Stafford Swain wrote:

The only "risk" for the depositing recipient is that the item will
later bounce. However, the recipient can take the risk out of same by
simply waiting about ten days before shipping the goods.

Over several years of taking thousands of personal checks (cheques) from
American and Canadian customers, we have NEVER had one bounce. Al
Westerfield once attested the same thing on another list.

Cheers,

Ian
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Ian Wilson Canadian Branchline Miniatures
Box 2565, Orillia, ON L3V 7B1 http://www.canadianbranchline.com
tel/fax (705) 327-5397; mailto:iwilson@...
Publishers of books on CNR steam operations in Ontario during the 1950s