered in fields and along sidewalks, etc. People had collections of those.

 

One day the world will all be plastic. All it will be are credit cards.

 

The fool(s) at the register may have been scared they were fake. This is due to a lack of training or critical thinking skills in inspecting bills for authenticity. A few years ago I was in the tv/dvd/music section of a Target. I paid with a $20 bill to make a purchase. One or two minutes later a man tried to use a $50 bill to make a $30 purchase. The cashier told him he didn't have enough change! I said to myself, what?!?!?! Maybe the cashier was some kind of stereotyping racist and thought that because the guy was Hispanic he would be easy to shake off. All I know is if that cashier pulled that with me I would have hung around to look in his register to see if he had enough change or not. If he did I would have reported him immediately.

Some Motel 6 rooms only cost $27.99 a night and there are some casino rooms in Laughlin, NV that cost only between $18-$25 a night. The $25 rooms in Laughlin are pretty nice btw.

 

and the US will be using the metric system and dollar coins, too !

 

I had wal-mart cashier use the pen on a $5 bill the other day !

 

there are quite a few gas stations around here that have signs posted that say they won't accept anything larger than a $20. i asked a manager at one store why that is, and they said if they accepted them, they would be a bigger robbery target. it had nothing to do with fake bills.

 

I almost always prepay with a $100 bill for gas and I never even get a comment, like $20 minimum,....I don't buy gas until at least down to 25% of a tank or usually much less, so it's a $40-65 purchase .

I haven't had a gas station attendant balk at a C-note in years.....it must be that spiffy new looking 12 year old F-150 I drive.....or they say, yeah that'll suck up 18 gallons easy, take the hundred from that fat white guy.....Habib!

 

maybe because Cincy is a nasty crime ridden ****hole perhaps ?

If I say I'll buy 18+ gallons of gas ( over $50) , they won't take a $50 spot ? or gimme $50 on #8, no change...

The nasty nati, I guess !

 

This is what drop safes are used for. It sounds like the gas stations around your area either need to modernise or close up shop.

 

...and electronic transfers via phone apps. the tech is already rolling out.

 

US money is not on the metric system now?

 

Actually the "rich and famous" rarely carry much cash at all.

Wht? You could seldom do anything with them until you break them back down into smaller denominations, and that will usually require a second trip to the bank. I'd think I would rather take the inconvenience of carrying five pieces of paper than having to make a special trip back to the bank to change my one piece of paper into five pieces so I could go to the store. And I still end up having to have the five pieces, so having the $500 note hasn't helped at all.

You are probably right. But back in 1970 almost no one used $100 in their daily activities either. Don't get me wrong, with the falling value of the dollar eventually the $500 and the $1000 will become needed, but not yet. When taking your wife and two kids out to McDonalds is costing $50 then the $500 would probably be a good thing, but we aren't there yet.

Has been since 1866. That was the year the Mint officially went metric. And it was official. It was included in the legislation that created the nickel five cent piece.