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@Amurriel99 Situations like that just demonstrate how much better it would be to have an actual bank account where you could go inside and deposit the check to your account, and then perhaps wait only a day or two for the check to clear.  Without a bank account, you are going around to "check cashing" places that will charge you a fee to cash your check and give all kinds of aggravation about cashing it.

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