I just thought the description of this note on Ebay was a bit funny. It was described as... Bill has some tears and shows sign of wear. I liked the "shows signs of wear" part, as if one could ever look at it and think, "Nope, don't see any signs of wear." Pretty big "sign" if you ask me (billboard variety)... It sold for $50 over face, and it almost would be worth it to get it and try to spend it at a store, just to see the look on people's faces. I bet you'd have a hard time buying something. . .
Well, have you ever read the story of Taco Hell when the guy tries to buy a taco from Taco Bell with a $2 bill? Security gets all involved and it turns out that $2's are not novelty items but legal tender, so the guy got a free soda and cinnamon stix. Maybe if you spend the $500 at Best Buy, you'll get a plasma free!
I'm not sure I heard that one, but I believe there was one about $2 at BestBuy as well. I would think you'd have some fun with this note, even though it would cost you, and if they took it, it would be gone. Fun to try when I have more money than I know what to do with and can do things like that.
There was a story in Coin World a while ago about a guy paying for a radio at Best Buy with $2 bills. The clerk called the police and they came and handcuffed him. IIRC, he sued the police and Best Buy. Charlie
The bank uptown here had a 500 dollar bill once and they asked me what it was worth because one of the tellers wanted to buy it....the only thing is that it had been laminated---I said not much over face I didn't think but to take it to the dealer in the town....by the time they took it there they had pulled the laminated off and alot of the bill....the teller still wanted it and took it.... Speedy
ROLF = Rolling On Floor Laughing It's not paper but there was also a story about a guy who got detained and almost arrested for trying to deposit Ike dollars into his account. Bank Manager said they were counterfeit because they were too big. Dollar coins are smaller then half dollars. After it was explained by the police officer that responded, and whose father was a collector, that Ike dollars were real, the manager still refused them because "since the small dollars have come out those large ones have probably been demonitized." And people listen to what people who work at banks tell them about their money!
“ROFL” I spelled it wrong, just wasn’t going to said nothen. “3y3 c0v1d 7y93 !n 133t sp34k” if you’d like.
You must be a computer geek. That’s the only time I hear the ID10T errors. 133t or leet, stands for elite. “Leet speak” is an Internet language.
Thanks for the stories guys but it smells like urban legend,that many variations on the same basic story should be a red flag.
