On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:56:39 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

>On 6/7/2012 5:23 PM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >, replyto@inemail
>> says...
>>>
>>> On 6/7/2012 3:25 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >, Brooklyn1 says...
>>>>>
>>>> Most people incur a fee with a personal check.
>>>>
>>>> Must be an American thing; no fees are payable for bank cheques here (so
>>>> long as the account is in credit).
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, I don't pay a fee per check, it's not an American thing.
>>>
>>> There might be some kinds of checking that might have that,
>>> just none that I ever had.
>
>> Just a Sheldon thing then :-)
>
>(laugh) Well, the thing is, it's a big country and every state
>has their own banking rules, and regionally there are probably
>what's the word I'm looking for grrr ... traditions, for lack of
>the right word.

Just for the record-- I'm in the same state and within an hour or so
of Sheldon and I haven't seen a check fee in 25 years. They just
stopped paying me interest on balances over a certain amount a few
years ago. I do buy my own checks- so my wife can have our dog's
picture on them.<g>

-snip-
>
>But I don't know what it's like where Sheldon lives so I am not
>disputing his statement. Just that it's not an American thing.
>

I don't dispute that *he* pays those fees--- but I don't know why.

Jim