November 23, 2025 at 9:35 am

A Customer’s Bank Would Only Let Them Withdraw $1,000 In A Single Day, So They Got Creative And Used Cashier’s Checks To Get Around The Rule And Buy A Car

by Matthew Gilligan

man holding a check

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Banks can make things so complicated…

And what for?!?!

Let’s just keep it simple, friends!

It makes life so much easier

This person knows all about it but they found a clever way to get around a bank policy they didn’t want to deal with.

Check out what happened!

Bank cash-back limit thwarted.

“About twenty years ago I banked at my local co-op but apparently they had a cash out limit of $1,000 per day.

They were gonna make a big purchase.

I wanted about $1,500 in cash to purchase a car I had found, a 1968 Cadillac Sedan De Ville, and was told that I could not be accommodated.

Luckily I remembered that cashier’s checks were issued free of charge!

So I ordered $1,500 worth and when I received them I signed them and cashed them in.

It all worked out!

It took about a half hour and the line in back of me got a bit testy but in the end I had my Caddy and great fun it was too.”

And here’s what readers had to say on Reddit.

This person has been there.

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Another individual shared their thoughts.

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This Reddit user spoke up.

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Another individual chimed in.

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And this person shared their thoughts.

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That was a clever workaround, wasn’t it?

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