Check washing is when thieves steal checks that have already been filled out, and wash them of their ink so they can be rewritten.
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I bet I haven't written 5 checks in the past 5 years and the last one, I fucked up.
I had some dental work done back in March and not having insurance, it was all on me. When it was done I wrote my dentist a check for $2400 because I don't know what the limit is on my debit card.
A few days later I'm checking my balance online and saw a check written for 24 bucks. Huh? I didn't write a check for 24 dollars. I got an image of the check and bigger than shit, it was to my dentist. When I wrote it out, I did the numerical deal as $2400 instead of $2400.00 and neither her receptionist nor bank caught it when the check was deposited.
I called my dentist and told her there had been a mistake on the billing and told her what I had done. We laughed and laughed..... then I went down and paid her $2376 for the balance, this time in cash to make sure I didn't fuck it up again.
I've gone down for a couple follow-up visits since. Normally payment is required as you leave the office if you don't have insurance, but now they just send me a bill because as Lynn put it, "We know you're honest, honey", then I just swing by the office next time I'm in town and pay her off with my debit card.
