Gift Receiving Etiquette

I once signed a cheque for Dynarod without my glasses on. Unknown to me it was my son's chequebook!! He had £170 taken from his account and queried it as he never writes cheques. The bank sent him a copy with my signature of course . We have totally different initials so obviously no- one checked it at all! P S I paid him back!!

Her mistake, not signing, she had intended it as a gift, so your DH was right to point it out and get it signed.

Think he was just sensible. I once bought a car from a friend for £500 and forgot to sign the cheque. I was glad they phoned and said. Could have been the end of a beautiful friendship if they thought I had done it on purpose!

yes, perhaps the term 'lowering myself' wasn't quite the way to say it ...

I just felt that going and asking the sender to sign the cheque was akin to scrounging and I also felt that if it was a deliberate omission that it would look equally bad on our part?

Very difficult thing to deal with in any case

You say a banker's cheque, as though it is not one on a personal account? If that is so, perhaps the sender is not accustomed to using cheques and is not aware that an unsigned cheque is worth precisely nothing.

She was probably mortified at having made the mistake, but I really don't see that you should have felt embarrassed and "lowering yourself" in reminding her. She'd have felt even worse if she found out later that you had rejected the gift, and why. If she had invited you to a meal her but forgotten to give you her address you would have asked her for it wouldn't you?

Good for DH for being sensible and treating it so calmly.

Too right I'd make sure I got whoever it was to sign it - it was either a case of genuine oversight or one of deliberate omission, guessing that you wouldn't pursue the matter.

Well done to your DH (although I hope he was tactful about it!)