Australians: Best Bank options for US Cheques
 

Hey guys.
I know this thread pops up every so often, but I was interested to know who everyone used, and what deals the banks cut them.

I just got home to find that my sister had abused my bank manager at Suncorp, and despite previous agreements, now refuse to cash a cheque for less than $10 per cheque. Looking at the pile on my desk, that's $500 at least.

Which bank do you use, and which ones have cut deals [discounts for volume etc]

Thanks
Simon

I did used to bank with the National, they would let me cash multiple checks for one fee ($10 from memory) and would also approve it right away.

I did have few issues with them (nothing to do with checks) so left them, I bank with Bendigo now 6 weeks for a check to clear and no deals makes me sad I left.

Get an offshore setup.

2c

Hit me up ;-)

I use Commonwealth bank. If you ask for a brochure of the foriegn currnency policys, most of the banks have a clause in their policy stating that if many cheques are from the same drawer then it's just a one off $10 charge for all cheques. They cannot charge you $10 per cheque.:thumbsup

Westpac...they'll bank 6 international cheques for $10. Sometimes, I slip a couple of extra ones in, but they never charge more.

Commonwealth no messing, instant credit, same drawer 1 charge of $10, been with them for years

At ANZ they used to do how ever many I took in for $10, now that state it's $10 per check. If I take in a few from the same place like CCBill they usually only charge me $10. Pain in the ass all the paper work they have to go through.

commonwealth at ashgrove was good

only once every now and then did someone want to charge me $10 per cheque... they usually lumped them all together

Sounds good, thanks guys.
Can't wait to stroll back into Suncorp tomorrow and move follow up on my promises to dump my account :D

i had problems here with banks with non NZ cheques

they charge big fees and rip you off

they want to charge me $15 + per cheque

thats why i just use epassporte

Jesus, that's high

yup pretty much what i was told - still not the greatest of deals but :disgust :disgust

although, some bank tellers only give you one charge no matter how many cheques you bank...

stgeorge charge $10 plus like 10c for each one after, but they take like 20mins to fill the forms out

When was the last time you deposited a batch, and which state are you in? About a year ago I was getting unlimited cheques for $10, then they raised it to $15, then a few months ago the acting manager (a real bitch) produced a PDS showing that they have to limit it to 4 cheques per $15. She's a bitch because she sent a fucking MEMO to all the tellers to make sure they didn't do more than 4 per batch for my future deposits!

I've been meaning to go higher and ask for a better deal. The manager that gave me the original $10-for-everything deal has long since left.

Bear in mind that if you have zero history with the bank they'll probably impose conditions like a holding period, or forcing you to put it in for collection (4-6 weeks to clear)