He was told firmly that he could not, but he was welcome to send a cheque.
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MPs should get a leaving card, not a cheque for tens of thousands of pounds.
So if you are hoping to defer a payment, do not do it with a cheque.
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Furthermore, processing costs are low: about 30 cents per transaction, half the cost of clearing a cheque.
Before 1973, a voting card was essential for everyday business, from cashing a cheque to getting married.
That when pensioners use a bus they should send a cheque to the Department of Work and Pensions?
They merely send a cheque every year to an organisation which many regard as akin to a social club.
"It seems there is a big difference between a cheque being cleared and funds in the account, " he adds.
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Mr Suthep is said to have a copy of a cheque issued to one opposition member as a bribe.
Mr Patel collect a framed certificate and a cheque for an undisclosed amount.
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Then each month, the editor tots up the bills, sends them to the oligarch, and he writes a cheque.
When Levene eventually gave Mr Hakim-Rad a cheque for the money, it bounced.
There is a fee for making such an appeal and a cheque has to be sent to Croke Park.
Knowingly, he had denied me the opportunity to write back with ready excuses, to enclose a cheque bloated with guilty zeros.
Co-operation, then, is welcomed on both sides, but do expect the French to ask for a cheque from the British taxpayer.
It's amazing how many artists come to us saying, 'We've never even seen a statement for that, let alone received a cheque.
Brandishing a cheque, she said she had made the decision to pay the money after discussions over the weekend with her husband.
Earlier this year Granite set up an Internet site and bought a cheque-scanning machine to cut processing costs and help with marketing.
"Old Winthrop, that day he wrote a cheque for five grand and put it in the chapel fund, " smiles Daniel Merry, savouring the memory.
Mid Devon District Council has no formal policy, but would not accept a cheque if a council tax campaigner did not want them to.
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Contrary to common belief, banks have always been able to recoup money from a customer's account if a cheque bounced or proved to be fraudulent.
Mr Clarke accused his predecessors David Blunkett and John Reid of governing with "a cheque book in one hand and the Daily Mail in the other".
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He accepts that there is still demand for branches, for those who need to cash a cheque, sign for a mortgage or discuss their savings options face to face.
The National Care Association felt strongly that this would be a cheque book rating system which enabled those who could afford it, to purchase a rating.
People seem very happy to write a cheque, spend some money in a charity shop or throw a few pounds into a bucket at the railway station.
The cheque guarantee, denoted by a Shakespeare hologram on a card, meant a cheque was honoured by a bank, even if sufficient funds were not in an account.
When was the last time you saw a wealthy person patronise a cheque-cashing service, use Western Union or visit a payday lender (for an above-board transaction, I mean)?
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He said the first Ipsa knew about it was when he turned up at the office with a cheque to refund the amount he had been accidentally paid.
The headmaster said that after being informed that the family were leaving for Australia, he had received a cheque covering the fees for the entire remainder of the school year.
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