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Rich-Ando
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 Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: Banks just take the biscuit |
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ihad one of those weeks last week where i kept doing stupid things.
i went to the plumbers merchants on the Monday, bought a load of gear and handed over a business cheque as normal.
got home Monday night to hear a message on the answer machine from the boss at the plumbers merchants "rich, sorry m8 but you forgot to sign the cheque"
so i went straight back in the morning and apologised. to his annoyance he then found his staff banked it Monday night.
i needed to get a few other bits i had forgotten anyway so i said "don't matter, just tear it up when they send it back, I'll write you another one out now and include what i have today".
on Wednesday i realised that not only did i forget to sign the cheque on Monday, i went and left the pipe there that i bought on Tuesday when i went back to correct Monday's mistake::b
guess what, i checked the bank statements on-line today,
My bank cashed a cheque not signed!!!! |
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gib_goblin
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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You could send an invoice to the bank for your time and costs, once you sort this out. 
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tim'll fix it
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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banks dont check any cheques under a grand (if that makes sense)
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Rich-Ando
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| gib_goblin wrote: |
| You could send an invoice to the bank for your time and costs, once you sort this out. |
that crossed my mind already
| tim'll fix it wrote: |
| banks dont check any cheques under a grand (if that makes sense) |
i can believe that. thing is though, what if i had lost that book? it goes to show that all the efforts they go to to make us protect ourselves more don't mean a thing as they don't even do the basics at source. |
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gib_goblin
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:52 am Post subject: |
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...slight change of topic warning...but...
What do you think about the fact retail outlets are stopping taking cheques?
It started at the petrol stations and now its spreading, thing is a cheque is supposed to be a valid form of payment, it reallys pi@@es me off these places refuse a perfectly legal method of payment. 
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ultimatehandyman
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:04 am Post subject: |
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That is really bad
I'd be very mad about that.
Banks seem to get away with murder.
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