Are we accepting $2 bills?

Had my second run-in with a teller asking a manager if they take $2
bills. The first was some jail baiter who probably never saw one
before but today was a 'seasoned' clerk who needed the manager's
permission as the store had stop accepting them for a bit. I've
seen 'no bills over $50 accepted' so I assume they can refuse a $2
bill? She didn't give me a reason why they stopped taking them for
a while, just said management told them to.

The conversation had a few people in line talking about the bills and
how you can only get them at the race track. Uh huh, if you say so :-)

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Duh_OZ wrote:

Had my second run-in with a teller asking a manager if they take $2
bills. The first was some jail baiter who probably never saw one
before but today was a 'seasoned' clerk who needed the manager's
permission as the store had stop accepting them for a bit. I've
seen 'no bills over $50 accepted' so I assume they can refuse a $2
bill? She didn't give me a reason why they stopped taking them for
a while, just said management told them to.

Why in the world would a store take $1 and $5 bills but not a $2 bill?
Have they received counterfeit two-dollar bills? I've never heard of a
counterfeit deuce. That's why it's so funny to see a clerk use one of
those counterfeit-detecting pens on twos. I used to ask why they were
doing that, but I never got a good answer so now I just smile and watch
them. Is it that if they're not familiar with it then it must be
counterfeit?

I suppose it's just as legal to refuse a $2 bill as it is a $50 or $100.
Personally, if I were using $2 bills for a purchase and they refused to
take them, I'd leave the merchandise on the counter and take my business
elsewhere.

Paul

On Feb 13, 10:22 am, Paul Anderson wrote:
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I suppose it's just as legal to refuse a $2 bill as it is a $50 or $100.
Personally, if I were using $2 bills for a purchase and they refused to
take them, I'd leave the merchandise on the counter and take my business
elsewhere.

Paul
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Had my Visa backup for my whopping $8.63 bill. Let them get the
slight profit eaten up by Visa surcharges :-)

Oh yeah - I was at a fishing show last weekend and paid some guy with
a $2. He was admiring it and passed it onto another customer who
requested it in change. Probably will sit in some drawer though.
Poor Jeff just doesn't get around too much ;-(

"Duh_OZ" wrote in message
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Had my second run-in with a teller asking a manager if they take $2
bills. The first was some jail baiter who probably never saw one
before but today was a 'seasoned' clerk who needed the manager's
permission as the store had stop accepting them for a bit. I've
seen 'no bills over $50 accepted' so I assume they can refuse a $2
bill? She didn't give me a reason why they stopped taking them for
a while, just said management told them to.

The conversation had a few people in line talking about the bills and
how you can only get them at the race track. Uh huh, if you say so :-)

Ha, I spend $2 bills all the time in the Metro Detroit area. Last time I had
a real problem was at an Old Country Buffet restaurant in Pontiac, Michigan.
Went to pay with six $2 bills, and the cashier refused to take them. I was
so speechless, I just gave them to a friend and he paid for me. I never
thought of asking the manager, but called the restaurant the next day to
complain. The managers explanation - the young lady never saw $2 bills
before. Anyway, he said yes, they do take them. Last time I went to my bank
to get a order of $2 bills ($800), I told the story to the teller, and she
looked up at me with a very surprised expression on her face. She said, they
have to take them! Anyway, me and several friends are heading to Old
Country Buffet tonight, I will try again and will be ready to call over the
manager. Oh, and you do know what $2 bills are called - "idiot finders"

"Duh_OZ" wrote in message
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On Feb 13, 10:22 am, Paul Anderson wrote:
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I suppose it's just as legal to refuse a $2 bill as it is a $50 or $100.
Personally, if I were using $2 bills for a purchase and they refused to
take them, I'd leave the merchandise on the counter and take my business
elsewhere.

Paul
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Had my Visa backup for my whopping $8.63 bill. Let them get the
slight profit eaten up by Visa surcharges :-)

Oh yeah - I was at a fishing show last weekend and paid some guy with
a $2. He was admiring it and passed it onto another customer who
requested it in change. Probably will sit in some drawer though.
Poor Jeff just doesn't get around too much ;-(

When I was out once spending my usual $2 bills one day, I had someone
standing next to me want to buy them off of me - Has Ha. Guess they
thought I was a "walking bank"......