blackcab

My building society is closing one of my accounts down, they insist on sending me a cheque, well they have put it in the post already. I need to send it back to my Nationwide Branch in the UK, safely and securely. I want to use a postal service which can be tracked online and requires a signature on delivery which can be viewed online. I know OzPost offer a service for $55 bucks, two to four days delivery. Has anyone any experience of doing this, had anyone got any preferences with regards to couriers? Thanks for any advice.

EvannTel

I'd save myself $55 and send the cheque back snail mail. If it's lost then you ask them to cancel it and send a new one. I assume is crossed ac Ac payee only?

old.sparkles

Just ask them to cancel the check and transfer the money to wherever it needs to go.

blackcab

Refuse to, cheque only.

blackcab

Piece of mind, i can stomach fifty five bucks.

spouse of scouse

Safest way would be to bank the cheque in an Oz account and transfer the funds electronically, through your bank for a small amount, through a foreign currency exchange such as OxForex for larger amounts. Failing that, a courier would be safer than registered mail (which as I've learned to my great expense, can go astray even though tracked and with the signature requirement)

Re the ridiculous, old fashioned method of sending cheques - my super company does the same (for lump sum payments, not regular ones). Scouse got a lump sum - no fee and electronically deposited into his bank account. I got one - bloody cheque and a $160 fee. Not happy.
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blackcab

The cheque is in sterling...Got to use a courier...any safe bets. Will pay up to $100 bucks....

old.sparkles

Open a sterling account here maybe. Maybe Citibank?

spouse of scouse

I've used FedEx before for some legal docs, found their customer service really good but can't remember what I paid. Maybe check out their web site, costs go on weight (as well as location of course) - you can't get much lighter than a cheque!

Swerv-o

I'd be tempted to place the cheque in between the leaves of a book and then send it as a book to avoid any prying eyes.

I assume that they are sending it to you here in Australia via regular post - If it's made it here once, it will probably make it back again - particularly if it looks pretty innocuous...


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EvannTel

Guys
It's almost certainly a crossed cheque. I'll bet it came via normal mail.
Why is everything thing being complicated and cost added?
KISS

spouse of scouse

That's us told

I agree that the cheque would be safe from being cashed by someone else. But mail does go astray, and it's a rigmarole to get a replacement.

EvannTel

Sorry, was a hit "direct"!

blackcab

Well i talked to them last night, they are adament a cheque has been, and will be issued to me and has been posted to me here in Qld. So i await the delivery. I guess your right i coud just post it conventionally. But i want the security of tracking and a signature on arrival. I do not mind paying the cost. I will use a courier, probably FedEx. Thanks for all the replies.

Dreamy

Is there a reason you can't just pay it into your Australian bank and transfer it electronically back to your UK one?

I know you don't get a great exchange rate paying a sterling cheque into an Australian bank but (depending on how big the cheque is) it may work out cheaper and less stress than couriering it back to the UK.