Posted by Liz on October 07, 2000 at 17:45:28:
Just to make things clear for anyone who hasn't already figured it out --
There is one HUGE difference between a cashier's check and personal check, such as you might send out to pay your electric bill.
If your check to pay your electric bill goes astray, you can stop payment. If the IRS refund check you are supposed to get goes astray, the IRS can stop payment.
There is NO way to stop payment on a cashier's check.
So if the AWTA treasury check goes astray (however remote a possibility that is) between Kate's home and Gloria's home, the AWTA treasury is GONE. And there is NO way to recover it. The club will then be bankrupt.
It is just plain foolish to take that sort of chance. If Kate needs a week or a month to make sure the funds get to where they are supposed to go, then I believe she is doing the responsible thing, and to act in any other manor is foolish.
Once again, I ask: if the check "vanishes" on its way to Gloria's house, who will be blamed?