My bank shorted me $40.00, What can I do????????

Question

I cashed my check and had my house payment paid out of the same check (at the same time). I should have gotten back $84. But only received $44. They balanced their drawer and said they were only over .20

What can I do. She said "her supervisor said if she was balanced then she was balanced". But I'm still out $40 bucks!

Answer 1

Go into the bank, tell them you believe your account was shorted $40.00 they will go thru your statement with you.  Banks do make mistakes.  I experienced three such mistakes last year.  

Answer 2

count you change before you leave the window  

Answer 3

Since the transaction involved cash, your notifying the bank and the bank checking the tellers transactions is about all you can do. Since the bank tellers overage was only $20.00 and you claimed being shorted $44.00,  then the bank has reason to believe their overage most likely did not involve your transaction. I regret your loss but remember the experience to remind yourself to always verify cash tendered and cash received in all cases before leaving from a teller or cashier.

Had the transaction been by check and the bank posted a $44.00 shortage to your account, then the problem could have been rectified.