Check, check. One-two. One-two.

[monkeybard]

I'm just going to stop paying my friends back. Seriously. Some of them you can totally trust to deposit a check promptly--say in under two weeks.  Others...  I love them.  I really do.  But I'm going to have to drive to their homes and kick some asses soon if they don't go to the fucking bank!

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Money orders.

[lethlogica.livejournal.com]

If you don't have a bank account that offers this option for no extra fees, you may be able to find a minimart that has a fee of less than one dollar per money order. If my friend loses it...it can be tracked back (if they remember that they lost it). If they sit on it for a long time and then redeem it...it doesn't affect my bank balance.

I've been paying rent using M.O.s for years now, because I got sick of landlords who'd get the check on the 1st and cash them around the 15th or 20th of the month (except for those months when they'd cash the check on the 5th or 10th, thereby giving me the impression that they were normal and stuff.)

Re: Money orders.

[monkeybard]

Yeah. That's a good idea and I may do that in the future.

I just don't get it when people who I know are not independently wealthy don't promptly deposit money given to them. I sure as hell head to the bank asap when someone hands me a check. I mean it's a happy event to me, you know? Like: "Whee! I'm depositing MONEY!" (I feel like The Tick: "I'm doing laundry!" lol)