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Cancel Cheque

Yesterday I had a Bathroom designer in and quoted me a price which I paid a deposit by cheque, having thought about it overnight I wish to cancel the order with the 14 day cooling off period. I have notified them of this by email and cancelled the cheque with the bank. Is it OK to cancel a cheque once you have told them of your intentions.

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  • As far as I know it is fine. If you write the cheque with the intention of cancelling it later then there's a problem, but if you didn't have that intention and have properly cancelled the order (so the trader isn't entitled to the money anyway) then I can't see any issue with cancelling the cheque.
    Common sense?...There's nothing common about sense!
  • If they have already deposited the cheque then they will be annoyed by your cancelling it because they will probably be hit by a bounced cheque fee which would be more than the cost of them returning the monies too you but technically that isnt your problem.
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