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Originally Posted by Poppinjay
I only went to direct because of the homeland rules. Before, I always took my check to the bank myself. I really liked the idea of physically laying hands on my check, and also seeing what CD rates were and other investment opportunities at the bank.
The new homeland rules really screw up that whole old fashioned nicety. There is no way around it unless the account you pay your bills with has double the amount you pay in monthly bills in it.
In fact, you should really watch your account because I would bet your check has a hold on it, even though they say it's been deposited.
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Huh. That doesn't make sense. It's a check from a state university, and a paycheck from a California school district. I'd think both of those sources would be considered pretty safe.
We're not worried about paying the bills; we'd already transferred our old account out here and we already had about four months' worth of bills in the bank, even without my deposit.
The Homeland Security thing bugs me more and more the more I think about it. Why would they need to know if a college professor was depositing several paychecks at once? Is that a common method for terrorists to finance terrorism, depositing university paychecks?
There must be something more to it that I can't see.
Gilda