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11/03/2015
Newry Business Accepts €100 Toy Bank Note As Payment
A toy €100 bank not has been accepted by a business in Newry.
The note, made by the Early Learning Centre, was accepted as real money, leaving the business €100 down as well as the price of the goods.
The PSNI's Newry & Mourne Facebook said: "If you work in a cash handling job please take 5 seconds to check all notes you are accepting, the first check would be look at the thing! The second would be to swipe a counterfeit detector pen across it, you can buy these online for pennies. Then consider the feel of the note.
"Clearly no checks were done on this note and that business is now 100 Euro down plus the value of the goods it was used to 'pay' for! Isn't it as well the £ is pretty strong against the Euro!"
(CD)
The note, made by the Early Learning Centre, was accepted as real money, leaving the business €100 down as well as the price of the goods.
The PSNI's Newry & Mourne Facebook said: "If you work in a cash handling job please take 5 seconds to check all notes you are accepting, the first check would be look at the thing! The second would be to swipe a counterfeit detector pen across it, you can buy these online for pennies. Then consider the feel of the note.
"Clearly no checks were done on this note and that business is now 100 Euro down plus the value of the goods it was used to 'pay' for! Isn't it as well the £ is pretty strong against the Euro!"
(CD)
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