Travellers Cheques?

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FlakJacket
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Travellers Cheques?

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Quick query. For those of us who haven't gone plastic yet, does anyone know if Hayes or a nearby bank/store whatever would be able to cash US dollars travllers cheques so I didn't have to hump round the whole weeks money in cash?

Also, I kinda need an answer in the next nine hours or less since I'm currently in last minute super crisis panic mode. :)
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In theory, any place that accepts checks will be able to cash the checks. Moreover, American Express claims that their travelers cheques are just like cash.
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Just make sure you ask at any store or resturant before whipping one out; some stores [most notably gas stations I've noticed, for some fucked up reason] don't take them, or at least say they don't take them since they view them as a hassle.

I signed one before thinking at a gas station in Ohio, and they wouldn't take it. Luckily the next place I spent one at [An Arby's] took it without asking, even though it was already signed. . .

Oh, and at Gencon there's a place right across from the con center that will cash them, although they charge a small service fee.
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