my own experiences with US$ checks are following 2 variations:
* on my company's name i.e. for payment of services provided to an touroperator i have to deposit that check on the company's bank account, will be billed in US$.
* US$ check written in my name signed by a customer for a rest payment of services because of trouble with his credit card, in that case i went to my housebank BHD in bavaro and been told that the "approval" of the checks authenticy will take several days, then i would be able to cash it in US cash, so what i did was i deposited it o my private US$ account on a tuesday and the same week on friday the amount of money been added to my account. in that case i trusted the customer who is a regular of mine, but i could not get it cashed right away.
hey guys, where are the bordmembers who always ship a lot of $$$ throu the island, let's here the experiences, would be interested in that myself.
Mike