Doing a long-delayed errand, depositing a few checks from various and sundry rebates. One has a date of 10/30/12 and a statement on it declaring "Not valid after 90 days". 90 days after 10/30 is.... today, January 28th. If I cash the check when I go to work in the morning, and my bank accepts the check today, then processes it through to the originating bank a day or two later, will I ultimately get hit with a returned-check fee?
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posted by sesquipedalia
on Jan 27, 2013 -
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What to do with these checks? Spring cleaning turned up 2 old checks made from lendor to creditors. We never sent them because they were wrong, and now, 5 years later, where is the money and can we get it back?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 24, 2012 -
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Where do people recommend buying inexpensive checks online? Most of the sites I've tried that advertise low prices tack on relatively large fees at the end. I am in the United States and like duplicate wallet checks with simple designs.
posted by espertus
on Apr 4, 2012 -
17 answers
My assistant wrote checks to himself from my account - what is the best way to get my money back?
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posted by Melsky
on Feb 7, 2012 -
49 answers
I need software which can print the full check onto blank check stock.
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posted by OTA
on Dec 5, 2011 -
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New checks came in and after my name the "Sr." designation is used. My father and I share the same name and technically I am a "Jr", though I have never used that designation either. I am concerned about identity issues, should I be?
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posted by The1andonly
on Nov 26, 2011 -
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What is the fastest way for me to deposit/cash a large check in Hawaii (hopefully in the next two days) considering that there are no branches of my bank in Hawaii and that my account isn't eligible for "mobile deposit" via my smartphone?
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posted by unknowncommand
on Nov 17, 2011 -
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I'm going paperless, and as I was scanning a huge mess of documents I came across what appears to be an uncashed treasurer's check issued in 1998 by a bank that no longer exists. What should I do?
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posted by symbebekos
on Mar 17, 2011 -
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Time to buy checks, and not from my bank. Which check companies don't advertise themselves in the margins of their product? I'll settle for checks with phrases that don't scream out "We sell checks!"
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posted by Xere
on Jan 16, 2011 -
9 answers
Can a check I write bounce if I deposited a higher value check a couple of days before the date on the check and made no purchases in the meantime?
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posted by vlsd
on Nov 29, 2010 -
12 answers
I need some personal recommendations for Check-Writing Software, not Accounting Software that writes checks.
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posted by sandra_s
on Nov 4, 2010 -
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I'm out of checks. As you can see by the date, rent is due. It's a Sunday and I can't go to the bank for help. I have four days after today to get it in by. What do I do?
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posted by jenfullmoon
on Aug 1, 2010 -
38 answers
Check Printing Companies: Any recommendations for legitimate, reliable, reasonably priced online companies from whom you order checks? I am tired of paying so much to Deluxe. A google search comes up with a lot of entries, but I am hesitant to give my account and routing number to an unknown online company. Looking for personal recommendations from my friends in the hive mind community. Thanks!
posted by Lylo
on Jul 8, 2010 -
18 answers
Within the last two hours, I lost my wallet in Sacramento while biking along the American River Parkway. A four-part question about getting home to the Bay Area using only a checkbook: 1. What's the easiest way to turn personal checks into cash, ideally in downtown Sacto? 2. Has anyone successfully used a check at Greyhound or Amtrak?
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posted by slidell
on Jun 29, 2010 -
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[Bureaucrat-filter]: Who signs checks that are issued by institutions? Who endorses checks that are deposited by institutions?
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posted by ms.codex
on Dec 11, 2009 -
12 answers
I'm British living in the UK but I get sent lots of US cheques in US$. Best way of minimising fees/costs for cashing them?
posted by humblepigeon
on Feb 24, 2009 -
2 answers
How hard is it these days to get a job teaching kids music as a part of an after school or part time program? Are there many hurdles involving police checks etc?
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posted by mooza
on Dec 14, 2008 -
11 answers
I'm thinking of moving entirely to online bill pay. Have I thought this through? Will I regret having no way to write a paper check?
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posted by Riverine
on Aug 12, 2008 -
55 answers
Getting paid by US checks is pricey and time-consuming when I have to cash them over here (Sweden) - solutions? Opening a us checking account? Can I?
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posted by dabitch
on Jul 21, 2008 -
14 answers
If I write a check today and it's cashed immediately, but the money to cover it won't be in my account until tomorrow, what happens?
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posted by Clay201
on Jul 2, 2008 -
27 answers
I have a curbside mailbox and mail theft is common in Utah (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600129714,00.html). Big Credit Card Company (BCCC) sends me convenience checks that can be stolen and cashed by anybody. The post office won’t let me move my mailbox to my house. Local politicians sided with the Postmaster. A rental box or a new security mailbox are impractical.
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posted by CollectiveMind
on May 11, 2008 -
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I'm subletting an apartment for the summer (June-August). Is it sketchy to be asked to give the original lessee three checks—two pre-dated for July 1st and August 1st respectively—at the signing? It seems slightly odd, but not necessarily sketchy.
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posted by thebabelfish
on Apr 20, 2008 -
31 answers
Does the country in which a cheque is cashed have any basis on which currency is used?
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posted by comiddle
on Feb 25, 2008 -
7 answers
i deposited my roommate's rent check into my account via atm at a branch of my bank, but not my branch, although it's one in the same city. why did they mail the check and my deposit slip back to me?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 17, 2008 -
10 answers
Random question about some 1980s bank checks, probably called the Windjammer series.
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posted by GaelFC
on Sep 14, 2007 -
1 answer
I need to know websites/companies that do legit background/information checks. I am willing to pay a fee as long as it is not unreasonable.
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posted by username68
on Aug 4, 2007 -
8 answers
Why is the presidential administration working so persistently to bequeath extra powers to their likely Democrat successors?
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posted by jimmyjimjim
on Jul 5, 2007 -
31 answers
I am going to hire a landscaper to do some major renovations to my backyard. Since I don’t have all the cash on hand right now, I was planning on paying with a 0% interest credit card (and I would easily be able to pay it off in less than a year). The problem is that the landscaper (who we like much more than the others) does not accept credit cards.
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posted by toddst
on May 17, 2007 -
21 answers
Is it legal and/or kosher for me to have my bank's name on my checks, but not its contact info or address?
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posted by foxy_hedgehog
on Apr 25, 2007 -
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Why is the United States ACH (automated clearing house) system so slow and inefficient? Funds can never be assured until several days pass, and that creates a ripe atmosphere for check bouncing. When I do a Paypal transfer to my bank or move money from bank to bank it always takes 2-3 days. Why is the banking system stuck in the 1950s? Is there any talk of overhauling the ACH system?
posted by calhound
on Feb 6, 2007 -
12 answers
IRSAuditFilter: If one were to, sayy, cash personal checks at the checkwriter's bank, would the IRS know?
posted by anonymoose
on Jan 17, 2006 -
17 answers
In the U.S., personal checks and paper currency are the same size.
So I've been wondering- is there an international standard size for personal checks? Or, do checks issued in one particular country match up with that country's currency? (And what about places like China, where the bills are all different sizes?)
Thanks in advance for helping me sleep at night.
posted by elisabeth r
on May 22, 2005 -
11 answers
Anyone know where I can get Star Wars personal checks? All my Google-Fu can turn up is
http://www.anthonygrandio.com/agindex.html, and while those are nice, they're not what I'm looking for. And they're even more than the insanely expensive checks my bank offers.
posted by Kellydamnit
on May 20, 2005 -
6 answers
I have sifted through everything and can't find any way to decide which cheesy design to pick. Anyone know any cool check design sites? There must be something out there.
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posted by scazza
on Apr 21, 2005 -
17 answers
How is it that a bank is allowed to charge a fee to non-account-holders to cash checks drawn on that same bank? My layman's reading of the Uniform Commercial Code seems to indicate that checks are "unconditional obligations" and to me "unconditional" means "without requiring the payment of a fee."
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posted by IshmaelGraves
on Jan 2, 2005 -
14 answers
Additional bounced check fees? I deposited a check that ended up bouncing. Before I figured this out, I wrote a check on the account that subsequently bounced. So, I get a $25.00 fee for the deposited check, another $25.00 fee for the check I wrote,
but now the institution I wrote the check to wants to tack on an additional $25.00 fee. Can they do this?
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posted by Civil_Disobedient
on Dec 22, 2004 -
22 answers
Cashing a French cheque in Canada, or possibly in France... [more inside]
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posted by louigi
on Nov 4, 2004 -
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