[mom-from-missouri]

local bank, local user. I think they have been burned too many times. We are in the area of I-35 and 69, lots of cross country traffic, truckers and such. All the time in the local paper you see bad checks for non existant banks, insuff funds, no such account..... Its been to the point that now the businesses just wont take them anymore. Last week the large truck stop had over $9000 of bad checks in the paper--this week we noticed their pumps are all shut down. Wonder if its connected. Seems like a lot, but some of these guys pay $700 or more now to fill up their rigs if they have double tanks.
So, because of a few bad apples, we are all paying for it.
The MM check I tried to write for propane, they refused because the bank was 100 miles away, yet my new local address was on it. The banks phone number was on it also, and they did take it after they called to verify the check would clear. (but really, if i was dishonest, I would have put someones elses # on the check...)