experience with getting cash from cheques

[Katrien-V]

I' like to hear your experiences with going with the cheques from the survey websites to the bank: did you have to pay extra's to be paid out? For example to put dollar into euro's?

[LizzieAnn]

Usually you are paid out in cheques in your local currency but unfortunately this is not always the case. I just received a cheque for $2 from brandinsitute and when I went to my bank they wanted £5 to cash it!!! they said to wait until I had a few, that added up to more than £5 when it would be worth my while to cash them all at once. I think its the currency conversion that costs the money not the actual individual cheque, i.e. it doesnt cost £5 to cash one cheque then £5 to cash the next one.....so I still have it in my wallet hopefully waiting for another to come along.....but I think I will wait a long time. If possible, its always better to opt for vouchers or BACS so you are able to get a direct incentive, cheques do take a while. Global test market takes 6 weeks to arrive in the UK after ordering....but no problems at all cashing it - this only takes three days

LizzieAnn