On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 02:07:58AM +0100, William Anderson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by > > cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: > > I don't mean to derail the conversation, but if you are paying by > cheque, is this because you do not have a debit card for your bank > account from which you are drawing the cheque? Have you considered > using a prepaid debit card instead? I'd say most if not all online > stores will not accept cheques as payment these days due to the long > turnaround time and stronger possibility of payment failure > (debit/credit cards give a virtually immediate payment verification > response to the supplier).
I think Jim will struggle to find a shop anywhere, online or offline, that accepts cheques. They've been pretty much killed off for consumer to business transactions. A local small PC shop might be willing to accept cheques, but that's the only place I can think of. A pre-paid card is one option, though I believe they charge for loading cash onto them. Another option would be to get a trusted person to buy the laptop on their card, then reimburse them by cheque, though that could cause issues later down the line if the laptop has a fault. -- Paul Waring Freelance consultant http://www.pwaring.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
