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Q: Any experience with torn USD bills?

I have 3x 100 USD currency bills each torn into clean two pieces which I am thinking to change/exchange. I called up BOC for advice and it turned out to, " feck yourself".

 

BOC: Any glue or tape attached USD bills will not be accepted at any bank.

ME: How about bills split in two clean pieces?

BOC: Nope, but I can advise you to take it to  the US and changeover there.

ME: Feck off.

 

So, I am wondering if any user over here had any such experience or  can advice/suggest anything better than sending it to the US?

 

Thanks. 

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Were they ripped when tucked into yer bikini briefs or?

dokken:

I think fidu is a man. He s just used a lovely looking woman as his icon

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Either way and each to his/her own surprise

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Your sense of imagination have good sense of direction though I wear facekinis.

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Sinobear:

So, it was your El Shnozola Grande that caused poor Ben to split.

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SOL, sorry.

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Haha, couldn't get a better answer.

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I tore my rmb notes on my damn zip on my wallet. Icbc did exchange albeit reluctantly. You may just have to wait until you are abroad. I know in the UK you can just latch them up again. No reason they shouldn't unless watermark is torn. It might be different if they are totally torn apart cause you maybe able to launder them that way

thefidu881:

Did change rmb but not the USD, just split cleanly not completely torn or damaged.

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dokken:

I'm speculating but they have set authentication processes for foreign currencY. If I took torn rmb into bank in UK I don't think they would accept them. Keep and hold of them and try different places

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thefidu881:

Yeah, that is what I can do. Ironically the bills were already denied by Western Union the same day I exchanged at BOC and I didn't find time to reclaim. I can choke on that, haha. Thanks for your input though.

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Were they ripped when tucked into yer bikini briefs or?

dokken:

I think fidu is a man. He s just used a lovely looking woman as his icon

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Either way and each to his/her own surprise

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Your sense of imagination have good sense of direction though I wear facekinis.

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So, it was your El Shnozola Grande that caused poor Ben to split.

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Bank of America in HK will most likely replace your torn notes. However, listed address might be just an office, not open for retail customers. You could ask for an advice at US Embassy in China, before you travel to Central. I think, there's one in Shenzhen. 

 

http://www.bankswd.com/north-carolina/charlotte-banks/bank-of-america_35...

 

Office Address: 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Branch (Frgn) (FIDC #198666) is one of foreign offices of Bank of America in Hong Kong. It was established in 1959-04-20, serving as a Full Service Brick and Mortar Office, locates at 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong.

Bank charter class: commercial bank, national (federal) charter and Fed member, supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

 Bank of America Foreign Office in Hong Kong 

Branch Name: Hong Kong Branch (Frgn)

Address: 12 Harcourt Road, Central

City: Hong Kong

FDIC UNINUM: #198666.

Data by FIDC (The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), last update 2007-09-06

 

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Where are you? I will buy them from you. For a damaged goods discount of course.

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Do u live near GZ, SZ, SHG?  all u have to do is buy a cheap picture frame, put them in it w/ some cut out pics of Bush, Cheney, some American Military hardware, and call it Modern Art.  Get sponsored at a local gallery.  Get famous for 300 bucks !

 

oh,,, u gotta give yourself a hip sounding name too,,, either Euro or Espanol....

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I guess no one has a basic understanding of banking. BOC did the right thing, this is China, BOC is a Chinese bank. Torn FOREIGN bills are damaged and WORTHLESS. American banks in the US take back worthless torn bills because they have a deal with the federal reserve (they print the money) to exchange torn, worn currency out of circulation (they'll exchange the worthless currency with new bills). 

Common Sense: Federal reserve does not operate in China . No bank in their right mind would extend the deal to a country that is probably the biggest counterfeiters. Torn money is probably  more difficult to verify. 

 

There  is  plenty of stupidity in China, sometimes it's the man/ woman in the mirror. 

 

Englteachted:

In case you haven't figured it out yet. You were asking the bank to give you something for nothing. In your mind, it is ok for the bank to lose 300$ because you were careless with your money. 

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dokken:

Jesus this guy is even angrier and more offensive than mike. go get a prostitute before you go crazy. jesus what a pyscho. he s only asking dipshit, why dont try to answer in a nice way. so you ve got google skills i guess

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thefidu881:

lol, I thought you got rid of that low paying job. Ask locals for they might beable to give you a better solution via TCM for your piles problem.

 

 

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