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- From: "nigel allen" <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
- Subject: Re: Can I make my own cheques?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.4141.29435@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "nigel allen" <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: misc
- Date: 28 Jan 93 09:10:35 EST
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- joe@bulldog.sybase.com (Joseph Weinstein) asks:
- > Can I use cheques I've made myself by photocopying cheques issued
- > from the bank or cheque printing firm?
-
- The cheques will be perfectly legal, but your bank may charge you an
- extra service fee for using non-standard cheques. Cheques from a cheque
- printer have the codes on the bottom in magnetic ink that can be read by
- machine, but photocopied cheques have to be processed manually.
-
- And even though the cheques would be perfectly legal, your bank (or the
- recipient, or the recipient's bank) might refuse to handle them because
- they thought someone was forging cheques using a photocopier.
-
- As well, all the photocopied cheques would have the same serial number,
- which would make it more difficult for you to reconcile your chequing
- account.
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