So, i'm a pack rat-- i never throw anything away.
This bit me in the bum a few days ago when I couldn't find my normal checkbook, so I grabbed a spare which turned out to be old, from another city, a closed account, to pay my rent.
Of course the check bounced. I got it back, and immediately dropped a good check off at the manager's office. They won't take it because of the policy of not re-depositing returned checks.
Is it a) legal in general not to take checks or b) legal to not take the check because I bounced one?
It's such a pain to go get a money order, since there's no way I can make it to a bank for a few days as things are way hectic at work, and I'd have to wait until at least a few days of drawing my maximum cash out of the atm. It makes no sense to me that they wouldn't take a new check, since it was obviously a mistake and also I'm assuming they're willing to take a check for next month's rent which is one week away.
This bit me in the bum a few days ago when I couldn't find my normal checkbook, so I grabbed a spare which turned out to be old, from another city, a closed account, to pay my rent.
Of course the check bounced. I got it back, and immediately dropped a good check off at the manager's office. They won't take it because of the policy of not re-depositing returned checks.
Is it a) legal in general not to take checks or b) legal to not take the check because I bounced one?
It's such a pain to go get a money order, since there's no way I can make it to a bank for a few days as things are way hectic at work, and I'd have to wait until at least a few days of drawing my maximum cash out of the atm. It makes no sense to me that they wouldn't take a new check, since it was obviously a mistake and also I'm assuming they're willing to take a check for next month's rent which is one week away.