Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Do shops/garages take =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=A350?= notes
From: alan.frame@acm.org (Alan Frame)
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:17:06 +0100

Jonathan Bryce  wrote:

> Alex wrote:
> 
> > Since 'legal tender' does not mean 'must be accepted' except in a
> > fairly specific case.
> > 
> > See http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/about/faqs.htm (towards
> > the bottom of the page).
> 
> That fairly specific case being the settlement of a debt, which is what
> happens in a petrol station.

Whoooo!

Double ukf thread-score!

Is it 'settlement of a debt' or is it 'non-accptance of an offer made in
response to an invitation to treat' ?

I'm guessing that the petrol station wouldn't like the suggestion of
syphoning the fuel back out of the tank...

rgds, Alan
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