From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!turtleva!ken
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Do we need to buy checks?
Article-I.D.: turtleva.119
Posted: Fri Jan  7 03:25:56 1983
Received: Sat Jan  8 00:49:08 1983
References: rocheste.369

	Many times I have received in the mail a request for monetary
contributions.  A couple of times, there was enclosed a printed form
which looked somewhat like a check.  The accompanying note said that if
I signed the note, and included the name and address of my bank, the
check would be honored.  I suspect these particular organizations
solicited contributions in this way because it is not generally known
that one can withdraw funds from one's checking account without the
normal check; therefore more people would contribute to see if it
really worked.

	Unfortunately, I did not make a contribution, so I can't say
with experience that t is possible to withdraw from a checking account
without a standard printed check.