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Posted by Joe Gargiulo | Mon, Apr 04, 2016 @ 02:04 PM

Free Check Guarantee on April Fools Day

CrossCheck creates payment solutions for American merchants across several industry verticals. Our privately held company has been doing that since 1983, so needless to say, we’ve gotten very successful at “peeling the grapes and shucking the flakes” when it comes to check guarantee and related services.

With active blog writing and a highly visible web presence, we field a huge number of questions about free check guarantee, especially at this time of year. Perhaps the timing is precipitated by the specter of making income tax payments in conjunction with filing returns, or maybe it’s an indication of the economic fallout created by holiday overspending. Whatever the reason, the phone lines in customer service, as well as the channels leading to our sales and marketing departments, are buzzing with queries about check services, including free ones.

Business people have grown weary of accepting bad paper and will resort to furious web searches looking for the holy grail of free check guarantee. It’s a snake oil environment in cyberspace with some sources teasing searchers with the carrot of obtaining free check guarantee services while blurring the lines of “free check guarantee” and “verify a check for free” with standard amenities such as “free checking” and “free checks.”

In fact, the earnest searcher may even find an article we wrote on April 1, 2014 about dispelling the myths of free online check verification. Fast forward two years, and the April Fools joke is now on those believing in free check guarantee. Upon the further inspection of other sites, that same searcher will find descriptions containing the words “free,” “check” and “guarantee” grouped in close proximity, but no one is actually offering free check guarantee because it simply doesn’t exist.

One site offers “risk-free assurance.” That particular company charges merchants for services such as check verification, check guarantee or electronic check conversion. The assurance for merchants accepting returned checks may be risk free, but the service certainly isn’t.

Another company offers “free setup for affordable check verification.” This giant corporate entity offers a large variety of check processing services, but only the setup is free.

Next is a firm peddling a “hassle-free payment option.” Everything is hassle free on this site — including check guarantee, electronic check acceptance and check verification — but none of those services are free.

The search results are rounded out by other sites boasting a slew of free things such as a “free dictionary,” “free approach,” “worry free,” “everyday free shipping,” “free office visits, ” “100% virus-free guarantee,”  or even a “free arrest warrant check,” but again, none of the services are free and no one is offering free check guarantee.

If you’ve played along this far, we owe you the simple explanation that free check guarantee is as much of a myth as the proverbial free lunch. What we do is very simple: we offer flexible, compatible payment solutions at a fair price, and we’ve been doing it for over 33 years. That’s no joke.

If dealing with an established payment processing specialist that serves industries such as automotive, auto-after, heavy equipment, power sports, building supplies, home furnishings, medical, dental and veterinary is your cup of tea, then you owe it to yourself to learn about how we help businesses like yours mitigate risk, increase sales, and save time and money. We offer free 24/7/365 customer service to address all of your questions and concerns, even on major holidays. That’s no joke either. Download our insider’s guide to understanding check guarantee — we promise that it’s free!

 

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Written by Joe Gargiulo

Marketing Specialist Joe Gargiulo has 25-plus years in marketing, communications and copy writing. As a writer, he enjoys connecting story leads to all aspects of the human experience.