IT seems money can buy you love. At least according to an online novelty store in the US that is helping men gain dates with high maintenance women.

The store sells real looking cashpoint slips with whopping bank balances that can be pulled from your pocket and casually used as a piece of paper to jot your phone number on.

Richard Halpern, whose website, www.pullmyfinger.com offers the slips which come in packs of 24 printed on real ATM Paper, claims they will enable you to "Pick up chicks quickly at bars, dances, social events."

He doesn't mention what happens when they find out you've only got £3.50 and push bike to your name.