Can I bank a US check in UK?

[BadHair]

And if so will it cost me?

Sold some jeans on ebay and buyer wants to use a cheque, but she's in US. Total cost is about £4 so obviously am keen not to lose anything in banking charges.

Does anyone know how this works?

I think there will be a charge.

I had same situation but buyer sent me postal order in dollars, i think they were worth about £15 and the bank wanted to charge about double that for cashing them! Buyer tried to set up paypal but claimed not to be able to, so i gave up in the end .

I am assuming the same would apply to a cheque in US dollars but could be wrong!

Bad Hair the bank will charge you about £10-15 to bank the cheq, mine did a couple of months ago!

I once asked a few years ago. £20 IIRC for any amount. That was at Barclays.

Could it be cheque fraud ? I'd probably insist on paypal tbh.

different banks will have different charges - usually on a sliding scale according to the value of the cheque. I wouldn't say it's worth it for anything under £10

BH, can't she open a Paypal account?

Thanks for this, obviously not worth the expense and hassle.

She's tried PayPal, but as she wanted to pay by a credit card it meant that I couldn't accept the money without upgrading to a business account, and therefore being charged.

I'm just not bloody selling overseas again.

It would be easier for her to write the cheque in UK pounds sterling. I have done that when I sent money back to Australia - although it was drawn on a UK bank I wrote it in Australian Dollars. That way no fees to pay. Otherwise often the fees outweight the cost.

We bank UK cheques in Aus all the time and it costs about $10 per cheque.