does sound a bit strange tbh mate
be very careful please I recently took a cheque of a guy in UK, it was in my bank cleared so after it was there for 12 days I withdrew the money, 3 days later I got a letter from the bank saying sorry his cheque bounced, and funds were taken off me. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEH, that fookin sucks so bad, i thought once a cheque cleared that was it money was yours