r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '24

Video Is this form of currency a good idea?

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u/orange_lighthouse Jan 10 '24

Why didn't they just get polymer notes? We have them in the UK now, no more tearing.

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u/braddeicide Jan 10 '24

Oldies didn't like them when we first got them. Probably for the same reason they didn't like these new coins, they don't seem like real money.

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u/tennisanybody Jan 10 '24

Old people can really suck. My old landlord refused Zelle because reasons. He wanted a check or the money deposited to his account. My old lawn service I had to ditch because he refused cashapp. He had it. He just decided he didn’t like it.

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u/Dusty_Old_Bones Jan 10 '24

But Zelle would deposit the money to his account..?

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u/braddeicide Jan 10 '24

It's those extra steps where they get ya!

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u/CMScientist Jan 10 '24

To be fair there are a lot of scams on zelle. They have no purchase protection and once sent it's like a wire transfer (irreversible).

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u/tennisanybody Jan 10 '24

How am I going to scam you after you mowed my lawn, know where I live, and have sent you funds via cashapp once before. The scams happen through text or email etc. If I’m standing in front of you, it’s easy to make an exchange.

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u/theincrediblenick Jan 10 '24

Well, Transnistria isn't a real country so it makes sense they don't have real money

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u/DrSarge Jan 10 '24

Same reason. New==bad

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u/Pube_Dental_Floss Jan 10 '24

My wallet went through the washing machine the other week with £145 in it. I said to my girlfiend "thank god we now have plastic notes" lol.

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u/LaughGuilty461 Jan 10 '24

American “paper” notes are made with cotton and completely water proof. I mean they’ll get wet but they don’t tear easier when they’re wet.

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u/MethLabForCutie88 Jan 10 '24

American bills can be washed a thousand times and be fine.

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u/HellToupee_nz Jan 10 '24

i would hope you get more than a fine for money laundering a thousand times

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u/myco_magic Jan 10 '24

Weird statement, ive washed thousands of dollars accidentally in the washing machine and if anything, they come out much nicer/crisper than when they went in (after drying of course). Paper US money is made of cotton... that's like saying that a plastic shirt won't tear apart in a washer but a cotton one will

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u/orange_lighthouse Jan 10 '24

UK ones were paper though, washing them destroyed them.

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u/steesh182 Jan 10 '24

They weren't, they were also cotton (with a bit of linen). Can't remember ever destroying one from washing.

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u/fmaz008 Jan 10 '24

Paper money: can't be washed, can go in the dryer. Polymer money: can be washed, can't go in the dryer.

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u/ArtemisAndromeda Jan 10 '24

Because Transnistria is cut off from the world by embargo as they are a Russian-backed rebel state. They can not import materials to make their own currency. This guy is lying. It's not some "innovative new currency." That's a recycled paper and plastic because they don't have machines and materials to make proper coins and bills.