... up if you want any !! Only asking postage/beer really. Its in London E2 ... Or - maybe someone - might offer a few quid as a job lot ? Maybe the guys using/recycling UNIX boxes ? (oh yeah - a few 13W3 cables also) Would happily trade for something (non-bulky) of use to me .... There's hundreds of quids worth there if you actually wanted to _buy_ the stuff "new" ... in fact - there must be a few Kg of copper in...

... Clapton Pond, say). Would that do? One day, we might see oyster chargers as part of every cash machine. That might largely solve the problem. How about a mobile phone scheme? You text a special number, it charges you two quid or whatever (as mobile phones sometimes do, i don't know how) and sends you a code. The driver taps the code into a special gizmo on the bus, checks to see if it flashes a green light saying the code valid, ...

...wrote: I'm not saying buses should never give change but expecting a driver to have enough change for 20 quid is perhaps optimistic. besides which , its bloody annoying for the other passengers waiting trying to board if the driver has ... into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. I quite often pay for my cup morning cup of tea with a twenty. That cuppa costs less than a ...

... never give change but expecting a driver to have enough change for 20 quid is perhaps optimistic. besides which , its bloody annoying for the other passengers waiting ... denomination note. It takes precisely one item of currency to change a 20 quid note over and above a tenner, or precisely two over and above a ... you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. But I would be surprised to find gbp20 not accepted. And a Mars...

... "Tim Roll-Pickering" <T.C.Roll-Picker...@qmul.ac.uk> wrote: Boltar wrote: being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. Isn't there an actual law that allows retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination? I thought it was the other way round, eg paying £150 in 2p coins. That's is indeed the law...

...Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote: Boltar wrote: If you think I'm being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. Isn't there an actual law that allows retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination? I think it's more the case that there's no law that compels anyone to accept any particular form of ...

... Roll-Pickering <T.C.Roll-Pickering@qmul.ac.uk> remarked: If you think I'm being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. Isn't there an actual law that allows retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination? They don't have to give change, and most of the time can refuse to do the transaction if sensible payment ...

...Sep 16, 12:50 pm, "Tim Roll-Pickering" <T.C.Roll- Picker...@qmul.ac.uk> wrote: Boltar wrote: If you think I'm being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. Isn't there an actual law that allows retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination? I thought it was the other way round, eg paying £150 in 2p coins.

Boltar wrote: If you think I'm being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. Isn't there an actual law that allows retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination?

...all they do trust them with cash. I'm not saying buses should never give change but expecting a driver to have enough change for 20 quid is perhaps optimistic. besides which , its bloody annoying for the other passengers waiting trying to board if the driver has to root around for loads ... you think I'm being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. B2003