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This is a technique used in other ways too. For instance, when opening a new checking account, it’s common to start with an arbitrary number for the first check
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
This is a technique used in other ways too. For instance, when opening a new checking account, it’s common to start with an arbitrary number for the first check. And often new businesses will start with an arbitrary invoice number.
- tyingq 5y agoThere's a fair number of ecommerce setups that default to numerically ascending order numbers also.
- jdofaz 5y agoIt used to be common for businesses to refuse to take a check if it had a low check number, the assumption was the account was new and had a higher chance of bouncing. Eventually the banks let you pick or set high numbers so you wouldn't have to deal with that inconvenience.