1p cheque day

[bram stoker]

If you really want to cause a panic, write you cheque on the side of a duck with a bit of a cough!

PMSL:lol:

[thegoodsamaritan]

Have a read here about the man who tried to pay a cheque written on the side of a cow into his bank:

http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/archive/index.php?id=cb75-2-84

:-|

[seylectric]

I think wilful damage would be difficult to enforce against a number of individuals paying in 1p each.

 

However if it happened nationwide I think the banks would be keen to turn other customers against those doing it, claiming delays in service or whatever in the press against this "group of individuals" and turning the general public against the campaign.

 

It would also have to be done on a regular, even daily basis by a fair percentage of the banking population to have any effect and that's unlikely to happen.

[thecornflake]

Have a read here about the man who tried to pay a cheque written on the side of a cow into his bank:

http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/archive/index.php?id=cb75-2-84

:-|

 

Interesting. I read about it a while ago in FHM I think where they answered lots of weird question and a guy from the bank of England confirmed that as long as the wording is correct a cheque can be written on pretty much anything (except maybe a large lump of Uranium or Cocaine).

 

I had no idea someone actually tried it!

[thegoodsamaritan]

Unfortunately its actually urban myth and was in some story published years ago.

Still a funny idea nonetheless!

[fairbank]

I work for a charity.

 

Why not. through digital banking make 100 1p donations to the same charity.

 

In the message element tell them the reason for doing it then top it off with a £9 donation.

 

Of course, gift aid all of the donations at the same time to get the inland revenue busy as well.

[alanfromderby]

Having worked for a charity, you would also appreciate the accounting headache this would cause them.

[Bookworm]

Why is this ancient thread being revived? Last I knew, the idea had been shelved as an impractical and pointless publicity stunt...

[fairbank]

Not if it was done via CAF perhaps! But you are right I suppose!!

[dave]

It actually amounts to criminal damage, and not something that we would endorse.

[HD]

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