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You just gave me an idea, but I don't have time to implement it so I'll give it away. Maybe if someone makes money with it, they could sell me my bill. $1 bil

You just gave me an idea, but I don't have time to implement it so I'll give it away. Maybe if someone makes money with it, they could sell me my bill. $1 bills priced at $2 w/free shipping.. the hook, the bills are listed by birthdates contained in the serial number. heh

GavinB 16y ago
Go with $2 bills at $3 w/ free shipping. Some people would order it just to have $2 bill.
- baddox 16y ago
  You can probably just ask for $2 bills at a bank. Last I checked, they still mint brand new ones to replace damaged ones removed from circulation.
  - yoak 16y ago
    A bunch of engineers at idealab did this back during the bubble. The idea was the saturate Pasadena, CA with $2 bills, particularly as retailers, lacking anywhere to put $2 bills in registers, tended to quickly re-release them. We tried buying them a thousand at a time from banks. One time a manager came out to talk to us about it and asked what we wanted them for. We explained and his response was, "So we're going to get them all back."
thorax 16y ago
You'd be undercutting these guys: http://coins.shop.ebay.com/Federal-Reserve-Notes-/40029/i.html?rt=nc&LH_FS=1&_nkw=birthday&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283 http://coins.shop.ebay.com/Federal-Reserve-Notes-/40029/i.ht...
- GFischer 16y ago
  Many people might buy them just to get airmiles (remember the hack about buying coins from airmile-generating credit cards some time ago?): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126014168569179245.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126014168569179245.html
  - nodata 16y ago
    Link to buying dollar coins with free shipping to generate airmiles/cashback: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/?action=directShip http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/?action=directShi...
    - GFischer 16y ago
      They do try to discourage the airmiles-purchasing behaviour: "The immediate bank deposit of $1 coins ordered through this Program does not result in their introduction into circulation and, therefore, does not comply with the intended purpose of the program." and "There is a 4-box $1 coin limit for every 10-day period on any and all $1 coin orders. Beyond that your credit card will not be authorized. If you need quantities greater than this, please send an e-mail before placing your order to directship@usmint.treas.gov explaining why your order should be exempted from the limit."

GavinB 16y ago

Go with $2 bills at $3 w/ free shipping. Some people would order it just to have $2 bill.

baddox 16y ago
You can probably just ask for $2 bills at a bank. Last I checked, they still mint brand new ones to replace damaged ones removed from circulation.
- yoak 16y ago
  A bunch of engineers at idealab did this back during the bubble. The idea was the saturate Pasadena, CA with $2 bills, particularly as retailers, lacking anywhere to put $2 bills in registers, tended to quickly re-release them. We tried buying them a thousand at a time from banks. One time a manager came out to talk to us about it and asked what we wanted them for. We explained and his response was, "So we're going to get them all back."

thorax 16y ago

You'd be undercutting these guys: http://coins.shop.ebay.com/Federal-Reserve-Notes-/40029/i.html?rt=nc&LH_FS=1&_nkw=birthday&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283 http://coins.shop.ebay.com/Federal-Reserve-Notes-/40029/i.ht...

GFischer 16y ago
Many people might buy them just to get airmiles (remember the hack about buying coins from airmile-generating credit cards some time ago?): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126014168569179245.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126014168569179245.html
- nodata 16y ago
  Link to buying dollar coins with free shipping to generate airmiles/cashback: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/?action=directShip http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/?action=directShi...
  - GFischer 16y ago
    They do try to discourage the airmiles-purchasing behaviour: "The immediate bank deposit of $1 coins ordered through this Program does not result in their introduction into circulation and, therefore, does not comply with the intended purpose of the program." and "There is a 4-box $1 coin limit for every 10-day period on any and all $1 coin orders. Beyond that your credit card will not be authorized. If you need quantities greater than this, please send an e-mail before placing your order to directship@usmint.treas.gov explaining why your order should be exempted from the limit."