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re: Do you still write checks?

Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:59 pm to
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61015 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 3:59 pm to
Yes. That's what my AC guy wants so that's what he gets. I have not needed to get a new checkbook in over a decade though and probably won't ever again.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
1-866-DHS-2-ICE
Member since Aug 2014
11323 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:00 pm to
Yep. Everytime and establishment has a 3% or higher credit card fee, I break out my checkbook and waste everyone's time. And my cursive is very slow.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
29968 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:06 pm to
Property taxes and quarterly income tax payments. That is it, except for something rare. I wrote a check a couple of years ago when we had our HVAC units replaced and a couple of years before that when we had our roof replaced.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19243 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:09 pm to
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I was just at the grocery and the hold up was this women writing a check.


I do write checks for some bills but some of my billing is on-line. At stores, restaurants, etc. it's cash or card, never a check.

Last time I saw someone writing a check at a store was the local Rouses. I got behind a lady that had to be in her 80's and the cashier finished totaling up her stuff, told her what she owed------------THEN she started rummaging through her purse for her checkbook, wrote the whole thing out, had to present her ID and finally completed the transaction. It took her longer to write the check than it did for the cashier to total her groceries and bag them.

Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62214 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:11 pm to
quote:

Do you still write checks?


No. In fact, my pest control company is now charging a 3% credit card fee, or you can write a check. They started this policy in October, without any announcement ahead of time. I'm writing a check for the bill currently owed to them, and will no longer be using their services.
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 4:12 pm
Posted by lagniappe09
Northshore
Member since Jul 2009
636 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:12 pm to
Yes - I'm over 50.

Posted by LSU Tiger Bob
South
Member since Sep 2011
3096 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 4:17 pm to
yes some
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
25421 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:05 pm to
This post was edited on 10/6/25 at 5:07 pm
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
1784 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:10 pm to
quote:

Just to your mom. I don’t need that digital footprint


Alas, going analog didn't save Jerry Springer.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7195 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:15 pm to
I write 1 check every two weeks, for my son’s daycare.

Aside from the occasional wedding and random one-off reasons, that’s pretty much it.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45839 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:15 pm to
Pay the rent with a check, which affects you not at all.
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
1784 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:19 pm to
Props for the OT non-ballers outing themselves with rent payments.

No shade here, but they coming for you.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45839 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:22 pm to
frick em
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
6661 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:24 pm to
I write maybe 10-12 a year. Getting to be less and less now that Venmo is a thing.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45839 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:24 pm to
If you're going to write a check, have your Own fricking Pen, and fill in everything but the total while you're being rung up.
Don't do that writing in the air thing. Either ask for a pen, or, even better, have your own.
Posted by Double Oh
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
23238 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:33 pm to
Yes i still write checks
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19243 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:36 pm to
quote:

If you're going to write a check, have your Own fricking Pen, and fill in everything but the total while you're being rung up.




This is what I would do when I used checks at the grocery store, drug store, etc. Have everything filled out but the amount before I even left the house and just enter the total at the store.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21408 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:40 pm to
Only to my lawn guy
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17891 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:50 pm to
quote:

Only to my lawn guy


My bank has bill pay, so I have the lawn guy set up and they mail him a check every month. I haven't written a check in years.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
11566 posts
Posted on 10/6/25 at 5:55 pm to
Once month to the pool cleaner
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