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re: Do you still use Checks

Posted on 2/20/17 at 7:57 am to
Posted by tiger perry
Member since Dec 2009
25668 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 7:57 am to
Yes to pay 4 to 6 bills a month
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
106078 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 7:58 am to
I only use them for horse expenses. I had to teach one of the kids how to write a check yesterday at the show

She's 15
Posted by RedlandsTiger
Greenwell Springs, LA
Member since Jan 2008
2939 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 7:59 am to
Technology is amazing. I write a check to my kids, they take a picture of it with their phone, instantly deposit it in the bank, then tear the check up. It's like handing them cash.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:00 am to
quote:

You can write a check with no money in the bank but not use a debit card


Many places run them like a debit card now, so don't count on it.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
146741 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:00 am to
What about the skipper of your Yacht and the crew? As well as the crew of the gulfstream jet? Also, the limo driver only takes checks when he is paid monthly.
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
10920 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:01 am to
You should just get PayPal or something. You can transfer the money without wasting the paper. If it's a "gift", there is no charge.
Posted by WILDTURKEYisgood
Madisonville
Member since Aug 2010
3320 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:06 am to
Only time I find myself writing checks is for my kids' tuition
Posted by LZ83
La
Member since Sep 2016
17406 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:07 am to
Occasionally.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18768 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:11 am to
Rarely. When I do, it's usually an electronic check that Capital One creates and mails to my lawn man or a doctor.

Some plumbers, AC repair, etc. ask for a check.

With some small businesses that take both, I will give them the option of taking a check or a credit card. Even though they lose a percentage to take the card, many prefer it to a check. I guess they worry about bounced checks.
Posted by Seldom Seen
Member since Feb 2016
40124 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:14 am to
Yes. I don't trust or like paying bills online. But that's just bill paying I've never used checks for things I buy at the store.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:16 am to
quote:

For kids school stuff that's about it.


Yep.

When you have kids in school you have to keep a check book around.

Posted by goldennugget
Hating Masks
Member since Jul 2013
24514 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:16 am to
I use them for my tithe at church
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:17 am to
quote:

Yes. I don't trust or like paying bills online.


Why the frick not? It's just your bank writing the check instead of you.
Posted by Woobie
Member since Jan 2017
2820 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:18 am to
I do.

If I have to use cash I use Money Orders.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
17001 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:23 am to
Yep.

My lawn care, pool, and house cleaning all bill me at the end of each month so I send them a check.

Everything else is drafted out my account
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65680 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:28 am to
For my quarterly estimates.

Render unto Caesar....
Posted by BulldogXero
Member since Oct 2011
9763 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:44 am to
I pay my rent via check. To my knowledge, there's no way to pay it online.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58126 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:49 am to
Payments for some of the stuff at the kids school is about the only checks we write.
I think they are finally setting things up to where everything will be able to be paid electronically or with credit cards soon.

I put everything possible on credit cards because the reward points are just too valuable to miss out on.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68309 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:51 am to
quote:

r kids school stuff that's about it.




Only reason for me. And its amazing how many I write.
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
28904 posts
Posted on 2/20/17 at 8:52 am to
Only to pay my lawn service company and my maid. Wish they would take PayPal, but alas.
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