7 year old check made good.
Seven years ago the power company paid Robert Jenkins his deposit. He lost the check. Since he is a man of principle, he pressed on – here is his story.
Robert Jenkins, now 71, had rented an apartment and moved out in 1998. Shortly afterwards, Duke Power company mailed him a $41.18 deposit refund check.
The check got misplaced by Jenkins’ former roommate, but was found seven years later.
Jenkins then contacted Duke Power before he attempted to cash the 7-year-old deposit refund. His bank returned the check stating the account was closed. His bank also charged him $15 for the returned check.
“Well, I never heard of a company closing an account,” said Jenkins.
He then talked to a worker at the Duke Power office in Morganton, who in turn called headquarters in Charlotte. Per Jenkins they told her to tell me to go ahead and deposit the check. It was still good even though it was seven years out of date, there was no expiration date on the check.
When the bank returned the check, Jenkins called Duke Power. He was told they sent the money to the state treasurer’s unclaimed property office in Raleigh.
When he called Raleigh, they could not locate the money in his name. Jenkins went back to Duke Power and they referred him to Raleigh again, to no avail.
“It’s not the money. It’s the principle. I’m a man who lives on principle and if I would have owed Duke Power this money, they would have had me in small claims court years ago,” he said.
Another attempt to contact Duke Power resulted in directing him to the Raleigh unclaimed property office. This is when the local news people contacted Duke Power.
The result—Duke Power issued Jenkins a new check for $41.18.
It is possible that you have a deposit that was never returned to you. Do your own search with CashUnclaimed.com and find out if you have unclaiemd money and how you can claim it.
