Cheques

jonbooth

If you have an Alliance & Leicester current account,you can put your cheques in one of their special envelopes with a paying-in slip,and hand in at any Post Office.The envelopes then get collected and taken to Bootle in a van,so they shouldn't go missing.

BlondeHeadOn

I always post my cheques using a paying-in slip and a first class stamp, to both HSBC and First Direct (I have accounts with both) and have never had any problems with either.

I must admit though that when I received two very large cheques which I had to pay in to First Direct, I did drive down to my nearest HSBC Bank and pay them in over the counter. These were cheques for over £15K each, so I guess there's a limit of how much I am prepared to trust the postal system....

BlondeHeadOn

I forgot to mention, I always take a photocopy of the cheque and paying-in slip before I post them off, so I have a record of the cheque details and when it was sent, just in case anything does get lost!

juno

At my HSBC, if you use the fast deposit machine it gives you a tiny photocopy of the cheque. It is only as wide as a normal receipt though, so you can't see much