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From: chuqui@cae780.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: What's the world coming to? :-) - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 9-Jan-84 12:53:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  9 12:53:51 1984
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The real problem with large bills is not counterfeiting, it is robbery!
One of the more popular tricks in the robbery trade is to ask for change
for a large bill. If you are turned down, you know that it isn't worth
hitting the store, and if you do get the change, you can get your bill back
with a good return on the investment (:->).

This leads to the second problem: Since stores are very worried about being
robbed, they do what the can to minimize their losses (in almost all cases,
standard procedure is to give them what they want, no questions asked, and
not to risk your neck). This means that most of a stores money goes into a
one way safe or lockbox quickly. In most stores, there is rarely more than
a couple of hundred dollars in a register at any time (all large bills,
checks, and charge slips are removed on a regular business) and in high
risk stores (like 7-11) the figure is closer to $20. Thats the REAL reason
you can't get change for large bills... They don't have it!

chuq


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