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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Just think of the effort and expense that these "bad guys" go to to try and cheat the system... If they would just put that same amount of effort into perfecting a real job...  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
933 Posts |
haha why real job when once you get the "formula" right...all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the fresh prints :)
Id do it :P ...unfortunately I'm stuck working for money...which is just a piece of plastic. I wish my employer paid me in bullion hah
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3234 Posts |
Be happy that our dollar is as stable as it is. If you were payed in bullion,...you'd become "bi-polar" in an hour and be running back and forth "to sell or not"...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
933 Posts |
I agree devlec, but it would be cool, just for one paycheque haha
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2366 Posts |
You guys DON'T get paid in bullion!?!?!?!?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Can you use a colour photocopier with a polymer, rather than a paper substrate?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
See, if we remained on the paper banknote, we would constantly be vigilant by checking the bills instead of mindlessly accepting whatever slippery thing that was passed to us. I always liked the paper bill more than the plastic. Nuff said!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
933 Posts |
Not just that, but a few times I was handed 3 $100s instead of the intended 2. I gave back the other one and the customer was surprised that I did lol...but it happens SO often that the polymers stick together and are really thin. I sometimes have to count 2 or 3 times at the end of the day just to make sure
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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*That* is impressive. I was expecting to wait at least a few more years before convincing polymer fakes hit the market.
And then -- boom. :-)
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Australia has had polymer banknotes since 1988. We have long since gotten used to them.
Having said that, polymer notes are a lot less counterfeited than the old paper notes.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
933 Posts |
Thats good sel, hoping that will be the case here as well.
I wonder HOW the fakes look like...It would be very interesting to see how good of a job they did with the polymer ones. Some paper fakes were BAAAAADDD and I spotted them at work from a mile away.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What is kinda funny about the sudden counterfeiting is that it took such a short period of time, the $5 and $10 haven't even been released yet.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3234 Posts |
When handling the new polymer notes,.. it's amazing to see the many security devices in these new notes.
The clear through panels with the different structures and with the tiny see-through maple leaf etc... and all of the micro-printing etc.
I'd have thought that the fakes would be easy to spot too.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I think the bad guys have a big advantage right now, a lot of people are not used to using cash and are not familiar with the new bills.
I would guess that less then 1% of my spending every month is done using ca$h.
I've never even seen a hundred dollar bill up close yet, I got a new fifty from the bank machine once and twenty's only twice.
I live and work in northern bc and most bank machines are still only giving out the old bills.
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