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Abbey cheque

MarcoM · 2007-12-27 13:50:14

Hi all, I just got a cheque from abbey payable to a third party drawn on my passbook savings account. They run the book through their system and it already shows the debit for the cheque amount. I haven't even sent the cheque to its recipient yet. What happens if it is lost before it is presented for cashing or if for…

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Mikeyorks Posts: 10,377 Forumite

28 December 2007 at 8:41PM

M_Thomson wrote: »

I don't think you can just lose the money just like that, how about if a Draft gets lost in the post or something like that?

I think I covered that with the bit you didn't quote? :-

The cheque can be stopped if you can reasonably prove the loss - but not as easy to stop as your own cheque.

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