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WiseAsh
 Post subject: Re: 100 dollar bills
PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:42 pm 
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Greengo wrote:
be careful ..its a broadly applied scam to take your 100s and have someone distract you while they switch it and hand you back a phoney ..telling you its no good..if you just gotta ..be sure and do em one at a time and keep your eyes and or hands on it ..till you get your cog lownees..this applies to esp the casa de cambio at the airport booth outside the air terminal..as soon as you hand him your bills...he will urge you to give him all your bills ..as soon as hes got em ..some dipshit will get in your face with a question.whammo he switches em...figure at least 6 to 8 times a day..nice work if you can get it...the exchange sucks anyway..best just go to the bank upstairs.. :lol: this be happnen in stores ..restaurants ..even your hooker with a heart of gold may pull this one out of her big hongos stinky.. :)

They don't need to give you phony currency at the airport cambio. Anyone who changes a $100 there is automatically getting ripped off.
While you are very concerned about your other $100 bills and ultimate disasters in CR, beware of getting hit by meteorites. About the same possibility when you half half a brain.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:12 pm 
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Well at least it wasn't his usual whacked out goofy speak, but still useless drivel. Who is that phucking stupid on this board not to watch their big bills during a transaction?


Possibly those who think he is an Oracle rather then just the nutcase he is. :lol:

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Irish Drifter wrote:
Gersen wrote:
Well at least it wasn't his usual whacked out goofy speak, but still useless drivel. Who is that phucking stupid on this board not to watch their big bills during a transaction?


Possibly those who think he is an Oracle rather then just the nutcase he is. :lol:

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Bump!

What about the new $100? You know, the one with the vertical blue ribbon and the copper colored inkwell. I have two these bills in mint condition. Better off bringing $20s instead? Thanks
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Juan Es wrote:
Bump!

What about the new $100? You know, the one with the vertical blue ribbon and the copper colored inkwell. I have two these bills in mint condition. Better off bringing $20s instead? Thanks

Personally I have not had an issue with the new ones, but again I only use them at the airport bank, Colonial Casino and my hotel du jour.

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I use $100's all the time. No problem except the exchange rate at most bars and restaurants. Ticos don't like to take bigger bills in case they are fake, but in general most places will take them. Especially in the gulch.



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The new 100's have been accepted everywhere I have tried in SJ and the airport (departure area). SL has a sign that says there are certain 50's and 100's they won't accept, but they are old bills. I don't remember the serial number prefixes.
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The new 100's have been accepted everywhere I have tried in SJ and the airport (departure area). SL has a sign that says there are certain 50's and 100's they won't accept, but they are old bills. I don't remember the serial number prefixes.



I think it is CB, and CH. But that was from back when they were counterfeiting them like 8 years or more ago. Other places will take those series now.



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Dr.Mario wrote:
GoodDayJohn wrote:
The new 100's have been accepted everywhere I have tried in SJ and the airport (departure area). SL has a sign that says there are certain 50's and 100's they won't accept, but they are old bills. I don't remember the serial number prefixes.



I think it is CB, and CH. But that was from back when they were counterfeiting them like 8 years or more ago. Other places will take those series now.



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Gentlemen,

This is correct that the bill`s with the above mentioned marked letters were heavily counterfeited and are still making the rounds just a bit down here...CR, Columbia, Panama etc.... We just do not see them much anymore but are still around lurking.

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Before I went down last trip stop and pick up a Counterfeit Money Detector Pen. Workers down in the casino were shocked I had one. They ended up paying me in twenty dollar Bills all the time and i still checked them. IT is a Dri Mark product sold at office supply stores.

Here's what he's talking about. At $5 each, it's a cheap investment...for anywhere you go. http://www.staples.com/Dri-Mark-Counter ... uct_450130

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JazzboCR wrote:
Finny wrote:
Before I went down last trip stop and pick up a Counterfeit Money Detector Pen. Workers down in the casino were shocked I had one. They ended up paying me in twenty dollar Bills all the time and i still checked them. IT is a Dri Mark product sold at office supply stores.

Here's what he's talking about. At $5 each, it's a cheap investment...for anywhere you go. http://www.staples.com/Dri-Mark-Counter ... uct_450130


I have been told those markers are not a reliable way to pick out counterfeits....just a heads up. They pick up some but not all, depends on the type of paper I think.
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And what Greengo said....versions of that scam are all over. Cabbies will do it once in a while....tell you something is wrong with your bill....whether US or colones....and when they "hand it back" to you they give you a counterfeit bill and palm your real bill. One reason I usually ride in front in the cab...and when I pay I watch. Best to carry coins or small bills all the time...give exact change on your way out of the cab (with tip if you want).
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I couldn't believe it but the Chase Bank ATM i went to in Houston dished out a fake 20 and I didn't notice until I was counting my bills at the hotel here in SJO. I didn't think anything like that was even possible.
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