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Printing your own money?

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By *emmefatale OP   Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Good idea or not?

A group of independent traders in Bristol are launching their own currency, with the backing of the council and a credit union.

The "Bristol Pound" will be printed in notes, and also traded electronically.

There are other local currencies in the UK, but this is the first which can be used to pay local business taxes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16852326

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

We have had the 'Totnes Pound' down this way for years....it's more of a tourist thing than anything practical.

What is becoming big down this way is old fashioned bartering....as the recession bites it's becoming more and more common.

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By *emmefatale OP   Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"We have had the 'Totnes Pound' down this way for years....it's more of a tourist thing than anything practical.

What is becoming big down this way is old fashioned bartering....as the recession bites it's becoming more and more common."
Yes i have noticed that....getting that way here too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Good idea or not?

A group of independent traders in Bristol are launching their own currency, with the backing of the council and a credit union.

The "Bristol Pound" will be printed in notes, and also traded electronically.

There are other local currencies in the UK, but this is the first which can be used to pay local business taxes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16852326"

so this means you can be skint in 2 different currencies in the same country ??

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester

I think I may print a few hundred polo punts and see if I get anywhere in the shoe shops.

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By *emmefatale OP   Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"I think I may print a few hundred polo punts and see if I get anywhere in the shoe shops."
only a few hundred?

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester


"I think I may print a few hundred polo punts and see if I get anywhere in the shoe shops.only a few hundred? "

The polo punt has a high exchange rate.

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By *emmefatale OP   Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"I think I may print a few hundred polo punts and see if I get anywhere in the shoe shops.only a few hundred?

The polo punt has a high exchange rate."
i dread to think how high

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Good idea or not?

A group of independent traders in Bristol are launching their own currency, with the backing of the council and a credit union.

The "Bristol Pound" will be printed in notes, and also traded electronically.

There are other local currencies in the UK, but this is the first which can be used to pay local business taxes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16852326"

is it all squidgy and soft with a nipple on it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The EU do it all the time with their micky mouse Euro!

It's a novel idea but with GB Sterling it seems a lot of extra effort.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ain't got two Bristols to rub together.

Oh yes, I have .... mmm anyone else wanna have a rub?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The trouble i find with printing my own money is that the ink cartridges for my printer are so bloody expensive - makes the whole excercise non profitable!

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester


"The trouble i find with printing my own money is that the ink cartridges for my printer are so bloody expensive - makes the whole excercise non profitable! "

If only it was just the cost of the ink. Have you tried printing 50p coins... they don't work in the parking meters no matter how carefully you cut them out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The trouble i find with printing my own money is that the ink cartridges for my printer are so bloody expensive - makes the whole excercise non profitable!

If only it was just the cost of the ink. Have you tried printing 50p coins... they don't work in the parking meters no matter how carefully you cut them out."

Try using a sheet of tin foil instead of paper - works every time for me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brixton Pound is well established and proven to work.

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