Did anyone elses 2008 points fund check from Feld Motorsports bounce?

[Michael Lyons]

So 6 weeks ago I receive my 5th place trophy and check from IHRA. I went to the bank the next day and made a payment with my Feld Motorsports check. About 10 days later I get notified that said check didn't clear. So long story short, since then I have made several trips and multiple phone calls to my bank(they're idiots course it'd help if I only brought them "good" checks maybe) to try to retrieve or resubmit the check. At the same time sending multiple emails to Sharon Ramlow at Feld Mototrsports and all to no avail as I still do not have a replacement check or the $750 dollars. So now at this point I figure I have like 5-10 hours of chasing this crap around, not to mention gas(thankfully its not $4 a gallon) and have been paying 14% on the $750 since I tried to pay a bill with it. Not to mention the stress in dealing with incompentency and being basically lied to. And to top it off, I did receive a letter telling me that they(Feld Mototrsports) were reporting that money as income for me for the 2008 tax year, yet at this point theres no way I'll have that money in 2008...
Now momma always said not to air your dirty laundry in public but my patience for this is long gone. I am tired of having to jump thru all the hoops just to get what I already spent a year of effort, travel, and expense earning!
So I ask again my original question, did anyone elses check from Feld Mototrsports bounce or was it only mine? Which also makes me ponder another question, what happens next year if the Tournament of Champions checks bounce? I wouldn't wanna go thru this with a check for $10,000... seems like that would be a stress test of a far greater level...

[BAS Racing]

Your not the only one. A friend of mine got his check at the banquet and it didn't cash either. He was told by Sharon that when they changed their bank account from IHRA to Feld they were supposed to do three things. Some how only two of those things got done and a bunch of checks bounced. She said that everything was fixed and to put the check through again. I guess that doesn't help you if you can't get the check back from your bank though.

[THE LEGEND]

I had no problem with mine.
Chip

[Myron Piatek]

No problem here either.

[Angela Macy]

No problem on our end either but we didn't cash them until the week of Thanksgiving - so the problem was probably resolved by then to prevent other checks from bouncing.

I remember a long time ago someone bounced a check to our business, the bank automatically ran it through two nights in a row then returned it to us, it was stamped "DO NOT REDEPOSIT" or something like that on the check, so we were SOL. I'm not sure if all banks do that or not though. I think I've heard now banks just return an electronic copy of the check. If I was in your shoes though I would explain exactly why I couldn't rerun the check, ask IHRA to stop payment on that check and reissue me another one. It might not hurt to do this in writing, sending it certified and return receipt requested, mainly just because in my experience, someone having to sign for something makes them take it more seriously.

I have no reason to think this wouldn't be taken care of if you handle it the right way, it appears to be a mistake on the banks end.

[Tracy Robbins]

No problem w/ mine and it was deposited the week after the banquet.

[cambria]

No problem with mine the paperboy cashed it.

[Chuck Beach]

Now Paul, that's funny ..... :-) HAPPY NEW YEAR ...

[Michael Lyons]

Yes I've done all that and more and still no check even though Sharon confirmed my address in her last email to me on the 18th. The tax letter I received from them is dated the 17th?! I had to chase them around in the spring to get my shootout money from Rockingham as well. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I even sent an email to Skooter, so everyone from the bottom to the top knows about this... I just wonder what would happen if a check I gave them didn't clear? How long you think they'd give me to fix that?

[Michael Beard]

I had two Feld checks - one from Pro-Am points and one from National points. I deposited them both on 11/24. The bank deposited one of them, and not the other. The one that they did not deposit, they sent me a notice saying that the check had been marked "Refer to Maker". I'll admit, I had to look that one up online to try to get an inkling as to what that meant... sounded like, "we don't feel like accepting it" to me (it's probably significant to note that it's NOT an "insufficient funds" notice). To make things more interesting, the copy of the check they sent back was someone else's! I talked to Sharon Ramlow at IHRA, who responded immediately and was very helpful. I took the other guy's check to my local branch of my bank, and while I was there, they called their HQ, and had them redeposit the check right over the phone, and they handled getting the other guy's check back to him. IHRA reimbursed me for the $5 service fee my bank had charged me on the original check.

The strangest thing is having the problem with one check but not the other, in the same deposit! Although it was distressing at first, both my bank and IHRA handled things quickly and correctly, and luckily, nothing bounced in the meantime.

Sorry to hear things haven't gone as smoothly for you, Mike. Best wishes for a better '09!