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Just last November I miswrote a check where the digits and written amount differed, and it was processed for the written amount, which has traditionally been th
by repiret 9y ago
Just last November I miswrote a check where the digits and written amount differed, and it was processed for the written amount, which has traditionally been the controlling value.
- skookumchuck 9y agoI was taught to write the number as $400 23/100 One day about 3 years ago, all such checks started coming through as $4.00, and I wound up with late fees and such. Although the bank denied it, it was pretty obvious they'd just changed their OCR software. I now write the checks as $400.23
- khedoros1 9y agoYou weren't taught to write it as "Four-hundred and 23/100", and then "$400.23" in the little box?
- skookumchuck 9y agoI meant $400 23/100 in the little box on the right.
- leephillips 9y agoNever in my life seen a check written this way.
- jandrese 9y agoYou are one of those people that makes some OCR software writer's job a nightmare.
- skookumchuck 9y agoI was taught that long before anyone even thought of OCR :-)
- jandrese 9y agoThat's what I mean. Normalizing input from weakly defined fields is a nightmare. Every time you think you've gotten every edge case someone will come along and prove you wrong. And then your employer is mad at you because you didn't think anybody was still writing their checks with Roman Numerals or something.