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I've done it twice, with two different families. Both were checks, both I got a replacement, both I knew for sure they were SOMEwhere in my posession I just didn't know where! One family wanted to put a stop payment on because they "didn't feel comfortable with a missing check"
(looking back, they really didn't trust me fully on a lot of levels)> I eventually found that one in the glove box of the car :confused::confused:
The other one The family was FINE writing a new check, didn't bat an eye "It happens. Just let us know if/when you find the new one."
That one I eventually found too, months later but i can't remember where.
After the second one I tacked an envelope to the wall by the door to stick my checks in. Haven't lost one since
Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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I actually bought a small latch box (think jewelry box type) that was unfinished at michael's. I stained it, cut a hole in the top large enough for parents to slide in a check, and wrote in sharpie "Payments" Cost me about $5 total and has lasted me 10 years now.Comment
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My niece and I just dumped the trash and found the envelope. I had taken the money out, put it in my wallet, and threw the envelope away. I don't remember doing it, but I must have.
I normally, put everything in the front of my desk drawer as soon as it's handed to me.
All of my parents pay in cash, except for one. She does a direct deposit to my checking account.Comment
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I also made myself a payment box. I bought a box with a lid at the Dollar Tree. I cut a slit in it and labeled it "payments". It also sits by my sign in sheet.
I started this a while back when I had one parent insist that they paid me, but I couldn't find their check anywhere, nor did I remember ever taking a payment from them. :confused:
Now everyone just puts the payment in the box and if it's not there by the end of the week, I start calling them.Comment
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Found it!
Found the missing payment . . . in the car :confused: I have no clue how it got in there (that is not even the car I drove yesterday), unless our "sock monster" is now taking paper. At least it has been located, and I will be taking the advice posted here and creating a payment box! happyface Thanks All!Comment
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Good!
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I have done that once with a check! I was so embarrassed! Because I am extremely organized and on top of things! I deducted the stop payment fee out of the check to pay for it. The mom didn't mind, since we have known each other for so long. A week later I found the check, one of the kids found it on the counter and put it in our play cash register! The mom and I had a great laugh!Comment
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Yep. I told them i put it through the washer. I knew it was in the house somewhere but didnt want to cover a stop payment feeMy DCP's pay either Friday or Monday before care. Yesterday DCM handed me a check when they arrived and I SWEAR I put it in the kitchen cupboard with the rest of the payments. I went to make a deposit yesterday and it is NOT there, I have checked everywhere. The only thing I can think to do is to ask for another check- I will of course offer to have the stop payment on the first one deducted from the amount owed. I just don't want to be thought of as irresponsible.
Anyone else ever had this experience? any advice?
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Oh my gosh I've lost like 3, no one has ever had a problem with it, or made a stop payment, I am known for losing things, seriously I lost my drivers license 2x in 2 weeks, one time it was given to a sheriff at a carnival and he returned it to me, and then the following weekend I left it somewhere and someone mailed it back, I have a horrible problem with putting stuff in my back pockets and losing my cards, I'm awful everyone knows it, its good I don't leave the house to much, or actually I think I've gotten worse since being home so much, I don't have a routine when I leave. But anyways, my credit union has where I can take a picture of a check now to deposit it with my cell phone, best thing ever, I will never lose a check again, and most of my parents pay electronically anyways.Comment
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I actually had one I put in an envelope at the atm deposit and it disappeared. When I called the bank about my deposit being off they did not show receiving it and they shred the envelopes after each day. So never using that feature again. Parents were understanding, I offered to pay the stop payment fee but they said no.Comment
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I haven't done it yet w/ daycare cash, but I have dropped $100 getting out at the thrift store on a wet winter night. I realized I didn't have what I was just paid at the register & ran outside. I found $60 of it.
In my former chef job, I lost my w-2 at tax time & had t pay for a new copy. Glad you found your $though!
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Yep. I accidentally washed my jeans with 2 checks in my pockets.
I was so embarrassed but I told both families and neither batted an eye giving me New Checks. One family wrote on the memo line of the new check 'pleAse don't wash me!' LolComment
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