"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...

On 11/2/2018 8:58 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 6:33:46 PM UTC-5, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> My mother picked out a very nice Lincoln Mark
>> IV and was ready to write the check. The salesman told her that they
>> wouldn't accept it even if the dealership still had the car and
>> waited for the check to clear the bank. Mom went straight to the bank
>> and had them
>> issue a certified bank check. When she returned to the dealer they
>> initially refused to take that in payment, but after talking to the
>> sales manager they reluctantly did accept that check.
>>
>>
> Why were they reluctant to accept the certified bank check??
>

Fraud. There have been many instances of counterfeit bank checks the
past few years. When I close on the house it will have to be wire
transfer for the same reason.

==

So how do you pay for such things? I can't remember the last time we wrote
cheques. We use our debit of credit cards for everything.