student son wants to lodge cheque,,been told 6 weeks

Old_Git

not the same situation but I have returned euro cheque and asked for a sterling one .

ballyblack

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dont know why irish boxing board cant pay cheques in sterling

Perhaps they have only got a Euro current Account in Eire, so they can't write Sterling cheques

simple_but_sweet

6 weeks is a bit of a joke, can you not phone and ask them to pay it through bank transfer?

Golden_Anemone

mumblub this happened to me a couple of years ago with the Northern Bank. Same scenario and the euros cheque was worth upwards of several thousand pounds. My bank didn't uphold my complaint after it took almost 6 weeks for them to credit my account with the money even though it left the bank account of the person who wrote the cheque 2 days after I lodged it.

Get your son to book a day return train to Dublin for a tenner, bring ID and cash the cheque there if he can. It'll be worth it in the long run.

BigAl94

If it's a crossed cheque you can forget that unless you can return it to the issuer to have the crossing removed.

donnac2558

My brother who lives in Canada, sent me a cheque some years back(usually its just dollars). Lucky it was made out in sterling and not dollars. I was told by A&L now Santander, it would take 6 weeks if it had been in dollars. It cleared in 7 days because it was make out in sterling.

Golden_Anemone

BigAl94 wrote: »

If it's a crossed cheque you can forget that unless you can return it to the issuer to have the crossing removed.

If that's the case then 2 daytrips to Dublin a week apart, 1 to open an account and lodge the cheque, another to withdraw the money, will still be less stressful and quicker than waiting on an NI bank.