Illegal?
 

For those of you who dont know, I am a college student right now. I have a government program that is paying for my books and shit but they didnt give me the check until yesterday, two weeks in to the semester, so I already bought all the books I needed and was planning on being reimburst by the check. I took the CASHIERS CHECK to the school book store and the manager told me he wasnt going to cash it unless i brought in my reciept, which I have but the prices arent going to match because I bought all used books but told the people who wrote the check new book prices just in case, so now I am stuck with a 500 dollar cashiers check.

Isnt it illegal for them not to take a cashiers check?

Im sorry everyone I am just really pissed and confused so if anyone has any advice/input please tell me something

:( :( :(

not sure if its "illegal" but definately a shitty thing not to do it.

whose name is on the check?
If its yours, just deposit it in your account...

It is to the school bookstore and signed by someone else too so I cant. I fuckin wish I could though

I know, I felt like beatin his ass but I didnt want to get arrested and kicked out of school. He had the final say and just wanted to be a dick:feels-hot

write FOR DEPOSIT ONLY on it and deposit it. don't sign it. unless the check is stolen or forged you won't have a problem. i do this all of the time for my brothers social security check. deposit into an ATM will make it easier too.

Even if it doesnt have my name on the check? Wont writing FOR DEPOSIT ONLY on it make it a forged check?

You can probably deposit it in your bank ... just try at that point you don't have nothing to loose

lol, well youve got a point there

they should give u change or at worst store credit for the difference in what u paid & what the check is made out for...

deposit that shit see what the bank says

Yeah that's for sure.


Maybe you can try to sell crack ! :Graucho

Well I took it to my bank and they said that they can't deposit it in my account because it says PAY TO THE ORDER OF: NOT MY NAME

FUCK

I also talked to a 40ish lady that is in the same program and she said that she did the same thing that I did and they didnt even ask for a reciept they just cashed it. So basically because I am a male in my twenties they cant do it for me, I might be trying to pass off a fake check, Its bull shit and if it is grounds for a lawsuit I will file one even if I end up losing money just because of the princible.

"That is profiling and profiling is wrong"-Ron White

Dude, you were trying to buy used books, get new from the government and pocket the cash. Sounds like you are fucked because you got caught in a lie.

I get the same amount of money whether I use it all on books or not so I am not getting more cash for lying, I am just getting some of it now, but yes it was a lie. On the other hand if I had waited till now to buy them they would have all been new because the used books have all been sold.