Should I cash this check or frame it for stupidity?

[OilUzer]

Most checks are stale (void) after 6 months. They will take it off their books then.

call them and say you never received your check and make them send it again.

 

[atikovi]

call them and say you never received your check and make them send it again.

Well, it was sent by FedEx so there is a record that the driver handed me the envelope.

 

[leadcounsel]

Well, it was sent by FedEx so there is a record that the driver handed me the envelope.

Probably cost them $50 to send you 1 penny.

Corporate/banking stupidity at its finest.

Given my above post, your example suggests to me that they send you $30 normal 1st class mail, explain it was cheaper than FEDEX. Win/Win.

Imagine the tens of thousands wasted sending small FEDEX checks to people. Inane and insane.

 

[reemoeMO]

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Cash it and take the penny.

Take that penny and double it each day. In less than a month you will have a million dollars.

Spock

Actually, over $5.3 million!

 

[CR94]

Almost as silly:
I had a savings account in a local credit union. The trivial interest it earned was automatically credited to the balance each time it matured. A few weeks ago it was swallowed by a larger credit union. For reasons unclear, they ended the automatic crediting of interest, and started mailing me a check for $0.33 every month. I exchanged several e-mails with one of their reps getting that straightened out. The good news is that the new outfit pays a respectable interest rate.