Check update, and best LJ entry ever

[valis2]

So I went to the bank, and the snotty little teller looks at the checks and says, "But you signed the order for the stop payment on these checks."

She called in another teller eventually.

I had to continually assert that the checks I had in my hand were the replacement checks, not the original run, and that you could tell this by the numbers and by the fact that the correct address was on the checks, because this was in fact WHY I HAD GONE IN AND HAD THEM REPLACED.

I have no idea what happened, but they kept pulling out these crazy dates and insisting that the checks that I had just received were the original set. NO. NO. NO.

Just to reiterate:

The original checks with my old address are missing. As they were sent to my old address. The last check I wrote was 3850. The new checks I received as replacements (and just used) start with 4000. I kept saying, "What happened to 3851 through 3999?" And they kept acting like I'd used them, but the last check to clear out of my account was 3848. But their system kept claiming that the checks beginning with 4000 were the checks I'd cancelled. OMG. THIS IS MAKING ME CRAZY EVEN TYPING THIS.

In the end, I don't think they believed me, but they finally agreed to take off the stop payments, and on Tuesday they will call Husband and sort out which checks were which and write letters to the companies if they needed to. So it's all solved. I think. GRAH.

Okay, and to make up for the tl;dr, here is a link to quite possibly the best LJ entry ever.

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

What a bunch of tards.

It seems so strange to me to hear of people still using checks. They kinda went outta style here in the 80s, when credit cards came in to their own.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

heh. You know, when I first started doing shows, it was pretty much 1/3 credit cards, 1/3 checks, 1/3 cash. Now it's more like 2/3 credit cards/debit cards, and 1/3 cash. I rarely take a check anymore.

And I never use checks just about at all. Just for bills. I'm still not convinced about internet security, so I don't do any bill payments online quite yet. I'm still paying all of my bills by check, and that's why I'm in this pickle. *sigh*

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I think I direct debit or phone pay mine. The last time I paid with cheque was when I complained to a soup company about their nasty mushroom soup and they sent me a cheque for $5. Oh, wait, no, I complained to a cheese company about their crunchy dick cheese and they sent me $3. I carried it around for months before I got the opportunity or will to put it in my bank account.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking about going to online pay, but I'm just annoyed by the thought of the possible security problems and having to remember another new set of passwords. grah.