Where's George?

I've been a Georger for almost a year now. I love it. This is my latest hobby. I am up to almost 400 hits. Join in.

I got a where's George on a $100 bill from The grocery store and tried to deposit into my account. Because of the stamps on it, the ATM wouldn't take it. That is very annoying for anyone wanting to deposit money that has these stupid stamps on them

It used to be a lot easier to enter bills, but the new site makes you do extra cliks and forces ads on you to the point where its almost no fun anymore.

For something that looks like it could be fun it has been made way to difficult. I already have an email address on file but don't remember the password. Email never came to reset password. Sorry to the people who are trying to track the bills. I tried.

That being said, the website hasn't changed much since I started. $#*!ty little set up, but such a good concept.

I've been a member of this site for over 6 months now. I love it, I don't get as many 'hits' as I would like, but it's still entertaining to see where your money goes all over the world. There's also a site for canadian money as well.

Theres no fee, and no attempt to collect money from the users, just a free site to kill some time while at work.

I love this site and have been on it for 17 years.
I have entered over 81,000 bills and have great statistics on all of them

It is quite a specialized site and I think it does exactly what it needs to do.

Thanks

I've been on this site going on 8 years now. I absolutely love it. It is always interesting to see where bills end up. The site is very user friendly and premium options (like the Friends of George program) really help elevate the user experience.

Owner of site changed rules and no longer allows you to make personalized comments to the bills you post and wiped away hundreds of hours of time spent by many doing so. Knee jerk reaction to to a much smaller group causing some form of problem. Inflexable when confronted, be aware your efforts may be negated in the future too. Only state this because I can not get back the time I spent keying in nor can I any longer see the creative replies where I knew I had truly touched someone.

This is a fun site if you're interested in where your money has been or where it's going... literally!

What you do is you can enter the serial number on your bills, all denominations, and if someone has entered this same bill into the site, it'll tell you where it's been. It's a fun tracking system.

I've gotten bills from overseas where military personnel had exchanged it for foreign currency and I got a dollar bill that had traveled all the way from Germany to me in Texas. You can start by entering your own and the site keeps a list of the bills you entered and you can track them and see where they're at whenever you want. I got one from Louisiana today that had traveled 421 miles in 4 days.

Some people order a stamp to stamp their bills with the web address on there to let others know it's been entered but if you're worried about writing on US money, of course, you don't have to. I seriously doubt the Secret Service is going to beat down your door for it but that's up to you. I've written the web address on many asked that they be entered. Some ppl don't write or stamp on it but it still may be in the database anyway.

Anyway, I find it fun and interesting and boy, do I need a life but hey, it'll work until I get one, lol.

Where's George is a bill tracking site. The hobby is known as "Georging" and those who do it are "Georgers." Registration is free and does not generate uninvited spam. Bills are marked in various ways - some folks use a rubber stamp, some hand-write their message. As long as the serial number does not get messed up, it is not "defacing" or illegal. I write in the margins: "Where's George?" in the side margin on the face of the bill and in the long margin on the back of the bill (top or bottom, whichever is the widest) I write "Track my journey. Register me at wheresgeorge.com." The site keeps track of incredibly detailed statistics about the origin of the bills you've entered and those that have received hits including rate of travel per day. You get a score based on the number of hits registered on bills you have entered, distance traveled, number of days since your last activity, etc. I have been Georging for about ten years. I am in the top 3% in California and the top 8% nationwide of those with George scores. I have had hits from 28 states, two from Germany, and one from Egypt. Yet I'm nowhere near those individuals that have had hits from every state capital in the country. Or from every county in their state. Where's Willy is the Canadian equivalent. P.S. - This site was overwhelmed with traffic a couple years ago when it was used as an example of how a flu virus could travel worldwide and how long it would take.

The owner changed the site. Runs it as if he is doing you a favor. When we are the ones who are entering bills and helping to advertise HIS website. Without us he would have no website and would not make any money from the ads that now run on it. When I entered a bill there was a bill with the same number as mine but different year so I entered it with that year also to see where it came from and how long it was out there I discovered that it was not hit for over 8 years nor was the george member active for about that long. Must have died waiting for the bill to be hit on. With no explanation I was suspended. Upon contact with the owner I was told that I did a very very bad thing entering a bill I did not have. He told me that he would let me enter bills again if I promised him that I would never never do such a bad thing again. I am not a child and I will not kiss his $#*! so that I can advertise his website to thousands of people. He could have been decent and just told me that I broke the rules instead of treating me like a child sending me to my room without even stating why. And then expecting me to kiss his $#*!. I can advertise for another tracking service just as well. There are other tracking sites you can use beside this one --- I suggest you use them

Thought it would be a fun site but after posting on the website the website owner edited the message, I would say its a waste off time. To politicly correct