BOUNCED CHECKS?? HOW DO I HANDLE?

OK we received notice from the bank that 2 guests...the highest givers...bounced their checks. What do i do?? One of them has already been taken care of but the other is someone id rather not mention but so close to me. Of course im not blaming her nor am i angry..i just dont know how to go about telling her. Any advice??

Re: BOUNCED CHECKS?? HOW DO I HANDLE?

you don't need to tell them, the bank will notify them. I had one check bounce. When I got it back from the bank, I redeposited it a few weeks later and it cleared. I never mentioned it to the guest.

Fortunately, I didn't get charged any fees. But if it bouces again, you'd get hit twice. I would recommend redepositing it in a few weeks if you're not contacted by the guest directing otherwise.

edited to say - there have been a couple threads on this on the newlywed side. You'd be amazed how often it happens!

Re: BOUNCED CHECKS?? HOW DO I HANDLE?

If you can I would go directly to the bank it is from and cash it against the account. Then you wouldn't have a fee if the money's not there!

Re: BOUNCED CHECKS?? HOW DO I HANDLE?

I had two checks bounce on us as well. In our case, the people never contacted us after about a month and a half after the check bounced (even though they were definitely notified by the bank). They were both from DH's family so I let him make the call on what he wanted to do. I really did want to re-deposit the checks and get slammed with yet another fee if they bounced. He decided he wanted to call the people and he did - I would never have been able to do this - Too uncomfortable. After he called, we re-deposited the checks after a week and they cleared.