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  • How far would you go to cash a 35-cent check?

    Posted Jan 23 2008, 05:56 AM by Karen Datko Rating:

    This post comes from partner blogger The Dough Roller.

    Would you cash a 35-cent check? Two days ago I wouldn't have known the answer to that question. Now I do, and, I'm sorry to say, the answer for me is yes. Yesterday I spent 30 minutes traveling to my bank and back to cash a 35-cent check.

    Here's the story and what I plan to do with my spoils.

    Two weeks ago I received a letter from my health insurance carrier. Excited to be receiving an unexpected check, I tore into the envelope and retrieved a check written out to me for the grand sum of $0.35. I went to chuck the check into the trash bin, but some unknown and unseen force held me back.   Read More...

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