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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: bumper on August 31, 2007, 11:56:31 am

Title: Cheque's
Post by: bumper on August 31, 2007, 11:56:31 am
Put £100.00 in the letter boxs inside the bank last sat,and they have lost  them,they said to go back and tell the customers to  cancel  the cheq and ask for another one, thats alright but if they have put the cheqs in someone else account and the moneys been taken out of customers  account they not going to give me another one. >:(
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: jeff1 on August 31, 2007, 12:21:10 pm
It will also cost the customer to cancel there cheques, Its the banks fault and they should rectify it.
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: matt on August 31, 2007, 01:07:26 pm
shocking, i wouldnt even have a clue on who had paid me the cheque i put in, i write on the rear of the cheque the address, but thats only if it gets returned, normally because they forget to sign it

what bank are you with ?? ?? ?

oh and how come no1 is in work, im only online as im downstairs whilst my daughter is on her V smile game, after a hour online on the CBeebies site

Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: ScrimShady on August 31, 2007, 01:10:35 pm
matt,arent you abit old for cbeebies?? ;D
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: matt on August 31, 2007, 01:16:58 pm
matt,arent you abit old for cbeebies?? ;D

you would be surprised, i know the site off by heart, we are now moving onto the barbie site a fair bit now though
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: bumper on August 31, 2007, 03:42:05 pm
im with the abbey national last week when the comps were down i put £250 cash in, when i got home and cheked it had not gone inmy account  they paid it in to someone else account.
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: mark dew on August 31, 2007, 04:16:24 pm
It will also cost the customer to cancel there cheques, Its the banks fault and they should rectify it.

It cost my customer a tenner to cancel a cheque.
You could always get the customers names and the cheque numbers off them, but what a hassle.

Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: bumper on August 31, 2007, 04:32:11 pm
but what if they hsve been put in someone else account
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: Pole2pole on August 31, 2007, 04:42:38 pm
i transferred £650 into my wifes account yesterday at the abbey. Got home and went online to check balance. £1300 has been transferred. They'd duplicated it. Not the end of the world but what if that had been someone outside of the family? Tw*ts. Nay.useless tw*ts  ::)
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: dai on September 02, 2007, 06:37:22 pm
I write every name, date and cheque number down in a book. This is my protection against future disputes. It's happened in the past that a customer say's I paid you by cheque. I say yes cheque number so and so but that was on the 4th of the 6th.
I also add the totals up as I enter them, I make up the time it takes to enter them when it comes tho pay them in. Dai
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: bumper on September 02, 2007, 06:39:50 pm
so what will i need of my customers to give to the bank ,if they have been cashed
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: LWC on September 02, 2007, 06:55:39 pm
im pretty bad with cheques to be honest, most of my customers come through the post, i write the address on the envelope and forget to write theyre addy on the cheque, id of been stuffed if this happened to me, need to start wrting this done me thinks
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: Davie T on September 02, 2007, 07:06:10 pm
I log all the cheques in to a book on a daily basis and total them up to be checked when my statement comes in.
Each Pay In is allocated a number in ascending order thereby giving me access to the dat if say a cheque bounces etc.
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: mark dew on September 02, 2007, 09:21:21 pm
so what will i need of my customers to give to the bank ,if they have been cashed

You will need their names, the amount the cheque was, and hopefully their cheque numbers (they will have these in the stubs). You could also start the ball rolling by informing them of the names and amounts that have been paid in.
The positive is that you will get it sorted, without much more than a list of details.
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on September 02, 2007, 09:39:36 pm
I've had the same happen.  Went and got the cheque number and sort code from one customer told the bank and it was sorted in about 20 minuets.  When I do cheques by post or by atm I always copy the chque details down now.

Simon
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: Paul Coleman on September 02, 2007, 09:41:28 pm
I write every name, date and cheque number down in a book. This is my protection against future disputes. It's happened in the past that a customer say's I paid you by cheque. I say yes cheque number so and so but that was on the 4th of the 6th.
I also add the totals up as I enter them, I make up the time it takes to enter them when it comes tho pay them in. Dai

I photocopy and print all my cheques.  6 cheques to an A4 sheet (3 per side).  Next to each cheque I write the address or the invoice number that belongs to it.
Title: Re: Cheque's
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on September 02, 2007, 09:54:06 pm
I write every name, date and cheque number down in a book. This is my protection against future disputes. It's happened in the past that a customer say's I paid you by cheque. I say yes cheque number so and so but that was on the 4th of the 6th.
I also add the totals up as I enter them, I make up the time it takes to enter them when it comes tho pay them in. Dai

I photocopy and print all my cheques.  6 cheques to an A4 sheet (3 per side).  Next to each cheque I write the address or the invoice number that belongs to it.

Good idea.