Today's Pet Peeve - Thrusday, November 18, 2010 (commercial, publisher, house, check)
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My old landlord used to wait two months before cashing the rent checks...and never had a receipt book with him so I was nervous handing over cash. DROVE ME INSANE. So when I moved out ( largley due to his neglect of every possible normal landlord responsibility) I handed him my last check and said if it wasn't cashed within two weeks I would cancel it. And guess what? I waited three weeks...and canceled it. I hated that man. Probably not the best thing to do, but at that point I was so irate I just didn't care.
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Today's Peeve: People who don't cash checks you give them in a timely manner.
OK... so I've been accused of this too.... but I know that it can be annoying. Especially when it comes time to balance the checkbook and what have you.
I haven't gone to a bank in almost 3 years. Electronic banking is the way to go. If I do write someone a check and they seem to take forever to cash it, it's their loss not mine. If the party is a repeat offender, just write on the bottom of the check "not valid after __ days". If he/she wants his/her money bad enough then he/she move his/her butt to the bank!
This is a big peeve of mine why not deposit them a day or two after they receive the check. I do all bill pay now online. I used to give a check for Birthdays and such and 6 mos later they still had not been deposited <no thank you either but that"s another thread> I love the idea from Goin"2 DE I wish I had though of that.
Wow!! What a great peeve, SCG!! I've had this happen a few times and it is very annoying. I once sent a donation to my Aruba newsletter editor and the check never cleared. Months later when I was moving and closing my checking account I wrote her and inquired about the missing check, telling her if she had it somewhere she better cash it quick. She found it in her desk among some papers.
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Today's Peeve: People who don't cash checks you give them in a timely manner.
OK... so I've been accused of this too.... but I know that it can be annoying. Especially when it comes time to balance the checkbook and what have you.
I’m still waiting for the Publishers Clearing House to send that BIG check to me,,,,,, and yes “I’ll cash it right away”.
I go to the bank all the time because they're nearby and I can't use an ATM alone and I know the people really well there. They always hand me the cash right there and then when I cash a check, and even make sure to count it out carefully with me to make me feel safer.
I got a letter from the bank in 1991 that a contractor had cashed a check that was 18 months old. it was an old account I used when we built our house that I had just never closed but was empty. I raised hell with them for even cashing it so they returned all my fees. I think that was the last time I wrote a check for construction. it was cash or charge from then on out.
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