cheapest place to cash a cheque?

[DulwichGuy2013]

Have a cheque for 700pound odd, where would be the cheapest place to cash it?

[Tigres Pride]

via your own bank account I would think!

[DulwichGuy2013]

I don't have a bank account reason being.

[dbboy]

how about making it payable to someone with a bank account and then get them to give you the money.

[woodrot]

this isnt a 419 scam is it bro'?

[maxxi]

Is that Nigerian pounds?

[red devil]

dbboy Wrote:

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> how about making it payable tp someone with a bank

> account and then get them to give you the money.

...after the cheque has cleared

[Lowlander]

Open a bank account? Metro Bank will open an account in 15 minutes over the counter and issue you with a card there and then

[Loz]

A cheque 'clearing' is no guarantee the money will stay in your account.

http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/ombudsman-news/53/banking.htm

[Loz]

Lowlander Wrote:

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> Open a bank account? Metro Bank will open an account in 15 minutes over the counter and issue

> you with a card there and then

Metro Bank are great. One of the last accounts that don't charge you anything for using overseas ATMs with your debit card. And they have big money counting machines in every branch you can pour your change bottle into!

[Nigello]

The money counting machines are great! They're fast and you don't have to pay a charge. I saved a piggybank's worth of silver and cashed it in. I thought I'd get about twenty quid but it was eighty-odd, and there was not even a mention of using my savings to open an account with Metro.

[Vik]

I'll PM you my account number, sort code and mothers maiden name.

You seem like a trustworthy kind of chap.

[JohnL]

Can anybody use the machines ?

I've used the one on Morrisons and it takes a percentage and I have to use it for shopping.

re - cashing cheque - I'd open a small account.

Nigello Wrote:

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> The money counting machines are great! They're

> fast and you don't have to pay a charge. I saved a

> piggybank's worth of silver and cashed it in. I

> thought I'd get about twenty quid but it was

> eighty-odd, and there was not even a mention of

> using my savings to open an account with Metro.

[Loz]

JohnL Wrote:

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> Can anybody use the machines ?

I believe so. It gives you a small receipt which you can take to the cashier. Last time I did it they offered me cash, though I did actually put it into my account.