a jamican 25 cents is worth very little so is it illegal to put it in a vending machine and press the reject button to get back a normal UK 10p (which is the same size) in order to profit from it?
Or to put it another way if i come back from jamica with 10 money bags of these coins in my suitcase are the airport people likely to stop me and ask questions?
This does work by the way and i do have a job working as a software developer and i am hardly "trying to rip off the government." they don't put vending machines in buildings
Or to put it another way if i come back from jamica with 10 money bags of these coins in my suitcase are the airport people likely to stop me and ask questions?
This does work by the way and i do have a job working as a software developer and i am hardly "trying to rip off the government." they don't put vending machines in buildings
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1 Annie
2 Adam L
In situations like this, even though the company is still receiving a coin in exchange for their 10p, the jamaican coin is worth considerably less than the UK coin.
Even though the vending machine company can still exchange the jamaican cent into UK sterling if they want, you are still paying less than 10p to take their 10p. Therefore it is stealing. Therefore it is illegal.
Just because it is a faceless corporation that you are stealing from, it doesn’t water down the crime at all.
3 Tara Maeve
4 aikishou
5 FaerieWhings
If I was working customs, I would question you. And then you would be in really big trouble. How about your work for a living rather then trying to rip off the government.
6 true_blue_canadian_copper
The vending machine thing is a criminal offence, I’m on the fence as to whether that would be a theft or a fraud (leaning towards fraud).
The machines we have here will spit out the same coin you put in if you hit “eject”, so I’m not sure it would even work.
7 pathfinder