On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Casey wrote:

    > Maybe stores treat locals better than foreigners, but I have had

I would say the opposite here in Italy, they may be more compassionate
with foreigners just disembarked from a plane, but will complain if an
italian tries to pay a coffee or a newspaper with a 50 euro note.

    > different experiences than some posters. At the Amsterdam art
    > museum (the one with Rembrandt's Nightwatch) I tried to use a
    > 100 Euro note and was refused. He claimed that he did not have
    > enough change.

that happened several times to me here in Milan at exhibitions, even
back in the Lira times. I tried to pay tickets with 50000 lire (like 25
euro) and either had to wait, or to collect my change at the exit.

    > For this reason I usually withdraw 190 Euros from an ATM, as

I tend to withdraw 500 at a time (which is not one of the default
options, you have to type the number on the keyboard) and get 8 50's and
5 20's. Noboby will complain changing a 20. I've never tried some of
the funny default options like 210.


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Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> wrote in
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    > I have to confirm that one again: I just got me 200 euros and there
    > were no 500 euro bills included in what I got from the ATM.

It may disappoint you, but you'll never get 500s in a withdrawal of 200.

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Wolfgang Schwanke schrieb:
    >
    > "Dennis G. Rears" <[email protected]> wrote in
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    >
    > > In general the $20 note is the highest
    > > general note accepted for every day commerce in the USA. Yeah, I know
    > > the 50 and 100 are accepted in some stores.
    > > What is it like in Europe? Can I give a 20 Euro or a 50 Euro note
    > > for a bratwurst in Germany?
    >
    > In general yes. They might moan about having to give that much change. In a
    > supermarket, 50s are perfectly acceptable.
    >
    > > Would any store accept as 200 or 500 Euro note?
    >
    > If you buy something of that price, why not. Otherwhise they may moan about
    > the change.
    >
    > > If I took 500 Euro from a FRA airport ATM what denominations would I
    > > get back?
    >
    > ATMs tend to give out 50s and smaller notes.

I thought the same thing, but seems to vary from one place to the
other. In Austria, the machine only gave me 100€ notes. Same thing in
Bavaria.

Tom

100s, 200s and 500s are quite
    > rare, but there's no reason to believe they won't be accepted.
    >
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my god.. you are a lucky man
my bank will never allow me to get more than 250 eur at each time..
pls tell me the name of yr bank..
"Giovanni Drogo" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
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    > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Casey wrote:
    > > Maybe stores treat locals better than foreigners, but I have had
    > I would say the opposite here in Italy, they may be more compassionate
    > with foreigners just disembarked from a plane, but will complain if an
    > italian tries to pay a coffee or a newspaper with a 50 euro note.
    > > different experiences than some posters. At the Amsterdam art
    > > museum (the one with Rembrandt's Nightwatch) I tried to use a
    > > 100 Euro note and was refused. He claimed that he did not have
    > > enough change.
    > that happened several times to me here in Milan at exhibitions, even
    > back in the Lira times. I tried to pay tickets with 50000 lire (like 25
    > euro) and either had to wait, or to collect my change at the exit.
    > > For this reason I usually withdraw 190 Euros from an ATM, as
    > I tend to withdraw 500 at a time (which is not one of the default
    > options, you have to type the number on the keyboard) and get 8 50's and
    > 5 20's. Noboby will complain changing a 20. I've never tried some of
    > the funny default options like 210.
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Jens Arne Maennig <[email protected]> wrote:
    > I have to confirm that one again: I just got me 200 euros and there were
    > no 500 euro bills included in what I got from the ATM.

Please let me know if you ever find an ATM that does give you 500s for that
size withdrawal.

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"Casey" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected] link.net>...
    > > What is it like in Europe? Can I give a 20 Euro or a 50 Euro
    > > note for a bratwurst in Germany? Would any store accept as
    > > 200 or 500 Euro note?
    >
    > Maybe stores treat locals better than foreigners, but I have had
    > different experiences than some posters. At the Amsterdam art
    > museum (the one with Rembrandt's Nightwatch) I tried to use a
    > 100 Euro note and was refused. He claimed that he did not have
    > enough change. This was crap as many people had already gone
    > in ahead of me and he had plenty of 20 notes to give as change.
    > Two stores in Vienna also refused to allow me to use a 100 note
    > to buy an item worth around 20 Euros.
    >
    > For this reason I usually withdraw 190 Euros from an ATM, as
    > the worst I will receive is a single 100 note and also smaller notes.
    > Almost half of the money I receive is guaranteed to be smaller
    > notes. Withdrawing 90 Euros would also be good, but there is a
    > trade-off of transaction fees for more transactions.
    >
    >
    > Casey

Living in euroland myself (and still adapting to this damned currency)
I have never gotten anything bigger than a 50 euro bill out of an ATM,
even when asking for 500 euro. And in other countries I even got 10
and 5 notes. I don't know how you people manage to get all these large
notes from a machine. But you're right about the 100 notes (let alone
the 200 and 500): nobody seems to have or use them, and I'm not a bit
surprised they get refused. By the way, 500 notes have been created
for money laundring purposes, you're not supposed to actually buy
stuff with them.

Peter

"Giovanni Drogo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Casey wrote:
    > > Maybe stores treat locals better than foreigners, but I have had
    > I would say the opposite here in Italy, they may be more compassionate
    > with foreigners just disembarked from a plane, but will complain if an
    > italian tries to pay a coffee or a newspaper with a 50 euro note.
    > > different experiences than some posters. At the Amsterdam art
    > > museum (the one with Rembrandt's Nightwatch) I tried to use a
    > > 100 Euro note and was refused. He claimed that he did not have
    > > enough change.
    > that happened several times to me here in Milan at exhibitions, even
    > back in the Lira times. I tried to pay tickets with 50000 lire (like 25
    > euro) and either had to wait, or to collect my change at the exit.

Many years ago I bought a pair of shows for 35,000. I offered
a 50,000 note and the cashier asked if I had anything smaller.
I was not impressed

tim


    > > For this reason I usually withdraw 190 Euros from an ATM, as
    > I tend to withdraw 500 at a time (which is not one of the default
    > options, you have to type the number on the keyboard) and get 8 50's and
    > 5 20's. Noboby will complain changing a 20. I've never tried some of
    > the funny default options like 210.
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"peter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Casey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected] link.net>...
    > > > What is it like in Europe? Can I give a 20 Euro or a 50 Euro
    > > > note for a bratwurst in Germany? Would any store accept as
    > > > 200 or 500 Euro note?
    > >
    > > Maybe stores treat locals better than foreigners, but I have had
    > > different experiences than some posters. At the Amsterdam art
    > > museum (the one with Rembrandt's Nightwatch) I tried to use a
    > > 100 Euro note and was refused. He claimed that he did not have
    > > enough change. This was crap as many people had already gone
    > > in ahead of me and he had plenty of 20 notes to give as change.
    > > Two stores in Vienna also refused to allow me to use a 100 note
    > > to buy an item worth around 20 Euros.
    > >
    > > For this reason I usually withdraw 190 Euros from an ATM, as
    > > the worst I will receive is a single 100 note and also smaller notes.
    > > Almost half of the money I receive is guaranteed to be smaller
    > > notes. Withdrawing 90 Euros would also be good, but there is a
    > > trade-off of transaction fees for more transactions.
    > >
    > >
    > > Casey
    > Living in euroland myself (and still adapting to this damned currency)
    > I have never gotten anything bigger than a 50 euro bill out of an ATM,
    > even when asking for 500 euro. And in other countries I even got 10
    > and 5 notes. I don't know how you people manage to get all these large
    > notes from a machine.

Go there at 22:00 on sunday (or better at 22:00 after a three day holiday
weekend)

tim

    > But you're right about the 100 notes (let alone
    > the 200 and 500): nobody seems to have or use them, and I'm not a bit
    > surprised they get refused.

I am. If the bank give them out as a default option, I expect shops
to take them off me. What am I supposed to do with a 200 Euro
note if no-one will let me use it to buy something.

Tim


    > By the way, 500 notes have been created
    > for money laundring purposes, you're not supposed to actually buy
    > stuff with them.
    > Peter

A man with a 500 euro note in spain will starve and die..no1 can or will change them except for a bank during opening hours of 9am till 1pm. I´ve only had one, ever.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, tile wrote:

    > my god.. you are a lucky man my bank will never allow me to get
    > more than 250 eur at each time.. pls tell me the name of yr bank..

Well nowadays it's called Banca Intesa, and used to be Cariplo (the
"Saving Banks of the Lombard Provinces"), but I thought a limit of 500
euro (or 1 million lire) was the default for all banks.

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    > > Living in euroland myself (and still adapting to this damned currency)
    > > I have never gotten anything bigger than a 50 euro bill out of an ATM,
    > > even when asking for 500 euro. And in other countries I even got 10
    > > and 5 notes. I don't know how you people manage to get all these large
    > > notes from a machine.
    >
    > Go there at 22:00 on sunday (or better at 22:00 after a three day holiday
    > weekend)
    >
    > tim

On Sundays and Holidays I don't get large notes, I get nothing at all
because the stupid machines are always empty.
Peter

    > > But you're right about the 100 notes (let alone
    > > the 200 and 500): nobody seems to have or use them, and I'm not a bit
    > > surprised they get refused.
    >
    > I am. If the bank give them out as a default option, I expect shops
    > to take them off me. What am I supposed to do with a 200 Euro
    > note if no-one will let me use it to buy something.
    >
    > Tim

You're right, of course. But now that money forgers seem to take an
interest in euro notes (a virtually inexistent problem before, because
no one gave a shit about Belgian money), maybe shopkeepers are a bit
wary about these large notes.
Peter

"Dennis G. Rears" <[email protected]> escribió en el mensaje
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    > What is it like in Europe? Can I give a 20 Euro or a 50 Euro note for a
    > bratwurst in Germany? Would any store accept as 200 or 500 Euro note?

In Spain, most stores are reluctant to accept 200 and 500 Euro notes. They
usually have a signal saying that their policy is not to accept them.

    > If I
    > took 500 Euro from a FRA airport ATM what denominations would I get back?

In Spain, ATMs give 10, 20 and 50 Euro notes. 100, 200 and 500 Euro can only
be obtained in bank counters, and 5 Euro ones are given as change in shops.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:55:31 +0100, Thomas Peel wrote:

    >> ATMs tend to give out 50s and smaller notes.

    > I thought the same thing, but seems to vary from one place to the
    > other. In Austria, the machine only gave me 100€ notes. Same thing in
    > Bavaria.

If you ask for a multiple of 100 you'll get just eur100 notes out, if you
ask for, say eur190, you'll get 1x100 and 9x10 notes in ATMs in Austria
(the ones OUTSIDE banks that is, the ones INSIDE sometimes give different
mixes.)
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:09:55 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
<[email protected]> wrote:


    >At least in Italy I've *never* seen a 100, 200 or 500 note. ATMs give 50
    >and 20 euro notes. If you try to buy something cheap, like a coffee,
    >it's better to pay with 5 or 10 notes. 20s are however exchanged without
    >complaints. I'd be more reluctant to pay with a 50, but if you'd say you
    >are a foreigner just arrived from abroad, you'll have no problem.

The Casino in Venice has roulette tables covered with €500 notes.on
each spin of the wheel.

"Dennis G. Rears" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I am not sure how to ask this, but here goes....I know there are
    > 5,10,20,50,100, 200, & 500 Euro notes out there. In the USA there are
    > 1,2,5,10,20,50, and 100 notes. In general the $20 note is the highest
    > general note accepted for every day commerce in the USA. Yeah, I know the
    > 50 and 100 are accepted in some stores.
    > What is it like in Europe? Can I give a 20 Euro or a 50 Euro note for a
    > bratwurst in Germany? Would any store accept as 200 or 500 Euro note? If
I
    > took 500 Euro from a FRA airport ATM what denominations would I get back?

I've seen notices saying that 500 EUR notes will not be accepted in a lot of
petrol stations and in quite a few shops in France. Obviously, places that
sell expensive things are the ones most likely to accept the higher value
notes. In general, I try to give the lowest denomination note that will
cover the purchase and, if I don't have one of those, the next value up.
However, as I use a credit card to buy whenever possible I don't usually
carry anything larger than a 50 EUR note (or larget than a 20 GBP note at
home) anyway.

Colin Bignell