On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 08:49:27 +0100, Joan wrote: >I was once asked to write my address >on the back of a cheque although I had a guarantee card which more than >covered the amount of the cheque, on the grounds that it was "company >policy". The assistant refused to accept the cheque without the address, I >refused to pay for the goods in any other way and she then had to call a >supervisor to delete the items from her till and apologise to the other >people in the queue who had been kept waiting.
If it happens to you again Joan, just do what I do, write c/o and the address of the bank that's printed on the front of the cheque. (For the benefit of non-UK list members, we don't put addresses on cheques. Banks give good customers the guarantee card Joan refers to above - if the customer doesn't have enough funds to cover the cheque the bank guarantees to pay the retailer anyway. Can't buy anything in person by cheque without one these days.) -- The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. Quentin Crisp Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
