when my dad came to visit, he needed to exchange some money. I took him to my bank (UBS) because since i have an account there they won't charge a fee for the transaction. He had exchanged pesos at the El Paso Airport, and now he needed swiss francs. At the cashiers window, i gave the cashier the money and showed my UBS debit card and the cashier proceeded to check the bills individually. One by one. looking at them on both sides, checking them against the light. I thought "swiss are careful about money". And suddenly he found a "flaw" in one of the $100 bills. The top edge was like 1 or 2 millimeters bigger than in the rest of the bills. He said "i need to check this, i think it might be fake". My dad and I went "!!!!!". He asked where we got the bill, and my dad said he'd gotten it at the airport, and luckily he had the transaction slip. The cashier spoke to several people in the bank (supervisors and managers i assume), and photocopied the bill, and the transaction receipt from El Paso Airport. He gave us a "report" and told us that the bill needed to be sent to Bern to be inspected. "If it turns out to be a fake, sorry but we cannot give you the money back. We will let you know by mail".
Again, my dad and i went "!!!!". Then we just laughed.
It took them about 2 weeks to finally send me a notice that the money had been deposited in my account. My dad was gone by then... i guess they had to be very thorough. (i did not get any further explanation)
swiss and their money...
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So, was it real or fake? maybe it was one of those new bills that you print at home ;-)
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Abril
That is too funny. Those thorough, thorough Swiss! Geez you are 41 days away from the big moment! How exciting!
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