Let's all buy 5lb bags of $10,000 in shredded US currency!

[Extremity]

Who's with me?!

For just $45.00 (U.S.), YOU TOO can own your very own 5 pound bag of shredded US currency, originally valued at approximately $10,000 and delivered right to your home or office!

Bureau of Engraving and Printing - 5lb Bag of Shredded U.S. Currency

Am I the only one thinks this is... well, just awesome? I can't imagine a better conversation piece to have sitting somewhere around the house than ten grand cut up and in a bag. I mean, just... wtf? If I saw this at a friend's house, I highly doubt my first thought would be, "well obviously you just bought that direct from the US Mint" -- knowing that, you could probably make up some pretty crazy stories behind having it just for fun.

Could people take advanage of this, though? I'm guessing the answer is "no" as it wouldn't be for sale otherwise, but don't some people make counterfeit money by "washing" bills and others by breaking them down? I remember reading somewhere that one of the biggest challenges was getting the right type of paper. I doubt anybody could recycle this at home but what if you also went along and bumped into somebody with one of these?:

http://gizmodo.com/this-ingenious-pr...-pa-1745703546

Anyways, the point here isn't the potential for counterfeit; it's that this is just random as shit and totally awesome. If I ever have $50 burning a hole in my pocket and decide I feel like buying something totally pointless and random (and let's admit it, we all buy stupid shit at times) I think this is gonna be it.

I don't know if I could resist opening the thing up, though. Oh man, there's so many ideas, now I want to buy an extra one so I can dump it out somewhere and have people think I legitimately just destroyed $10,000. Or I could stage some sort of robbery scene from a show, where I took all this money from somebody and then go "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!" and show them that I cut it all up, throwing their own shredded money in their face. Never before have I been to spend under $50 to imitate the destruction of $10,000 with *real* money. I doubt many people know they can buy this, and the ones that do definitely haven't thought of any great ideas for it yet. We MUST be the first.

[zenkai]

They actually use to sell these as pillows a few years back.

[MonsieuRoberts]

It is indeed very random. I guess you can buy this and then back up statements like "I wipe my ass with money" or "I don't rest my head on anything but 100s" or whatever.

[Redwyrm]

Damn you Cross Cut Shredders!

[Extremity]

I'll get the scotch tape.

Right? We can all just hire a bunch of kids in our neighborhoods to start taping this junk together. Don't banks accept torn-up bills if you can tap them and have more than 70% of the bill or whatever? Shredded might be pushing it, but hey... let's go for it.

They actually use to sell these as pillows a few years back.

Really? I can't imagine that being very comfortable.

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It is indeed very random. I guess you can buy this and then back up statements like "I wipe my ass with money" or "I don't rest my head on anything but 100s" or whatever.

I feel like his would be very difficult to wipe with.

[Extremity]

Cross cut or confetti cut?

I think... confeti? I don't really know the difference, but I think it's in strips? I'm assuming "cross cut" is if it's cut in both directions and so it's in squares? I can't be 100%, though.


Oh, and another cool thing: This is all uncirculated money so it's not dirty and gross! You really COULD wipe with it, like somebody else said, and not contract quite as many horrific butt-diseases!

Edit: The page specifically says "shredded" twice so I think that means it's probably strips, so yeah, whatever that is. Confetti? Is confetti strips? Man, I just realized I don't think I've ever really looked at confetti.

[XDurionX]

Yeah, some people will buy these to use it as wallpaper or make stupid shit to sell on etsy or something, but why not?

[Faroth]

>Buy bag
>Pour bag into briefcase
>Walk around with briefcase of $10,000

You're a big shot now!

[Deleted]

get the glue fellas

[Dellis0991]

I can imagine the echos of evil laughter coming from the department of treasury.

[Azadina]

I can imagine the echos of evil laughter coming from the department of treasury.

I'm imagining them looking depressed, having to bag that for sale, just so they can stay in business when the wall building starts.

[Sinndra]

Right? We can all just hire a bunch of kids in our neighborhoods to start taping this junk together. Don't banks accept torn-up bills if you can tap them and have more than 70% of the bill or whatever? Shredded might be pushing it, but hey... let's go for it.

As per the law.. 50% of the original bill, undamaged, must remain to get credit?

https://www.moneyfactory.gov/service...edemption.html

Free Public Service


• Clearly more than 50 percent of a note identifiable as United States currency is present, along with sufficient remnants of any relevant security feature and clearly more than one-half of the original note remains; or,



• Fifty percent or less of a note identifiable as United States currency is present and the method of mutilation and supporting evidence demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Treasury that the missing portions have been totally destroyed.

since its the treasury thats selling the bag in the first place, id say they are satisfied with the level of destruction and would not allow redemption for full face value.

[Kujako]

thinking of using it for pillow stuffing... not sure why.

[Elim Garak]

>Buy bag
>Pour bag into briefcase
>Walk around with briefcase of $10,000

You're a big shot now!

Yeah, no

[Trassk]

Sort of highlights the lack of value in the dollar. Obviously it's from the treasury, and they can decide how to distribute money so it doesn't lose value, but this somehow still feels like waste, money that could go to other causes, like homeless shelters or road repairs

[Kujako]

Sort of highlights the lack of value in the dollar. Obviously it's from the treasury, and they can decide how to distribute money so it doesn't lose value, but this somehow still feels like waste, money that could go to other causes, like homeless shelters or road repairs

It's bills taken out of commission, often due to wear. The things wear out, and banks will turn in old bills for new ones. Not much that can be done with the old bills other than destruction.

[Faroth]

Yeah, no

But if it's all shredded to pieces, it's going to fill up that briefcase!

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It's bills taken out of commission, often due to wear. The things wear out, and banks will turn in old bills for new ones. Not much that can be done with the old bills other than destruction.

According to the site, these are undistributed and have never been in circulation.

My guess is it's probably bills that got screwed up during printing. Basically flawed bills that wouldn't go into circulation due to defect.

[Kujako]

My guess is it's probably bills that got screwed up during printing. Basically flawed bills that wouldn't go into circulation due to defect.

That too. Non-recyclable material.

[Trassk]

According to the site, these are undistributed and have never been in circulation.

My guess is it's probably bills that got screwed up during printing. Basically flawed bills that wouldn't go into circulation due to defect.

So, wouldn't that just mean your paying $45 for complete rubbish then? If they have no value, then your not really buying a bag of shredded money, just a 5ibs bag of rubbish.

[Extremity]

Sort of highlights the lack of value in the dollar. Obviously it's from the treasury, and they can decide how to distribute money so it doesn't lose value, but this somehow still feels like waste, money that could go to other causes, like homeless shelters or road repairs

This isn't money that would be otherwise used for something else, it's money that wasn't entered into circulation. It's not as if it would have been used for something better had they not decided to sell these; if anything, this is MORE fiscally responsible as they are getting *some* value for what is effectively junk paper that would have been tossed.

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So, wouldn't that just mean your paying $45 for complete rubbish then? If they have no value, then your not really buying a bag of shredded money, just a 5ibs bag of rubbish.

Well, yeah. It's shredded paper. It just wasn't "monetized" -- it's still "real" money, though. It was still printed and all that, it's not just blank money-colored paper.

Was anybody confused by the aspect of this being "rubbish" though? It's literally a bag of trash, it's just cool that that trash happened to be money at some point; "monetized" or not.

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