Things are much worse than what I thought

[Greg Bell]

I went to the bank to cash a $9000 check today. The teller told me that she would have to give me a cashiers check because they didn't have that much cash on hand. I told her that I wanted cash not a cashiers check. She said that she could give me $3000 in cash today and they would have too order the rest and it would take a week and be in next Thursday. I was astonished and really didn't know what to say. I can't believe that a major bank didn't have $9000 in cash. I guess things are much worse than what I thought.

[rbrady]

That is really scary!

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[Randy D. Stufflebeem]

Originally Posted by gbell

I went to the bank to cash a $9000 check today. The teller told me that she would have to give me a cashiers check because they didn't have that much cash on hand. I told her that I wanted cash not a cashiers check. She said that she could give me $3000 in cash today and they would have too order the rest and it would take a week and be in next Thursday. I was astonished and really didn't know what to say. I can't believe that a major bank didn't have $9000 in cash. I guess things are much worse than what I thought.

I've had that happen a couple times over the years. I remember one "Chase" for just over 10K basically said the same thing two years ago!

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by rstufflebeem

I've had that happen a couple times over the years. I remember one "Chase" for just over 10K basically said the same thing two years ago!

Yeah ditto here, I think many smaller branches keep a relatively small amount of bills on hand and have a policy of not cashing large checks without notice, I had the same thing with bank of America last year.

Regards

Gerry

[Greg Bell]

Well I am glad to hear that maybe the case. Maybe it was just coincidence.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

I did a little banking today, made a withdrawal, no problems.

[Randy D. Stufflebeem]

Show me the money

[Wilfred O. Hellner]

Must be nice to have a check for 9 grand.

[Bruce A. King]

Thats normal, they have to borrow the money from the CEO.