When was the last time you wrote a check?

I wrote a check the first of the month for our carrying charges (aka HOA fees). I keep meaning to ask our property manager if there are any plans for digital payment capability. That's the only check I write on a regular basis. Other checks I write are when I'm gifting my loved ones or to put in a condolence card. Everything else is paid online with automatic payments from my main checking account.
 

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Aunt Bea said:
It sounds sort of like keeping a horse and buggy in the barn in case the car doesn’t start.

IMO our society is already in too deep to be concerned with the possibility of an internet breach or failure.
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But we should be Aunt Bea. I get a science feed on one of my news apps. There have been quite a few articles about the possibility of major solar flares (CMEs) affecting our power grids. So I've thought about what would I do....what would life be like? This article is not the most recent I've read but the content is very similar.
"Scientists at NASA have discussed in the past how larger events such as X3 and higher level solar flares could affect global communications and power grids on Earth. The planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field absorb much of the material thrown out by such flares, keeping them from physically harming humans; but should one hit a weak point in the atmospheric envelope, more of the radiation could get through to affect the layer wherein GPS and other satellite signals and communications travel."
https://guardianlv.com/2014/04/solar-flares-can-affect-communications-and-power-grid/
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Just this past week. I had some upholstery repair done on the old Dodge Dakota. The shop owner doesn't deal with plastic so I wrote him a check. I think I have written five checks so far this year....mostly to "Govmt" agencies.
 
The last check I wrote was a few days ago. I am on a bowling league and it was the first time to bowl this season. I wrote a check for the lane fee and the sanction fee and put it in the envelope. I could have paid cash, but didn't have that much. Also, I write a check every month for my water bill that is due to our water association. There have been a lot of complaints that we still have to use checks.

I pay most of my routine bills online but I still write a surprising amount of checks for different types of payments.
 
I write one check almost every month to Pedro our groundsman. He mows several acres.
Also wrote a check to order Southern Living magazine. Love that mag.
 
WheatenLover said:
I have to write a check to the landlord every month. First time I've written one in years. He won't budge - no setting up automatic payments for my bank to put the money in his account, or anything else. We've been close friends for over a decade, so I figure this is really unimportant in the grand scheme of things.
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As a landlord I was surprised that NONE of our tenants ever wanted to set up an automatic pay from their checking accounts for the rent. They either wanted to pay in cash or send us a check every month. I would have thought they would want the convenience of auto pay but none of them ever did. So I had the opposite problem you do. :) I guess as long as the rent gets paid, that's the important thing.
 
Like most of you I pay almost all recurring bills via online banking. I write one check every few weeks to pay the man who does my yardwork and another check quarterly for those blankity blank taxes (I know I could do this online but I forgetting to set it up). Interestingly, I have a couple of relatives who pay absolutely everything they can monthly with their gold American Express card (mortgage, groceries, utilities, etc.). They then have that one bill to pay each month and also get points they use toward airline fares and upgrades, Amazon points, etc. I think they do have to write a couple of checks for yardwork but if it is possible to use the card then that's what they use.
 
The banks in NZ won't accept cheques now, it must be terribly inconvenient to a few folk, especially those who have used nothing else.
 
The last time I wrote a check was to the County Court Clerk when I got license plates for our truck. They charge a hefty fee if you pay with plastic. I normally pay all my bills on-line ever since my mortgage payment got lost in the mail. Turns out it fell behind someone's desk and was found 2 months later and was returned to me all dirty and torn. It took me a long time to get the late fee removed! That experience pushed me into the digital age.
 
I write them all the time. I got set up for online banking. Then I did the durable power of attorney for my stepfather, both financial and medical. That also put me on his bank account so when I logged on to pay my bills online, his banking information was there. I couldn't stand it. So I stopped online banking and went back to checks. It was so convenient,

I am paying some things online like the maddening cable bundle bill and my insurance, car and rental.
 
I write checks for many things, like taxes, LT Care Ins, lawn services, one time bills, etc. I pay monthly bills through online banking. We have a gocery store (Win Co) that does not take credit cards only checks, cash or debit cards.

I do not think I could get by without using checks.
 
I can't even remember the last time I wrote a check. I used to have to pay property taxes by check but then that department finally went online and I don't think I have written a check since then. It's so much easier, faster and cheaper to pay online and you don't have to worry about things going astray in the mail.
 
officerripley said:
I do most bill paying online, using debit/credit cards at stores, etc., but I do pay our computer tech with a check; he is his own business and I don't know if he's got PayPal or some other kind of digital bill paying set up or not; anyway he always takes my check (and he does all computer work at my house anyway so that might be easier for him to pay that way).
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Is Cheque spelt differently in various parts of the world, I always use as here?...not that it matters,just asking?
 
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I pay everything I can on my credit card so I earn cash back. Even my utility bills. For bills that I can't pay by credit card I use Bill Pay in my bank account. The only check I write is for property taxes once a year.
 
kburra said:
Is Cheque spelt differently in various parts of the world, I always use as here?...not that it matters,just asking?
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Yes. In the US it's check. Many other countries use that spelling you used.
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To the OP, I write a check to the landlord every month or any businesses that don't take cards.
 
I write a check each month for the HOA dues. They have online payments but I looked at the 4 pages they sent to sign up and decided they did not need that much info. So I send them a check each month and if they don't like it then its their problem!
 
My credit card company offers up to 3% cash back so I pay every bill I can with that card and just pay the balance off each month. All of my utilities and even car insurance go on the card. Why not receive a discount on all these payments?

For any companies that require checks I do it electronically through my bank. If they have to wait a little longer for a paper check to arrive, that's on them. The only 2 checks I've written in the past year were for property taxes and a passport renewal.
 

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