Originally Posted by nwflyboy

...I've also used Bluebird checks - the kind you write yourself - to pay a remodeling contractor several times. These were checks between $2K-$5K, so had to be preauthorized. The first time, the contractor told me the check bounced. I explained that was impossible, and followed up with Bluebird, and it became obvious that the person trying to deposit the Bluebird check simply screwed up - they had never seen one, they ignored the check number, and their deposit failed. I explained how they needed to deposit the check, and they tried it again and it was fine. Simple user error on their part.