ReviewMe & other cheques arrive via regular mail

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief December 16, 2006 · 1 min read

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This has been a growing concern for me in the past few months. The cheques are arriving via regular mail. The other day, I got 3 from different affiliate and ad programs.

ReviewMe

A have heard from a lot of people and their stories of lost cheques in the mail or repeated requests for re-issues that never came.

Although I have not personally experienced loosing any cheques on regular mail and I have this feeling that the Makati Post Office personnel are the most trusted bunch of local government employees, I don’t want to be too complacent about it.

One possible way to go around this is by requesting the issuer to send the checks via Registered Mail. Even TextLinkAds is a bit spotty on that department — sometimes they send it via registered mail, on other times via regular mail.

Or, maybe by next year, when every other Pinoy gets his own fully-functional Paypal account…

P.S.
As for ReviewMe, I suppose that will be the first and last cheque I’ll get from them. Just disclosing that I’m not into paid online reviews.

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43 Comments

Liane · 18 years ago

There are some concerns for us Filipino (Go Philippine Blogosphere!) Bloggers regarding remote cheque delivery. Some are lucky to have great and credible postal offices in their area, others are just, well nevermind.

jame · 19 years ago

how to paid for the delivered with any send customer address i can send my accept amount
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JC John SESE Cuneta · 19 years ago

That’s bad news. Ten years ago they don’t require you to deposit it in a dollar account.

Miguel · 19 years ago

You cannot simply encash those dollar cheques, as far as I know.. you need to deposit them into a dollar account.

Bad news, BDO maintaining balance is now $200.

I just got my Review Me and Text Link Ads cheques for November! They came in through registered mail.

jong · 19 years ago

hi, just got my first TLA cheque but dont know how to encash it.. need some help here…

JC John SESE Cuneta · 19 years ago

Actually, it’s been like that since 1997 when I first got my international cheques from the first net companies. I don’t experience lost mails from the Makati Post Office, I agree, they may be the most trusted network in the Philippines – from the Central Post Office down to the Makati Post Office.

Even packages worth… U$200.00, I get them fine from Makati PO.

Mike Abundo · 19 years ago

Most local banks think only big corps need foreign currency accounts. It’s high time they get with the times.

Miguel · 19 years ago

You can’t deposit to a friend’s account if the cheque is in your name.

But, many banks have a minimum $100 deposit. See the previous thread. I opened mine at BDO with $100 cash and a $100-something cheque.

jun · 19 years ago

@Joseph, Max: Am thinking if I can help you in some way about your checks. Sayang naman kung pang origami lang…

Question: How many other bloggers have trouble cashing their checks?

PS: According to my bro-in-law, may charge daw na $4 per deposit… $8 yata pag nag return…

jun · 19 years ago

@Max: I know the minimum is about $500.00… Still a lot for most though… What you can do is deposit it to a friend’s account.

joseph · 19 years ago

I signed up for Review Me just for kicks. I didn’t review their website for the initial payout. I already received one request for review – hotelreservations.com but i decided not to pursue this scheme. I had experience with below $100 checks before and its a pain to encash them since i don’t have a dollar account. I have checks here for 45, 10, and 25 dollars from the Western Union affiliate program via Linksys. After failing to turn them into cash i decided to stop the ads and use the checks for origami. =)

Max · 19 years ago

i received my first adsense check last november! wohooo! but i havent encashed or deposited it yet. banks keep telling me to open a dollar account. but the minimum deposit is pegged at $5000. omg! lol.

any tips on how i can encash my check? :-)

Mike Abundo · 19 years ago

Disintermediation. It’s a beautiful thing. :)

jun · 19 years ago

Got mine Dec 16. First check ever! I’m torn between framing it or putting it in the bank.

My next question about ReviewMe is when will they ask for reviews again. I have not receive any “tasks” for reviews. Did anybody get succeeding requests?

KK · 19 years ago

I hope Paypal goes live in the Philippines soon. I stopped sending cards to my family in the Philippines because after 5 cards getting lost in the mail, I don’t trust the post office there anymore. :(