Paying for public campgrounds
Just wondering about paying for public campgrounds. I am thinking mostly about places like Forest Service and BLM campgrounds that may just have a pay box and not an office. Do you bring cash, pay wi...
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Matt_Colie wrote:Friends had a thief steal a payment out of their mailbox. The person washed the check and printed a bunch more and cashed them all over town. It took them two years to straighten out the mess. The gal that stole the check was doing this all over town and was making close to 30g a month. The judge gave her a slap on the wrist and probation. Sure taught her a lesson didn't they.
We always have written a check. There are usually instructions on to whom it should be payable.
This has two advantages.
I does not deplete our supply of cash
And
If the box (or iron ranger) gets broken into (as happened once), the check is of no value to these cretins.
Matt
If you write a check they make a ink pen that cannot be washed and I would write on the back for deposit only.
