On Aug 8, 4:11*pm, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2010\08\08 10:55, wrote:
On Aug 7, 2:00 pm, *wrote:

We see a lot of Scottish money, here in the Lakes,
but I'm fairly sure it isn't legal tender * * * * * * * *Clive

Legal tender is what you can't refuse to take if you
are offered it by someone who owes you money.
That means that cheques, credit cards and debit
cards are not legal tender - you have the option
to take them if you choose.
So when anybody refuses to accept a Scottish note,
it is solely because of their own choice. The "I can't
take it because it is not legal tender" routine is
nonsense.

Most people in shops are employees and so are not free to decide what is
or is not acceptable payment to their employer. They aren't saying
they'll be prosecuted if they accept it, they're saying they'll be
sacked if they accept it. Most Scottish people IME become aggressive
when their money is rejected, even when a debt has been accrued in
London and legal tender is required.-

With the greatest of respect you are under a misapprehension when
you say that legal tender is required. Were this indeed the case
then
no credit cards would be accepted as credit cards are certainly not
legal tender, nor are cheques nor debit cards.

What does constitute legal tender is set out by law, and in
London (as in the rest of England) consists mainly of Bank of
England Notes. Wikipedia does quite a good explanation for
various places, and is worth consulting.

The reason Scottish notes are rejected is because the person
on the till does not want to take them. This may indeed be their
employers policy or, as you write they may fear their employers
reaction because they have not been fully trained regarding what
they may accept. They really should come out into the open and
say that they are unfamiliar with these notes and do not want
to accept them, rather than hiding behind the "not legal tender"
routine.

I got a very clear explanation of one Scots unhappiness when
his money was rejected. "I thought" he said "that I lived in
an United Kingdom"