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NBR: Do you still use checks?

Chief_Carters_LadyChief_Carters_Lady
in Babies: 3 - 6 Months
I feel like I am in the stone age ordering checks. Some of my bills I feel OK paying on line, but I have had payments not go through, and the company can't find my transaction anywhere (even with the #) when I paid online. Plus with day care or a baby sitter, I like having a paper trail where I know I paid the person. Do you still use paper checks, or do everything on line or with cash?
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  • sweetyface77sweetyface77 member
    I keep paper checks just in case of emergencies, but for the most part, I either pay everything in cash, online or with our debit card. 
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  • NATALE0624NATALE0624
    I pay everything online with an electronic check or debit card.
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  • sarcole530sarcole530
    I use checks! DH and I have tried to make several payments online and three of them so far have not gone through. It started to get really frustrating so I just pay for postage and send them out. Don't get me wrong.. I don't LIKE doing it...
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  • SoonToBeTaborSoonToBeTabor

    I use cash, checks and credit all evenly, I think.

    I still use checks for the rent, car insurance, water bill and to make random purchases that I want a paper trail for.

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  • SoHopefulSoHopeful
    the only person i pay with a check is Ryan's nanny.
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  • kiki4kiki4 member
    We still use checks on occasion - mostly for DS's daycare...otherwise everything is paid online.
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  • MnM1103MnM1103

    I still use checks for bills, everything else is cash or debit card.

    I, too feel like I am in the stone age, but I would rather have a paper trail than not have something go thru.

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  • jenna0627jenna0627
    I use checks for certain bills that I don't like to give my debit or credit card number too. Mainly the hospital, doctors offices and utilities.
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  • beckytrbeckytr member
    i pay most bills online but i still use paper checks - giving gifts, paying my mom back for xmas presents for other ppl that she bought for me, etc.
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  • saj&jajsaj&jaj
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    I still use checks for bills, everything else is cash or debit card.

    I, too feel like I am in the stone age, but I would rather have a paper trail than not have something go thru.

    This.  I used to be a personal banker (the person you open your account with) and I can't tell you the number of times I've had to try and track down an online payment, figure out why something was deducted twice, etc.  I like paper checks because I can prove it was cashed.

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  • ivs112ivs112 member
    I only use checks for our rent. Everything else we pay is electronic.
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  • SAMANTHAGPSAMANTHAGP

    I use checks for bills and important things. Debit card for groceries and other shopping purchases (gas etc). I rarely use cash.

    I don't use a credit card. I don't like them. Embarrassed

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  • Temp67694062501186Temp67694062501186 member
    We have checks that we use for certain bills.  But the majority I pay online or with my bank's electronic bill pay option. 
     
    I seriously hate when people write checks at the grocery tho.  Or at say Michael's Crafts or Walgreens where they have to call over a manger and get the check approved.  All the while holding up the entire line for a total bill of like $10.  Drives.me.up.the.wall. 
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  • majors31majors31

    i use checks for all our bills.  

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  • cabo_katecabo_kate
    Nope, unless it's something where they will only take a check (like our stupid childbirth classes or the local water company). We do all our bill pay online.
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  • HisBoysCanSwimHisBoysCanSwim
    I haven't written a check in a LONG time.  The only time I see a check is when I receive one & take it to the bank to deposit.  I didn't know that people still wrote checks - Seems extremely outdated to me.  On line is the way to go.
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  • moonfaeriemoonfaerie member
    I do most bills online, but use checks for rent. I write checks to myself sometimes if I want an amount or big bills that I can't get out of the ATM. I gave up using checks at any stores tho, it's too much hassle to "prove" who I am or whatever. Meanwhile I can swipe anybody's card and not be asked for proof that its mine.

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