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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 19 2010, 12:16 PM (286 Views) | |
| George K | Aug 19 2010, 12:16 PM Post #1 |
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Or not, it's OK. I was up at the Cheddarshack last night - had the guy come to fix our satellite dish. One of the other chores I had while there was to go to the local bank, where we have a checking account (just for emergency cash and stuff), and close the account. The account has sat inactive for years, and only has $400 in it. It's serving no purpose anymore, and I thought I'd close it out. I walked in and spoke to a very pleasant lady sitting at the "new accounts" desk. "Can I help you?" "Yes, I want to close my checking account?" "Why is that, sir?" "It's sat idle for years, and there's no point in keeping it open." "Do you have the account number?" "Gee, no, I'm sorry, I don't" "That's OK. Your name please?" "George Gaspasser" "Address?" I gave her the address where the statement is sent. "OK, it'll be just a moment. Would a cashier's check be OK?" "Sure." And in another 2 minutes, I walked out with a cashier's check for $400 in my hand. I was not asked for my SS#, or ANY form of identification. I must look trustworthy. ![]() Edited by George K, Aug 19 2010, 12:17 PM.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Dewey | Aug 19 2010, 01:07 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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After a marriage (actually, I have the couple give it to me the day before, just so they won't forget in the excitement of the wedding day), I have to sign the couple's Marriage License issued by the county, tear off a signed bottom stub, mail the couple the signed marriage license, and mail the county the signed stub to document that the wedding was finalized. I officiated a wedding in June, and I'm not sure how I did it, but I signed the stub but didn't date it. The county notified the couple, who notified me, telling me that I would have to send them a certified letter on church letterhead, confirming the date that the marriage took place, within the next 30 days. I had let it go for about two and a half weeks, when I just happened to have to be in that particular country seat for another reason. I thought I'd try to kill two birds with one tank of gas, and I went into the country courthouse to see if I could just clear up the paperwork omission in person. After clearing the metal detectors, I got through the entry and got to the right office. I walked in and a woman greeted me. I gave her a detailed explanation of what I was there for, the names of the couple, the actual date the marriage took place, the location, etc. etc. She asked me to wait just a minute and walked away. I started to pull out my wallet to get a photo ID, to prove I was the actual officiant, while I saw the woman walk over to the only other woman working in the room, who'd been sitting there all through our conversation. The first woman asked the second, "Mary, do you have a marriage license for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, married on June 26th in Frankfort at the Presbyterian Church?" Without getting out of her chair, without even taking her eyes off the first woman, Mary reached over and picked the stub up off the upper right hand corner of the desk, where apparently it had been sitting for the past two and a half weeks, and handed it to her. The woman brought it over to me and I dated it. She didn't ask for my name, my title, any ID. Nothing. I guess just the fact that I knew the stub was there and needed to be dated was as much verification as a Certified Mail or a photo ID. |
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| Axtremus | Aug 19 2010, 01:16 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Try to open a new bank account ... see if they let you do that without showing your ID.
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 19 2010, 01:24 PM Post #4 |
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Emperor Pengin
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That's nothing, George. I just closed up your other checking account without any ID, too. They also gave me a cashier's check. |
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| Axtremus | Aug 19 2010, 01:26 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Speaking of ID checks ... those electronic credit/debit card transaction pads really annoy the heck out of me. One can never sign his signature right with those electronic transaction pads. Why do they even bother to collect your signature through those pads? |
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| kluurs | Aug 19 2010, 01:43 PM Post #6 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Youz a bad man...a very bad man...
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 19 2010, 01:48 PM Post #7 |
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Have you tried cashing a check at the bank where the check was issued from, but you don't have an account at? That's fun. After going through a 15 minute rigamarole about why you should open an account, they then demand three forms of ID, a thumbprint, then charge a 5-6 dollar transaction fee. Once, they ticked me off enough that I went ahead, opened the account, deposited the check, walked out, walked back in, and closed the account. Edited by Luke's Dad, Aug 19 2010, 01:49 PM.
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| George K | Aug 19 2010, 01:58 PM Post #8 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Axtremus | Aug 19 2010, 01:58 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yes, a very long time ago. I rarely cash a check these days ... probably haven't cash one written by others for a few years now. Despite all the bad things said about big national banks, I do maintain accounts with such big banks, and their advantage is that they have branches and ATMs pretty much everywhere. I can always find one of my bank's branch or ATM to do business with. This holds as long as I travel inside the US. When traveling outside the US, it's all credit card and cash; even traveller's cheque is passé now.
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