Local Butcher wont accept E200 notes

[mcaul]

is he not entitled to accept as its legal tender

Only when a debt has already arisen such as an account with the butcher which is settled at the end of a month.

In a normal shopping purchase, no contract exists & no debt exists until the money is exchanged, therefore a shop can refuse any form of payment without giving reason.

Similarly if a price is on an item and the store claims it is incorrect, the price is not legally binding on either party until payment has been exchanged.

 

[Kine]

What if I arrive in with lots of change?

I remember reading somewhere that the most amount of coins you are able to use as legal tender is 20 of any one coin. Nex time I go to a shop I'm bring my change jar!

 

[Goathland]

I've obviously touched a few nerves with this one! If they are of such limited use why bother having them at all?

 

[CatherineB]

What if I arrive in with lots of change?

I remember reading somewhere that the most amount of coins you are able to use as legal tender is 20 of any one coin. Nex time I go to a shop I'm bring my change jar!

Nobody has a problem with change. Making up €5 in 50's and 20's, making up the €7 of a €17 sale etc. It gets a bit annoying when someone upends their massive purse on the counter and says 'take it out of that love'....all coppers, and a few 10 cents etc, it's not very considerate to the queue behind you! People also get very narky when they say 'There's €10 there' and you recount it. Pfft, I'm not risking it. There is however, a 50 coin rule apparently, I'd imagine it's not upheld very often. I once took €90 in coins for a transaction, it was a massive pain in the This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language for me and the queue and it did not fit in my till properly at all...but still less than the grief you'd get if you refused it.