"You sure you don't need the 200 yen stamp?" "No ma'am, quite sure I need two of the expensive ones." "Whatever would you need that for?" "The bank directed me to purchase them." "Oh for something like a loan?" "Yes." "... You have to be really careful with people offering loans"
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"Er, yes, quite." "You see a thing that You Know Who do is they find people who are in desperate straights and maybe a little financially unsophisticated." "Thank you but I'm..." "And then they say there's an application fee and to make you feel good with it they say buy stamps."
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"That's fascinating ma'am but..." "And those stamps are good as cash." "Yes I'm aware they're a *negotiable instrument.*" "And I wouldn't want you to get taken advantage of." "YOUR CONCERN IS APPRECIATED BUT IT'S A BANK." "Well dear how would you know it was a bank?"
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And you know the part of me that works in finance and computer security was actually a little flumoxxed by that because how do you really know anyone is anyone, when it comes down to it. But that wouldn't have gotten me the freaking stamp. "Here's paperwork." "Oh it's Big Bank."
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Because You Know Who are, of course, utterly incapable of producing a one page document with Big Bank written on top which says "Mr. McKenzie, as discussed previously, buy some stamps." But whatever. Anyhow: correct denomination was not in stock; trying again another day.
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In Australia & UK it's literally called "stamp duty".
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We have those in Italy as well, they are called "Marca da bollo". Fun part: you can only buy them at "tabacchi" stores, which sell cigarettes and scratch to win mostly
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Seems to be common around the world. In the Cayman Islands I had to pay 5% of the purchase price of my home in stamp duty. Thankfully they don’t make us buy $30,000 or so in stamps anymore to put on the land transfer document
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That was so cute! I wish all civil servants were so helpful... Btw stamp-based taxation exists in Italy too, although these days is slowly disappearing (except for passports, but those are special and cannot be bought anywhere).
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I guess this is a hangover from dealing with a certain organisation for so long. It was only recently you could get burner phones there.
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