[TenTec] Trust but Verify

[Thos. Wade Patton]

I dunno but I'm gonna plant a lot of Corn!

W1ADE

At 08:39 AM 3/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Gosh, I can't believe a felow TenTecer wrote a cold check! I've taken
>dozens of personal checks with no problems (not that it means anything).
>If I was buying something and I knew ahead of time the seller was going to
>wait for 3 weeks to let my check float through the system, I would either
>forget the entire deal or send a cashier's check or money order.
>Hopefully, most people will take these without a 3 week wait. 
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>As y2k aproaches and the banks start to go under due to the number of
>withdraws, you will be forced to use money orders or hand deliver the
>green stuff. Then when the green stuff is no longer worth anything, maybe
>we can trade with corn and beans. How many beans is an Omni V worth? 
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>On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Eric N Boe wrote:
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>> 
>> Close call this morning...
>> 
>> Oh the perils of sight-unseen customers.  I've used a policy in the past
>> of trusting a personal check from a HAM as long as the imprint matched
>> QRZ.COM.  This has worked for the 3 or 4 items I've sold over the past
>> couple of years, but just found a counter-example today.
>> 
>> Free Advice:  Wait for all personal checks to clear (and then wait
>> another 10 days for the banks to talk to each other).  This extended
>> waiting period covers any cancelled-check opportunities.
>> 
>> I almost shipped out my used Omni V today to a person who paid by check. 
>> I decided to follow procedure and call the bank on the check first to
>> verify funds.  Sure enough, the check was bad.  It may have been a
>> mistake by the check writer or the bank, and I'm waiting to hear from the
>> gentleman for an explanation (hence no name smearing here).
>> 
>> Bottom line:  In God we trust, all others pay cash.
>> 
>> Eric (K0AVW)
>> 
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