itv update win,advice please

avelte

good morning all
i won recently on itv £1500 and received the cheque today,pretty quick,i thought is going to take weeks but a little problem ,they spelled my name wrong ,is just one letter instead of L they put I.

I TRY TO CALL THEM IN THE MORNING BUT COUDNT GET THROUGH

any advice would be apprecciated,i dont think the bank will accept the cheque so i dont want to waste my time going in the branch

please let me know if anyone has a such excperience before

thank you

jeanmd

For £1,500 I think it's worth calling in at the bank and asking. Did you get a letter with it and has that got the correct spelling?

avelte

the letter has the same mistake,they spelled correct on itv site,but the one that processed the cheque made the mistake

zebedee01

I'd try at the bank, they aren't always that strict, i guess it depends who you get really! I have been able to put a cheque in with a spelling mistake before, but then again it wasn';t a large ammount like this one so they maybe more careful!

Good luck, hope you get it sorted soon x

pigtails_21

Congratulations on a fabulous win :j There may not be anybody there answering the phones today, but I'm sure they'll be happy to issue a replacement cheque..they can just cancel the incorrect one, and hopefully send one with the correct spelling on. Fingers crossed that will come just as quickly..am sure it will be fine

The other alternative is to try the bank, but am sure you will have no problems with ITV issuing a replacement cheque, as it is their mistake..

Congratulations again xx

OwtForNowt

Change your name by Deed poll? :rotfl:

I would just ring the bank and ask as others have said. I have put cheques in the bank with a spelling misstake and it was accepted and cleared.

JoJoB

Congratulations!

My bank have my name spelled wrong (an extra "n") and I keep meaning to sort it out. But cheques are processed fine even though they have the correct spelling.

missk9

my bank has accepted a misspell before but i would put it in that self service machine...its usually the cashiers that can be silly

hayleyw1

well done :T

Taloolah

Well done for winning. I had a similar problem with a cheque for £1000 from pepsi. For some reason they put an EN on the end of my name. I took the cheque into my bank and explained to the cashier, she asked the manager and it was accepted and went through fine. I would definately take it into your bank and ask if its ok. It should be fine if not ask ITV to replace it as its their mistake. I hope you get it sorted.

melspur

great win, well done