What is the law here regarding forged notes?
I have a Danish friend and yesterday she was telling me that she went shopping on wednesday, handed over a 500 euro note in Leroy merlin got 300+ notes back in change and went across the road to Auchan to buy something else. When she gave in a 50 euro not she noticed the girl checking more than the usual feel and look that is given to a note. She then noticed it had a tear in one corner and thought that was the reason for the scrutiny so offered her another which was refused. The assistant said it was fake and that she was keeping it. My friend has very basic french and probably went from french to Danish to English in equal quantities. Someone else was called and they too said they were keeping the note, she showed them her receipt of Leroy Merlin(about 10 mins old) and the rest of her purse but they were not budging(she wanted the note back to try and get somewhere in Leroy ) now my friend says that in Denmark if this happens , the store has to give a receipt for the money so it can be checked with the bank. I Know this used to happen when I worked in a supermarket in UK............but Auchan have a 50 euro note now and my friend cannot prove it!
What can she do and what should any of us do if it should be our misfortune next time?
Some thing simular happened to me in Manchester in a music shop , a young chap took a fifty pound note from me and wouldnt let me have it back. I didnt trust him so asked him to ring the police as I wasnt leaving . he soon backed down and gave it back to me. I was sure it was OK as I had got the money from my bank. I found a police man out in the street a few mins later and reported it to him, he said he should of given me a receipt and promised to look in to it and visit the shop. He had my details but I never heard from him again
In france I have had 100 euro notes given back to me and , been told non ..... always assumed they couldnt change it , even though I have been in large stores , but maybe they just didnt trust them...............
Que faire lorsque l'on se retrouve avec un faux billet ?Malheureusement pour vous, vous ne pourrez obtenir aucun remboursement. Par ailleurs, ne vous avisez pas de jeter ce billet car vous avez l'obligation de le rapporter à un commissariat ou de le faire remettre (directement ou via votre banque) à la banque de France. L'article L.162-2 du Code monétaire et financier indique : « Toute personne qui a reçu des signes monétaires contrefaits ou falsifiés a l'obligation de les remettre ou de les faire remettre à la Banque de France ou à l'administration des monnaies et médailles, selon qu'il s'agit de billets de banque ou de monnaies métalliques. La Banque de France et l'administration des monnaies et médailles sont habilitées à retenir et éventuellement à détruire les signes monétaires qu'elles reconnaissent comme contrefaits ou falsifiés ».
Malheureusement pour vous, vous ne pourrez obtenir aucun remboursement. Par ailleurs, ne vous avisez pas de jeter ce billet car vous avez l'obligation de le rapporter à un commissariat ou de le faire remettre (directement ou via votre banque) à la banque de France. L'article L.162-2 du Code monétaire et financier indique : « Toute personne qui a reçu des signes monétaires contrefaits ou falsifiés a l'obligation de les remettre ou de les faire remettre à la Banque de France ou à l'administration des monnaies et médailles, selon qu'il s'agit de billets de banque ou de monnaies métalliques. La Banque de France et l'administration des monnaies et médailles sont habilitées à retenir et éventuellement à détruire les signes monétaires qu'elles reconnaissent comme contrefaits ou falsifiés ».
Think about what you're suggesting:
You're hardly likely to say "OK, merci, au revoir" are you so others will become involved and if it were a genuine note the assistant would stand zero chance of getting away with it
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