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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 5480407" data-attributes="member: 549629">I had just moved to California. Naturally you open a checking account right? Well 3 weeks after I opened my account, i called the bank and told the lady &quot;I ordered new checks 3 weeks ago and they havent come yet, I need to start paying bills, where are they?&quot; and her reply was &quot;huh, that&#039;s weird, because you&#039;ve been writing checks for 1-1/2 weeks now&quot;. I was like.... ah ****.The bank reversed payment on all the checks immediately, didn&#039;t lose a penny. But I did have to fight with the local businesses who broke the law by not checking ID&#039;s, to keep them from ruining MY credit over it all. It took a couple years to straighten out.Oh an 3 weeks ago, walking home from the g/f&#039;s house at 2am (she lives down the street from me) I caught two guys tossing my mailbox again. Seems its a regular business for criminals, go around chcking mailboxes at the end of the month looking for checks and pre-approved credit cards. Imagine if one of these guys got ahold of one of those pre-approved credit cards that companies randomly send us in the mail... the thief could activate the card and start ruining your credit with it, and you dont even know the company ever sent it to you in the first place.Always get your mail out of your mailbox every single day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 5480407, member: 549629"] I had just moved to California. Naturally you open a checking account right? Well 3 weeks after I opened my account, i called the bank and told the lady "I ordered new checks 3 weeks ago and they havent come yet, I need to start paying bills, where are they?" and her reply was "huh, that's weird, because you've been writing checks for 1-1/2 weeks now". I was like.... ah ****. The bank reversed payment on all the checks immediately, didn't lose a penny. But I did have to fight with the local businesses who broke the law by not checking ID's, to keep them from ruining MY credit over it all. It took a couple years to straighten out. Oh an 3 weeks ago, walking home from the g/f's house at 2am (she lives down the street from me) I caught two guys tossing my mailbox again. Seems its a regular business for criminals, go around chcking mailboxes at the end of the month looking for checks and pre-approved credit cards. Imagine if one of these guys got ahold of one of those pre-approved credit cards that companies randomly send us in the mail... the thief could activate the card and start ruining your credit with it, and you dont even know the company ever sent it to you in the first place. Always get your mail out of your mailbox every single day. [/QUOTE]

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