Hi Anne!

We met a bazillion years ago in Massachusetts :-) I do use Paypal for folks in the UK who want to buy my CDs and when I am working in the UK I get paid in cash. This past year, though, I have had a couple of instances where people made out cheques (these were guest lecturer spots at a couple of Universities) and it was a major deal to get cash instead of a cheque. That was how I found out that I couldn't just sign the cheque over (this was a policy at Barclay's) to my friend.

To send the damn thing back to National Express, wait for them to deal with it just seems like a huge hassle.

The money isn't a fortune, but enough to be sure I get it. I think I'll just go to my credit union tomorrow and see if what they told me on the phone will work. They are really fantastic and bend over backwards for us.

Another good thing is that the cheque is drawn on an HSBC bank that has branches here in the US, so it may be a bit easier for my credit union to deal with it.

I suppose a UK bank account is in my future.

Oh yes and GtD? The cheque is in the post :-)

Debra Cowan