[MR] Paying by Check

[vivianvaz at lairhaven.com]

I have a corollary to that request.  Is there a rule that checks for an
event cannot be cashed until after the event?  
 
I usually pay in cash at the gate because I rarely write checks and
don't keep a bank book.  When I pay with a check for an event, it almost
invariably takes several weeks before it is deposited.  When I pay in
advance, I mail a check because it is so much easier than getting a
money-order.  That may be laziness on my part, but I lead a very busy
life (don't we all?)  Now since I very rarely use checks (a check card
is so much more convenient) so when a check that I have written gets
deposited a month later, I may have forgotten that I wrote it. 
Thankfully, I am in the habit of keeping a reserve in my account for
such things, but it is startling.  
 
However, I know it is very helpful to event planners, to get the
reservation and payment in advance of the event and I don't want to make
their lives harder.  If payments can't be deposited within a week of
being received, I'll try to pay with money-orders in the future. 
However, if you do receive a check, balance challenged people like me
would really appreciate them being deposited before we forget we wrote
them.
 
I know that the event staff are always overworked and I REALLY
appreciate all the effort for these wonderful events.  Please, do NOT
take this as a criticism.  I have NO idea, and can only imagine, how
much work it is and how many details go into an event.
 
If any of what I have here written causes any distress, I sincerely
apologize.  The truth is, no event flyer has ever promised, to my
knowledge, swift processing of checks.  I know how to avoid the suprise
check problem on my own lookout so no one out there owes me a fix.  Just
something I wanted to bring up from the peanut gallery.
 
Thank you for listening.
 
  Lady Yenega de Santurce
  Barony of CaerMear, Atlantia
 
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. 
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