cheque

[chazza]

if someone makes a cheque out to me but spells my surname slightly wrongly, will the bank accept it? I have sold and object over ebay but don't know whether or not to ask the buyer to send another cheque with my proper name on it!

[Mortartube]

The bank would be within their rights to refuse the cheque as technically, it is not made out to you, but if it's a small mistake ask at the counter and explain. The bank will probably accept it.

[sddsddean]

Almost certainly. My surname is Dean, but I've had Deane,Deen,Dene all with no problems at the bank.

[lisaj]

Depends on the value. When I worked at Lloyds, only cheques over �500 were ever looked at in more detail.

[shybearuk]

Shouldn't be too much of a problem. My ex used to get cheques made out to La Rue all the time, and his surname was Le Roux. Many of them were over �500, and we never once had any of them queried

[coemgen]

It depends on your bank. I went to deposit a cheque that was made out to mrs instead of miss and my bank got all snotty about it, they cashed it in the end but what a fuss over nothing.