2007-06-07 12:10:13 · 6 answers · asked by egyptian_water_lily23 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Welll.....this may have used to work. However, banks are now more likely to make the check into an electronic image and then submit the check to the other bank this way. This route removes all need for the MICR ink.
Even if the bank uses the MICR ink, if the machine doesn't read the ink, then a person is there to catch the check and fix the error.
Not worth the effort
2007-06-07 12:45:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The routing number and account number on checks is printed in a special ink called MICR (Magnetic Image Character Recognition). Heat can de-magnetize things. As such, microwaving a check may cause the check not to read properly on the first scan. Most banks can repair and reprocess the check the same night it would have processed anyway.
2007-06-07 19:28:10 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! A bank has a very difficult time processing a check that is sitting in your microwave. :-)
If you're talking about using your microwave to damage the magnetic portion of a check or something though, it probably won't work -- most check readers these days are optical. So you'd be better off trying disappearing ink or something like that. :-)
Doug
2007-06-08 10:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by Doug M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a funny question -- is this a method for keeping checks from bouncing? Craziness. I'll have to remember this for desperate times.
2007-06-07 19:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by amber_with_the_really_long_name 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh heavens yes...
2007-06-07 19:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by sam hill 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?!?!!?
2007-06-07 19:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by Angie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋