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| 29 DEC 2004 at 9:50pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 6693
Joined: 16 OCT 2004
Location: US, Texas
Status : Offline | .
Can't recall the first pre-printed U.S. bank check number in sequence for the last new account I opened but think it was 1001. I know the numbers don't start at 001 or 0001 because the bank issues temporary checks with a blank field for numbers to use while your first order is being processed and printed. This is true of regular checking (personal or business), savings draw / debit / overdraft accounts and for interest earning investor accounts.
In any case, why not just deposit the check and see if it clears?
Cheers, Terry
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| 29 DEC 2004 at 10:47pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | That's my plan. Even if it doesn't, it was still less of a hassle to get rid of that book than putting it up for sale on eBay or half.com, where it would have sold for much less - if at all.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 29 DEC 2004 at 11:17pm |
gailSchattenjger
Posts : 1659
Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | Checks can start with #001, but why look like you have a brand new account?
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 12:36am |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | My check book started at 001. And now it's up to around 5,500. You can request that the bank start them at a higher number, but it can still bounce no matter what the number is!
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 1:30am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | My regular checking account started at 001 and is currently at check 744. I also have an account with a small amount in it that I use for Pay Pal transfers, and that one is only up to 133. It really doesn't matter as long as the check clears.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 3:17am |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Whew! Good to know. Somehow I got it in my head that people look at you suspiciously if you have a check w/ a low number (as I just did).
I remember from my days working as a Sales Associate that we weren't allowed to take the unnumbered ones no matter how temporary they were. One woman was NOT happy. Having just opened up a checking account a few months before, I sympathized with her. But being a lowly sales associate, there wasn't much I could do. That and I think I had previously taken some type of check I wasn't supposed to when I first started working there, was told never to do it again, and didn't want to get in trouble a second time.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 5:23am |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5586
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Susan (29 DEC 2004 9:25pm)
I got a check from someone today and the number on it was 564. I looked at my checkbook and I started at 3000. Is the one I got even legit? Good thing it's for $12 and not, say, $120.
Take it from me - been in the biz for 30+ years - yep...
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 7:34am |
BelindaSchattenjger
Posts : 2093
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By InlandAZ (30 DEC 2004 5:22am)
Take it from me - been in the biz for 30+ years - yep...
Hey Inland!!!!! How ya been?? Long time no see..........
Thought I would just drop in here for a few before I head to bed......hey, that rhythms....HA HA HA
So, I see you are still here.....are alot of the regulars still here too? Maybe I'll drop in tomorrow some time and say HI......got to go now.......love ya and miss ya.....
Belinda......
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 9:26am |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
Posts : 2099
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | For some reason, mine started at -200.....I have no idea why..............
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 11:50am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | It always amazes me how Americans still use cheque books (note the proper spelling guys ). So do you have to pay stamp duty on them like we do?
Running a personal cheque account in Oz is loaded with fees - cheaper to use Visa.
I just know you're going to write back and say 'what fees?' :-/
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 2:43pm |
gailSchattenjger
Posts : 1659
Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | What fees? It's true.... no fees on my checking account.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 3:31pm |
bdeckedSchattenjger
Posts : 1620
Joined: 14 OCT 2011
Status : Online | I remember my very first check... check number 001...
I was so excited to have my own checking account!!!
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 8:07pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | What fees? My checking account even earns interest, and they print the checks for free. My bank is also open on Sundays.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 8:51pm |
AnneGuild Master
Posts : 4800
Joined: 8 MAR 2003
Status : Online | OH damn.I can`t even talk to my bank.It has been taken over by phone robots.And yes,I do bloody well pay fees.Now I am cross. >
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| 30 DEC 2004 at 11:28pm |
Pastor DisasterJourneyman
Posts : 1056
Joined: 14 DEC 2004
Status : Online | Just about every bank I used in the States had no-fee checking (pffpfphbphft to you Caroline ). I moved to Canada, and the only no-fee checking we could get is through an internet bank. Kinda scary when your local branch is a single ATM.
Dyslexics wonder why there isn't a word that means the same thing as "cinnamon."
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| 31 DEC 2004 at 12:37am |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5586
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Belinda (30 DEC 2004 7:33am)
Hey Inland!!!!! How ya been?? Long time no see..........
Thought I would just drop in here for a few before I head to bed......hey, that rhythms....HA HA HA
So, I see you are still here.....are alot of the regulars still here too? Maybe I'll drop in tomorrow some time and say HI......got to go now.......love ya and miss ya.....
Belinda......
Hey Bel !
Doing fine - and do drop in a bit more often (we've missed ya)
@Caroline
Just cuz you guys spell it wrong, doesn't mean we have to as well - :
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