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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 590657, member: 17753&quot;]I&#039;ve had, on the whole, great reactions to spending them!&nbsp; Most everyone accepts it, and about half of them view it as somewhat of a novelty, and I&#039;ve gotten into some great conversations about them.&nbsp; And the kids in the neighborhood totally love them, and my kids enjoy the attention the get when they spend them in school.</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent 10 of them at a parking lot, parking for a baseball game yesterday.&nbsp; The guy took it just like he was taking a $10-bill.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t spend them at restaurants or other stores very much, b/c I prefer to use my credit card, to get cash-back-rebate.&nbsp; But I use them in personal transactions (paying my $5 towards the office baby-shower, $5 from the flower vendor, kids&#039; school lunch money, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And, in any event, I consider it my civic and numismatic duty to spend them and educate folks about them (especially after I order &quot;direct ship&quot; and get the rebate from my credit card!).</p><p><br /></p><p>My rule of thumb: on those occasions when I get a &quot;funny look&quot;, I think of it as an <span style="color: Blue"><b>opportunity</b></span>, not an annoyance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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