said by Time :

Someone robbed the robbers? Don't these places charge 5% of the check just to cash it?

Seems better to simply get a checking account.

said by aaronwt :

Or cash it at the bank the check is from.

The check cashing stores make as much sense as pawn shops. But no one is forcing anyone to use them. If a person wants to use them that is their own decision, although a very bad decision.

said by keyboard5684 :

No, a lot of these places take advantage of the POOR people. Some will cash checks in advance of payday. For example, if your phone is to be shut off on Tuesday but you do not get paid until Friday, they will "front" you your paycheck but take a huge chunk of it... just so they can pay there phone bill.

It is just like the "rent to own" places that take advantage of people that cannot get credit. Usually poor people that need a refrigerator or washing machine. They cannot get credit, cannot afford to buy something they need right away, so they go to a place that "rents to own" something that is used, that they sell as new with a 40% markup.

Places like this make me sick anyways. Take advantage of the poor and disadvantaged. Not that the employee was making a ton anyway, probably minimum wage... so everyone loses except the owner of the company. Too bad the owner was not there to get the beating?