Just want to caution everyone about counterfeit
20's showing up at yard sales. My daughter had one a few weeks ago, and today I talked to someone else who got one at theirs last weekend.
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quote:Originally posted by seeweed:
If you catch someone trying to pass off a counterfeit bill, can you shoot them on the spot ?
actually a serious question, should you detain them in some way and call the police, or is it like most other things if drugs are not involved they are not interested ?
quote:Originally posted by Buttercup:
However, if you strongly suspect a person has given you a counterfeit bill (and you can usually tell by the feel), don't give it back (if possible) and try not to handle it very much. (Actually, I'd put it in a plastic bag when/if it's possible to do so.
quote:Originally posted by semiannualchick:
Wouldn't be any camera's around at a yard sale.
quote:Originally posted by Sassy Kims:quote:Originally posted by semiannualchick:
Wouldn't be any camera's around at a yard sale.
Virtually every cell phone is a camera...most a video camera.
quote:Originally posted by lawguy07:
OK, so I'll ask the dumb question of the day: if you keep the counterfeit bill, don't you figure the perpetrator is going to take the stuff with them? It's not like they're going to let you detain the bill and not take their bounty. I'd rather not be out 20 bucks myself. I might be inclined to just announce in a loud voice, "HEY THIS BILL IS COUNTERFEIT!" and be done with it. I'll leave catching and prosecuting them to the proper authorities.
quote:Originally posted by lawguy07:
OK, so I'll ask the dumb question of the day: if you keep the counterfeit bill, don't you figure the perpetrator is going to take the stuff with them? It's not like they're going to let you detain the bill and not take their bounty. I'd rather not be out 20 bucks myself. I might be inclined to just announce in a loud voice, "HEY THIS BILL IS COUNTERFEIT!" and be done with it. I'll leave catching and prosecuting them to the proper authorities.