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Re: Currency and tips advice. Posted on: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:34:03 +0000 (UTC)

> I remember my wife buying something
> very cheap on a big family store
> (something like 'all items for 1$ each')
> having trouble with a 20$ bill

I used to work at a retail store. Clerks sometimes don't like to
accept $20s for small purchases because it's easy to run out of small
bills if you do that too often, because you're giving back a lot of
change.

For example, if the clerk is running low on $1 bills, and a customer
wants to give them a $20 to pay for a pack of gum, the clerk may ask
if the customer can pay with a smaller bill.

Also, the concern about counterfeit money that folks have mentioned
can also be an issue.