From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: Comet not accepting cheques
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:09:37 GMT

Tim wrote:

>> Tim wrote:
>> > Which all sounds quite a bit more complicated/time-consuming than
>> > simply writing out something that *looks* like a cheque, but isn't - ie
>> > a "non-transferable" cheque...
>>
> 
> "Ronald Raygun" wrote
>> Quite.  You could ask HJ to send you a pre-printed BGC slip from
>> his paying-in book or the back of his cheque book.  Then write
>> him a cheque but don't send it to him, send (or take) it to a
>> bank branch near you (or even post office?) and that'll be it.
>> No chance of it being endorsed to anyone else.
> 
> Yeh, I guess - but then HJ may not be too happy, 'cos he might not trust
> me to go to the bank quickly enough...
> [He wants his money straight away!]

If he doesn't trust you to do that, why should he trust your
cheque not to bounce?  Despite all the legal recourse open to
him in that event, either way he won't get his money straight away.