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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:11 PM Original message |
heads up folks... don't waste money on "bank checks" or money orders |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. it used to be, a bank check was just as good as cash! |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. apparently it is still possible to put a "stop check" on the bank checks |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. yes, but back in my banking days |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. yes - I had this come up about a year ago for me |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tell her to take it to a branch of your bank |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. we live an hour apart |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. I suggest giving your mother a deposit slip. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. she and I do not live near each other |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. She wouldn't have to. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. we use small banks |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. patriot act |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. 'Cashier's checks' used to be as good as cash. No more. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Really? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Not Schwab's problem. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Ah! |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Considering that these days |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Never saw anything like this from Western Union |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. true enough |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. US Postal Service Money orders, cheap and cash at any Post Office n/t |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Nope |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. take a postal money order to the post office |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Banks are in real deep doo doo and raised even ATM fees |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. Is it Bank of America? |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. no |
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