and have them advise you on how to avoid having it questioned.

Usually tellers know what to do, so it's not like he'd need an appointment with a VP.
I was on the board of a pretty big CU for a long time & found them to be pretty flexible & the tellers to be very kno

And have never had any problems. I've had checks made out to my nick name and signed with the nick name and signed with my initials. They've all gone through just fine.

the first letter of my real name.

You still sign with the first initial of your real name?

My real name is Elizabeth. My usual nickname is Beth.

I have signed with "Beth" or "E" or "Elizabeth." All have been fine.

Thank you!

Hi Beth!

Holy cow! Now I'm really confused! I'll never be able to cash this check!!

Only "Dick" would be misspelled as "Diki".

Thanks for your kind words friend!

That’s the way I’d do it.

Good luck!

I HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE???

GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AGAIN

Sign the name written on the face of the check as spelled.
Below sign your name as you would per the legal name your account is registered to.
If it's written to Peggy Smith, sign Peggy Smith then sign Margaret A Smith below.

Write the payee name then your legal name below it. But if it's a common nickname, like "Joe" for "Joseph", it's usually no necessary.

I'd think the bigger issue would be your ID vs the payee name.

As someone else suggested, go inside the bank and speak with a teller. I'm sure payee name issues like this crop up all the time.

under that write "for deposit only - account # xxxxxxxxx"

I explained the entire situation to the teller, and she told me to just use my traditional signature. I did so, and deposited the check.

She did, however, securitize the check for about 30 seconds. It got kind of wadded up in my pocket because I shoveled snow with it in my pocket prior to going to the bank. Also, the person who made that check out from the organization that held the raffle had really terrible handwriting. These things made the check look really sketchy.

I'm not sure how I would have fared if I tried to do a mobile deposit on my phone with that check.

Thank you all for your responses.

Michael!

I was just reminiscing about the time I called you by Harker's handle by mistake.

should be named Harker. Then you'd never have to worry.

I can't remember who it was, but someone made a suggestion that we all should change our handles to Floyd R Turbo.


It was a long time ago but that suggestion still makes me laugh to this day.


We'll have to put it to a vote: "Harker" or "Floyd R Turbo".

If we were all Floyd, the world would quickly run out of emojis.

I found some cool emojis but the html in them sometimes changes them to DU emojis.

●'◡'● (*°▽°*) ❁´◡`❁


You might have teach Floyd about GIFS one day. I think he might like those!

I don't know anything about no gifs!?!