Originally Posted by
Heyden
On recent visits to the U.S., I've had merchants refuse, balk or require approval from a manager before being accepting a $100 bill or in one instance a $50 bill. Is this widespread in the U.S.? I'm not using the larger denominations for small purchases but for amounts that are at least over half the face value of the proffered note.
1. some stores are electronic payment only.
2. some only except smaller cash because of high counterfeiting rate around $50/$100 bills or they just don’t carry much cash in the register to make change.
i just came back home after being 2+ weeks in the road. I had a bunch of cash on me in terms of $50s. When I used these the price was near $50 this the change was under $5.
i only had issues with 2 purchases. Both didn’t have the register change.