. I'm sorry to hear of your previous distress, but not, I'm afraid, surprised.
If you're in this situation again (needing to receive money from a Canajun source), do not accept a cheque, ask for a money order. They will have to go to a bank to get this. It will be denominated in US$, and will be drawn on a United States bank (the US affiliate of whichever bank issues the money order). And it's essentially what you would call a cashier's check/money order, so you shouldn't have a problem with them holding funds to see if it is going to clear or bounce.
as bjarvis says, American banks are horrid about non-US currency. They're also horrid about non-US banking institutions (voice of experience speaking here); which is why this US$ money-order route is the way to go.
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Date: 2009-07-26 12:08 am (UTC)I'm sorry to hear of your previous distress, but not, I'm afraid, surprised.
If you're in this situation again (needing to receive money from a Canajun source), do not accept a cheque, ask for a money order. They will have to go to a bank to get this. It will be denominated in US$, and will be drawn on a United States bank (the US affiliate of whichever bank issues the money order). And it's essentially what you would call a cashier's check/money order, so you shouldn't have a problem with them holding funds to see if it is going to clear or bounce.
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