On Jul 10, 6:38 am, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:25:10 -0700, StuartJ

wrote:
Would any of you technophiles like to suggest an alternative to the
cheque for parents paying for school trips, scout group etc
subscriptions, and all the other things that go with having a family?
Too much for cash, none of the organisations concerned are set up for
cards- that's the real world..

BACS transfer into their account, or standing order. Our Scout Group
even gives a discount for using that method as it saves Leaders having
to handle cash on the night.

That method is pretty much zero-cost to both parties.


So far this thread has only mentioned personal cheques and company
cheques, both of which can be guaranteed.

But there are also accounts for "community groups" with banks like
Unity Trust, such groups being very likely to arrange bookings for
travel, meetings rooms etc, where cheques are not guaranteed and
require multiple signatories, and Internet payments can't be made
other than to accounts with the same bank.

This may be the fault of the bank, but it's still a good reason for
having to use cheques until they fix it.