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didi997

10

'Fourty' instead of 'forty'.. would it still be accepted?

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20083

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didi997

'Fourty' instead of 'forty'.. would it still be accepted?

lol, yeah.

Reply 2

blissy

15

I'm sure it's a very common one, so I'd be inclined to say yes.

Reply 3

didi997

OP

10

lol good.. I was just really worried incase it isn't! Thanks

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FyreFight

14

They'll get it all the time. If the number written matches up as £40, they'll definitely accept it.

Reply 5

xMiss_Sarahx

I won a grand on a quiz show and they spelt my surname wrong (Davies rather than Dawes), i had to return the check for them to amend it!! Was gutted, in the bank they said if it had been a smaller amount they would have let it go though.

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Charlybob

10

xMiss_Sarahx

I won a grand on a quiz show and they spelt my surname wrong (Davies rather than Dawes), i had to return the check for them to amend it!! Was gutted, in the bank they said if it had been a smaller amount they would have let it go though.

It'd have to be under £500 for us to let it through even the first stages with a misspeled surname. Anything 500 and over the names have to be compared on all credits and debits.

*works in the place that deals with about half the cheques in the country*

And yeah, forty wouldn't matter. The writing's only there in case we can't read the number.

Some people have very bad handwriting.

Reply 7

Wiggler

14

Charlybob

*works in the place that deals with about half the cheques in the country*

wot about if someone has a check with a shortened version of their name? say Sam instead of Samantha or Vic instead of Victor. If they cheque is of only a small ammount will that go through fine then?

Reply 8

x-pixie-lottie-x

14

as long as there are no spelling mistakes in name of corse they will :smile:

x

Reply 9

Charlybob

10

Wiggler

wot about if someone has a check with a shortened version of their name? say Sam instead of Samantha or Vic instead of Victor. If they cheque is of only a small ammount will that go through fine then?

Yeah both should go through. Still, for the sake of a few drops of ink, you might as well put the full name and be certain. There are some people who just live to make everyone else's lives awkward.

Reply 10

RosiePosiePuddingAndPie

12

Wiggler

wot about if someone has a check with a shortened version of their name? say Sam instead of Samantha or Vic instead of Victor. If they cheque is of only a small ammount will that go through fine then?

People always do cheques for "Rosie ****" instead of "Rosemary ****" and they go through fine :smile:

Reply 11

jack252

ye thats way below that checking limits lol.
cheques under a few hundred are only scanner through and typed in...spelling isnt checked and signature isnt checked lol...

its stupid

i dont qrite cheques anymore ^_^

Reply 12

DannyOwens

I work at a high street bank and you can accept cheques under anyname as long as its deffo the customers... So D Owens, Dan Owens, Daniel Owens, Danny Owens will all be accepted!

Reply 13

faber niger

17

Of course. It's not like they accidentally wrote Children In Need instead of Di ...

Reply 14

Epic Win

15

didi997

'Fourty' instead of 'forty'.. would it still be accepted?

lol
of course

Reply 15

originalname

I saw a really neat trick on 'The Real Hustle'... basically this guy gets a cheque from restaurants for £9 for a dry cleaning bill; he then changes the NINE POUNDS to NINETY POUNDS, and uses the dot in £9 . 00 to make £90.00.

pretty smart I thought :P

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Sick Puppy

10

Wiggler

wot about if someone has a check with a shortened version of their name? say Sam instead of Samantha or Vic instead of Victor. If they cheque is of only a small ammount will that go through fine then?

My great uncle wrote my cheque to "Becky" *cringes* instead of Rebecca and it went through fine

Reply 17

Sick Puppy

10

originalname

I saw a really neat trick on 'The Real Hustle'... basically this guy gets a cheque from restaurants for £9 for a dry cleaning bill; he then changes the NINE POUNDS to NINETY POUNDS, and uses the dot in £9 . 00 to make £90.00.

pretty smart I thought :P

Ooooh I saw that! I'd never have the guts to do it myself but some of the stuff they do on there is really clever!

Reply 18

kpg

11

originalname

I saw a really neat trick on 'The Real Hustle'... basically this guy gets a cheque from restaurants for £9 for a dry cleaning bill; he then changes the NINE POUNDS to NINETY POUNDS, and uses the dot in £9 . 00 to make £90.00.

pretty smart I thought :P

For that reason if it's whole numbers it's a good idea not to write "£9.00" but just "£9------"

Reply 19

stan37

I made the similar mistake...'Hundread' instead of 'Hundred'... will it be acceptable?

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