hi if you get a cheque from outside uk it takes upto 7 working days for the money to be in your account for you to draw it out BUT the cheque actually takes 30 days to clear i learnt this as an american bloke won an item of me on ebay sent me a cheque i put it in bank the money was there 4 days later si i sent the item of anyway drawn the money out spent it 30 days later they take the money back of me leaving my account over drawn by 120 quid. well the person in america received item and canceld cheque. fcuker well but this man is saying he is going to pay you by english cheque so they carnt really be a big problem just make sure the bank is a big bank like halifax barcleys not a little unknown back