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Old May 24th 05, 01:47 PM
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Wondering who uses a credit card to buy a car...

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Old May 24th 05, 02:48 PM
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Old May 24th 05, 06:54 PM
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I've spent a few Canadian $1000 bills in the past, but it was on purpose I
had them, but $100 notes would have been just fine to use as well. Once was
to buy a ticket to Australia ($2100) and a couple times it was to pay off a
loan. The most fun was to buy a case of beer, they had lots of money in the
till and the girl selling the beer wanted the $1000 so I used it.

I miss the thousand, not because they have taken it out of circulation, just
because it seems I never have enough at one time to get one.

Kyle.


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"Christian Feldhaus" wrote in Good for you.
Otherwise you could be mistaken for a drug dealer or, even
worse, one of those rotten Europeans by some g. I hardly ever use a
¤200 note, and the only time I have ever owned a ¤500 note was three
years ago - when I specifically asked for one at the bank, just because
I was curious.

On the other hand, we have "always" had 1000 DM notes in Germany. That
would be about 511 euro now - but 30 or 40 years ago, a thousand marks
would buy you much more of course. Similarly, the Swiss have a 1000 CHF
note - worth about 647 euro ...

Christian


I once saw someone spending a $1000 bill in Canada, at that time it was
worth about ¤500. That is the largest bill I have seen that was actually
being used, it was in a Casino of course, someone wanting change for it.




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Old May 24th 05, 11:15 PM
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Riggs got fined (its reputation was so tarnished that management
quickly sold the bank after), but wasn't it for laundering money for
foreign embassies and the United Nations? Liberals love to tar Mr.
Limbaugh however they can, but even on drugs, Rush is right.

oly

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Old May 25th 05, 01:37 AM
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Here in Canada we stopped printing and withdrew our $1000 notes a few
years ago. The US did it much earlier. For stores to even provide change
for these types of notes is tough. Credit and debit cards are the choice
for large purchases and cashiers/bank cheques for the those that wish to
use them.

Christian Feldhaus wrote:
oly wrote:


Answer: There is no good reason except tax evasion or drugs.



Sure, the same darn rotten European governments that tighten money
laundering regulations over here also decide to issue such notes in
order to encourage tax evasion or to support drug trafficking. Makes a
lot of sense to me ...

As far as I am concerned, a ¤500 note is not necessary (see my previous
reply in this thread). But quite obviously there is some demand for it,
and elsewhere in Europe there are even higher value notes. People who
buy used cars over here, for example, often pay cash. Some people have
limited trust in banks and keep some or even most of their money at
home. And so on. There are lots of possible reasons for using high value
notes without being a criminal.

Christian


 




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