I've got another question.
If I don't go tonight, apart from hoping to get some in my change from a participating retail outlet, how else can I get some of this 'monopoly money'?
Issuing points – get your B£s here:
Cheques for Cash, 5 Atlantic Road, SW9 8HX
Dynamic Discount Market, 230-242 Brixton Hill, SW2 1HF
Morleys of Brixton, 472-488 Brixton Road, SW9 8EH
Opus Coffee and Sandwiches, 89 Acre Lane, SW2 5TN
Rosie’s Deli Café, 14e Market Row, Brixton Market, SW
I'm prepared to keep an open mind on this and see how it goes.
Shouldn't the B£ be compared to a 'LETS' (exchange of services) scheme rather than other currencies? As I understand it it will circulate within Brixton and be exchanged for Brixton made or sold services, and buyin it is just ike saying 'I pledge to support cmall local businesses, and my investment will provide a small amount of basic assured income from which the business can thrive and grow'. Surely the whole point is that Tesco etc will not, and must not take it - that the investment stays within the local independent sector, and therefore helps defend it against multi-nationals?
I am a bit perplexed by the idea that 'it's great, we've go it, just like Lewes has' because the last I saw in the Guardian, the Lewes£ was floundering and failing and the interest had not been sustained at all. Which gives the lie to the fact that it's suitable for small twee cuntry towns.
If I was a shopowner, I think would rather be paid in sterling than B£, because it would give me more flexibility, but faced with a shopper with a fistful of B£s I'd rather accept them, than see him/her disppear off to tesco to spend real £ from the organic shelves. What do shop owners have to lose from the scheme? (unless ALL their income was in B£ - but maybe it can be traded in at the Morleys exchang?)
It isn't something that particularly interests me personally - but apparently Brixton is already a Transition Town, according to this website: http://www.site.transitiontownbrixton.org/
Christ on a fucking bike. Who the fuck gives a fucking fuck whether it interests you? The question was: is Brixton a Transition Town? You answered it. Nobody asked 'is Brixton a Transition Town, and if so, would this be of interest to ajdown?' . Not everything is about you. Time to poke you with this link again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
Christ on a fucking bike. Who the fuck gives a fucking fuck whether it interests you? The question was: is Brixton a Transition Town? You answered it. Nobody asked 'is Brixton a Transition Town, and if so, would this be of interest to ajdown?' . Not everything is about you. Time to poke you with this link again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
What's that got to do with the price of fish?from some website-or-other mentioned earlier said:However, Lewes is a countryside market town with low crime rates and a high concentration of independent businesses, including a chocolate shop, a vegetable box supplier and a clockmaker.
Is there going to be a Bowie note?!
hahahasome fuckwit on the sky news website said:what a stupid idea-i am suprised the government as allowed this to happen !!! britain nis britain and should be one currancy only-this is another examole of labours attempts to suck up to ethnic minorities in an attempt to gain votes at the general election !!!!!
just got back from the launch - it was packed. a good mix of brixtonites there and loads of media.
i am now the proud owner of some brixton pounds. The £1 note has Olive Morris on it, the £5 has James Lovelock, the £10 has CLR James and the £20 is Vincent Van Gogh. (They have 20 security features on them, so almost impossible to forge.) The backs of the notes have various engravings of the market done by a local artist. They're all the same size though, which is unusual.
Some cafes and local businesses are offering 10% off if you pay with brixton pounds, so there's as good a reason as any to use them. simples!
I'm going to try to pick mine up tomorrow lunchtime. This is where I will fail and never get my hands on any, you see!
Am I wrong in thinking you can just opt to get your change from a normal GBP transaction in Brixton £s? I wasn't going to actively seek any out, but just do this next time I'm shopping in a store which deals in them.
Talk about flying off the handle.
This is a messageboard, it's all about everyone's opinions.
“If you spend £1 in a supermarket, 70 pence leaves the area in directors’ fees and such like. But if you spend the same pound in a local independent shop, then 70p stays in the shop.”
Shouldn't the B£ be compared to a 'LETS' (exchange of services) scheme rather than other currencies? As I understand it it will circulate within Brixton and be exchanged for Brixton made or sold services
Before making up your minds that you are against the idea, I strongly recommend that you listen to the the Mark Thomas podcast in which he interviews the organiser of the B£. It's the interview with Josh Ryan-Collins that you want.
The key point is the following:
(Whilst I'm plugging the Mark Thomas interviews, incidentally, I can't recommend the one with Richard Wilkinson highly enough.)
Am I wrong in thinking you can just opt to get your change from a normal GBP transaction in Brixton £s? I wasn't going to actively seek any out, but just do this next time I'm shopping in a store which deals in them.
Yep, you can ask for the B£ in change.