London cabbie just brought me back to Camden from Baker Street, fare was just over a tenner, I gave him a twenty, he holds it up to the light, "Somebody's fobbed you off with a dodgy twenny mate", "Really?", "Yes mate, if you haven't got anything else I'll take it but I can't give you any change". "Err, here's another £20 note, give me that one back" No ******* tip either...
I would have gladly invited him to go the nearest police station for inspection...obviously I can't pay you though mate
£10? - Baker Street to Camden is less than a 2 mile walk. Bl00dy rip off without him trying to con you out of a £20
Probably as much to do with the time it would take to get between the two places in our busy capital.
Alternatively, given that snide twenties are as common as a Bruce Dyer offside in that there London, he might have had genuine doubts that it was kosher.
Definitely a scam IMO. Firstly unless it was a crap fake he couldn't tell just by holding it up to the light and secondly if the fake was so bad he wouldn't have taken it as payment for work.
I can't see the difference between it and the other 3 twenties I have, it came out of a bank ATM with the others. Just to answer a couple of points, yes it's two miles to walk (well, about two and a half), I got a cab cos I didn't want to mess about on the Northern line at midnight and certainly couldn't be ar$ed to walk, that also explains why I wouldn't have suggested the police as an option, all I wanted to do was get in, have a whisky, then go to sleep. I'll spend it in the club shop on Saturday!
Agree! God forbid the self employed London cabbie, who's struggling for business due to the massive rise in taxi licenses, decides to question the legitimacy of a £20 note. For a £10 journey he was probably willing to take the risk. Most folk in London don't actually carry cash, so there's a good chance that another £20 note wasn't going to be forthcoming.
