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From: rt@cpsc53.UUCP (Ron Thompson)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: check guarantee cards
Message-ID: <100141@cpsc53.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 22:17:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 22:17:28 1986
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> >It's been my experience that in New England personal checks
> >are almost never accepted by merchants.  In Calif., a driver's
> >license and a "major credit card" makes a personal check
> >acceptable virtually every place.  (Also, I have the vague
> >impression that there's now some sort of instantaneous credit check
> >available by phone, keyed on the driver's license number, in many
> >places that I shop;  but this is just based on random impressions
> >I've gotten when I'm standing around with my mind shut off in a
> >checkout line.)

Check cashing policy must be in some way connected to the locale
and clientel. During my extended stay in Florida last year,
I was shocked at how easy it was to have an out of state personal
check accepted by merchants - they were often more readily
accepted than in my own home town! I am told this is because
of the large number of tourists that make up a significant portion
of total sales. New England - bah! A rather clannish section of
the country that regards all strangers with distrust and depends
little on out of state business.
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  Ron Thompson		AT&T Information Systems	Customer Programming  
  (404) 982-4217        Atlanta, Georgia		Services Center	      
  ..{ihnp4,akgua}!cpsc53!rt             (Opinions expressed are mine alone.)