[meteorite-list] Question for dealers - accepting foreign checks in the US

[GRAHAM, FRANCIS]

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From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of mafer at imagineopals.com [mafer at imagineopals.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:26 PM
To: Michael Gilmer
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers - accepting foreign  checks in the US

>It can be done, but watch out. In Kentucky, they can hold the funds for 90
>days (and will blame everyone else for it) while they use YOUR money for
>themselves.

    Speaking of Kentucky, at  5:41 AM August 7 there was an exceptionally bright bolide witnessed by me
just south of Louisville, to the north at 20 degrees NNW.  I thought, that might just have been barely bright enough to produce a 
small meteorite.  At a truck stop, I asked if anyone else had seen it, hoping to note in which direction from their locations so that I could get a triangulation and zip to that neighborhood for a look-see. 
But people don't look up much anymore I guess; no bites.  So I continued back to Ohio. 
    Anyway, to the financial thread on the table, suppose I deposit a foreign check. Regardless of the stupid hold-em games banks play, how long 
is it before I can be reallt really really sure the check really really really cleared?  We are talking about objective reality, not bankspeak.

Francis Graham