| Topic: "Cheques awaiting clearance" |
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| 1. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 10th Dec 2024. 15:35 Has anyone had this appear on their account before? I have it appearing for what seems to be a cheque being paid in. I can`t remember the last time I paid a cheque into my account so I`ve no idea what it`s for. It`s pending right now but I`ll call the bank if it goes through. Reply |
| 2. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 10th Dec 2024. 15:55 Is it part of your available balance? I suspect not until it clears. I wouldn`t contact the bank if it clears but would if it didn`t. Reply |
| 3. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 10th Dec 2024. 16:28 Nah, it`s sitting as pending. I`m hoping when it comes in it`ll say who it`s from but I definitely haven`t paid a cheque in for months, maybe years! Reply |
| 4. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 10th Dec 2024. 18:25 Mystery solved - now disappeared. I suspect someone with an account very close to mine just put a cheque in and someone typed it incorrectly. Reply |
| 5. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 11th Dec 2024. 08:23 Jings jake .. nearly an early Christmas present :-o)) We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 6. Author: veteraneastender Date: Wed 11th Dec 2024. 11:25 I discovered relatively recently that if you present a cheque from an account that is held in the same bank branch it can be credited immediately to your account - assuming it has sufficient funds. None of the having to wait three (?) working days for it to clear. Reply |
| 7. Author: parsmad68 Date: Wed 11th Dec 2024. 15:24 Anywhere close to DAFC holding accounts? 🤭 Reply |
| 8. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 11th Dec 2024. 18:05 Buspasspar, Wed 11 Dec 08:23 It was only £26 unfortunately. Or fortunately given they took it back 😂 Reply |
| 9. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 11th Dec 2024. 19:18 When I was 18 jake £26 would have bought 260 pints of heavy or 2,600 fish suppers or 104 gallons of esso extra .. a suit shirt tie and shoes .. ach weel We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 10. Author: DunfyDave Date: Fri 13th Dec 2024. 19:45 Buspasspar, Wed 11 Dec 19:18 ^^^ A fish supper cost 1pence ? DunfyDave Reply |
| 11. Author: DunfyDave Date: Fri 13th Dec 2024. 19:48 DunfyDave, Fri 13 Dec 19:45 |
| 12. Author: Buspasspar Date: Fri 13th Dec 2024. 19:58 Well spotted DD .. I was off wi the mumps the day we got maths .. a fish supper was 1/6d .. Al as we called him was a frequent visitor for tea and cherry scones Can you do the maths for me and work out how many fish suppers @ 1/6 we could get for £26 We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 13. Author: DunfyDave Date: Fri 13th Dec 2024. 21:19 Buspasspar, Fri 13 Dec 19:58 ^^^ You would get 162 and one half suppers 👍 DunfyDave Reply |
| 14. Author: Buspasspar Date: Fri 13th Dec 2024. 21:32 Cheers DD .. them were the days .. We have never had it so good as Harold used to tell us .. he was right .. its gone downhill ever since .. you can only get 2 and one half fish suppers now :-o)) We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 15. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Sat 14th Dec 2024. 09:12 I’m too young to remember pre-decimalisation, but was 1/6d one and half shillings? And £26 was 520 shillings? So 520/1.5 = 346.67 fish suppers? Reply |
| 16. Author: jake89 Date: Sat 14th Dec 2024. 10:20 I`m not that old (shh) but I still remember when a £5 pint was scoffed at. Now it`s seen as a bargain. I think the problem nowadays is credit. You see a car and it`s £30k. Same car 10 years ago would be £20k. Both are a lot of money but it`s less noticeable when it`s £200pm Vs £250pm. Same with things like mobile phone contracts. Make it a monthly price and you don`t notice that it`s going to cost 20, 30, 40% more of the contract. They then turn it into a game. The same ploy cinemas use. Here`s you crap, wee car for £150pm, the mid size for £250pm or the big, specced up one for £300. You don`t need the big one but it`s only £50 more. Reply |
| 17. Author: DunfyDave Date: Sat 14th Dec 2024. 13:41 Tad Allagash, Sat 14 Dec 09:12 ^^^ I was born the year we swapped to decimalisation but collect coins and always assumed that one shilling was the equivalent of ten pence (they also look similar)? 6d would be six pennies. So 10p + 6p would be 16pence whereas 1and half shillings would-be 15pence. DunfyDave Reply |
| 18. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Sat 14th Dec 2024. 14:17 12 old pence in a shilling. 20 shillings in a pound. So 240 old pence in a pound. The old shilling coins were used as 5 new pence coins until 1990. Still 20 shillings in a pound but now 100 pence. Reply |
| 19. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 14th Dec 2024. 18:02 Looking at this thread Im delighted I grew up post decimalisation 😂 Reply |
| 20. Author: Buspasspar Date: Sun 15th Dec 2024. 12:18 DunfyDave A shilling was 12 penny`s .. sixpence was 6 penny`s A fish supper was 1/6d which would have been 18 old penny`s £26 x 240 =6,240.00 divide by 18 = 364.5 So £26 would have bought 364 and a half fish suppers I think I`ve got that right .. but I was off the day we got maths :-)) We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |