Yeah, that's crazy and disappointing. I'm quite sure that if it's legal and not just a bizarre error, it's standard practice for all banks in the US. In my ca

Yeah, that's crazy and disappointing. I'm quite sure that if it's legal and not just a bizarre error, it's standard practice for all banks in the US. In my case, I deposited a single large cashier's check (at the teller due to concern about the process), and then wrote a similarly-large personal check to someone else, which I'm quite sure they deposited the same day...so I had a couple of details working in my favor. Otoh, there are lots of scary stories about checks being credited and then a week or two later failing to clear and being deducted from accounts. Standard craigslist warning, etc.