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Hah. So years back, I was going to buy a car. Went to the bank and they wanted (what I considered to be) a ridiculous service fee for a cashiers check. Fine... I'll take cash from my account! Ah, need a couple days to do that sort of thing... I, was miffed and stubborn as hell... so I did just that. Came back, got fingerprinted, and picked up my pile of cash to go buy the two year old 996.

The dealership, when time came to close, absolutely freaked when I pulled out the cash. Another set of IRS forms... and sorted it after several phone calls.



A cashier's check costs $1 in my experience...


TCF wanted $8 or so. I am not a clever man.


It may be more than $1. I feel like I was surprised to only pay $1 not long ago, but I may be remembering getting a money order.




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