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Originally Posted by potsmoker101
Deposited far east check today at You.Es. Bbank. Required to fill out foreign check form and told that it will cost minimum $85 processing fee and should take 3 days or so to clear. Although form says it may take up to 8 weeks. Will post update once it (hopefully) clears.
I went thru the same thing at stagecoach with my last Carbon check. The teller got confused, probably over the digits of the routing #, and called a manager over. She asked a few vague questions, to which I gave vague answers (said I worked online doing advertising or research)They accepted the check, then called me an hour later saying they thought the check might not be good. I assured them that it was, but since I had just changed banks (from one that has 3 words, with "of" in the middle), there was no record o me cashing these types of checks in their system.
Now the real adventure began. My first instinct was to retrieve the check and take it to another branch. But, being crazy, I second guessed myself into thinking it would be the same outcome. So when I got tontine bank the manager said it had to go to collections, which could take weeks,and would incur a $70 fee. I said that was ridiculous. She said it was the only way, but she'd wipe out half the fee.
It took a month to get paid, but I got paid. My recommendation would be to try another branch if they say the dreaded "send to collections" phrase.