Don't you hate when you forget to cash a check?

[AndrewR]

I just found a check from my brother dated September 9, 2000, which I never cashed. Good thing it's my brother, though. I just sent him a "Happy Birthday" and "By the way, you owe my $55" email.

 

[Sluggo]

Why does he owe you anything, unless he stopped payment on the check it is still good.

 

[Scrapster]

I usually don't cash my checks for months. I just never get around to it. Ofcourse my most important checks are direct deposited, still sometimes I'll be cleaning out my wallet and find 4-5 checks. Always pisses off the people who wrote them out to me.

 

[BChico]

For my birthday i always recieve checks from relatives... Well when i had just turned 13 i had about 7 checks ready to deposit, so i deposited them at the MAC, and after a week of not seeing a deposit shown on my account my mom called to see what the hell was going on... Well it turned out, me being the 13 year old i was, FORGOT TO SIGN EVERY CHECK, luckily the credit union let me have my money back, AFTER A 20 DOLLAR DEDUCTION ON EVERY CHECK, DAMN!!! Well i learned the importance of endorsing checks that day...

 

[Aves]

I had a rebate check from Western Digital that I forgot about for months. When I remembered it, it had already expired.

 

[BChico]

OMG, i did that too recently, i bought a PF790 at bestbuy, had a 50 dollar rebate, found it too late...

 

[kaiotes]

I cash my checks within 2 wks
its a complete rip off that ur CREDIT UNION, (i thought they are supposed to be nicer to you than regular banks) and they charge you money to cash checks.

 

[BChico]

Yeah it really pissed me off at the time...

 

[AndrewR]

I figured the check is probably still good, but I wanted to make sure that he still had the bank account and that he was aware that a $55 check was going to clear shortly (not that it would matter -- he's making big bucks).

And to think, all this time he's been using the GPS I sold him for free!

 

[randomlinh]

heheh, i've always tried to cash my checks ASAP... but i had written out a deposit slip and slapped the check in my checkbook (didn't rip out the deposit slip just yet)... i put it down sayin I would get it later... well, a few months down the road, i pick up my checkbook again (notice how i rarely use it ) and wham, a $50 check.

 

[MrBond]

I've forgotten to endorse checks in the past....they always take them. Guess living in a small town has some benefits...

 

[AndrewR]

The problem was that he gave me the check when we were visiting the High Musuem in Atlanta (my parents, my brother and his wife, my wife and I). I had purchased a small print in a large bag, and the check went into that bag as well. Since I didn't have the print framed (yet), it's been sitting around in the bag. I was about to throw the bag away, and lo and behold the check floated to the floor.