Al Krow Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) ...need to be spent by Friday night otherwise they become worthless. [url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/check-pockets-last-chance-spend-old-fivers/"]http://www.telegraph...end-old-fivers/[/url] How will you spend yours? PS I should have posted this "off topic" but hopefully I will be forgiven just this once! Edited May 4, 2017 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Better cut up my old mattress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Strikes me this has happened quicker than things are usually phased out. Hate the plastic fivers, but I guess I will just have to put up with them. Its either them or holey pound coins I suppose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 I think chocolate or going on the Oyster travel card for me, or maybe that new Imelda May album that the Greek shared on another post...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 [quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1493897972' post='3291595']... PS I should have posted this "off topic" but hopefully I will be forgiven just this once! [/quote] Maybe, but it'll cost you a fiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 You'll be able to take them to the bank for years. Or does nobody use banks anymore? You know... big buildings... 'BANK' written on the outside... most high streets have them? Ring any bells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1493900589' post='3291648'] You'll be able to take them to the bank for years. Or does nobody use banks anymore? You know... big buildings... 'BANK' written on the outside... most high streets have them? Ring any bells? [/quote] Well apparently not quite. Normal banks this weekend only, thereafter can only exchange at the Bank of England according to the DT article... [color=#4B4E5A]"...Commercial banks may still exchange them for a short time after. Withdrawn notes, no matter how old, can always be exchanged at the Bank of England via the post, or at the Bank itself at Threadneedle Street in London"[/color] Edited May 4, 2017 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 [quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1493897972' post='3291595'] ...need to be spent by Friday night otherwise they become worthless. [/quote] Not true. The banks will still exchange them. This morning it was said that they would "always" accept paper fives. Fake News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1493900589' post='3291648'] ...Or does nobody use banks anymore? You know... big buildings... 'BANK' written on the outside... most high streets have them? Ring any bells? [/quote] Oh BOY!!! Do not get me started on that. The last remaining branch of GnatPest I am expected to use has turned into an outlet like the mobile 'phone high street business model. It even has music blasting down from the ceiling! I now use the small business branch like a lot of others. It still behaves in the manner expected of a bank. In the queue yesterday, a woman at the window in front of me asked if the bank could reject non-business customers because the queue was a little too long for her. The cashier told her without rejecting her outright that that simply wasn't possible and that it was something that the bank is aware of. I almost spoke out and said what was on my mind - "Get used to it Missus, this is just the start." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 This week I tried to use a £20 note that went out of circulation in 2010 (similar to the current £10 notes). No idea where I got it from but the local bank changed it without question 7 years on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Weird Elgar is toast http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/bank-accounts/7397202/Elgar-20-note-no-longer-legal-tender.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 [i]*sticks head under mattress to check for hiding composers*[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I've got a few fivers but the oldest is a 2004 Stingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Ooh wrong thread. Try this one Pedro http://basschat.co.uk/topic/278383-bad-jokes/page__st__5070 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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