edie3
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Post by edie3 on Jun 21, 2022 20:52:19 GMT
I am about out, and wonder do I really need to order more.
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tracylynn
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Post by tracylynn on Jun 21, 2022 20:54:07 GMT
I hadn't used more than 1 or so a year for many years.
But then I bought a house in 2019 and it seems like a write a check every couple of months. Landscaping, Gutter cleaning, Bug spraying ... etc. My HVAC people do take credit card.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 21, 2022 20:54:57 GMT
Yes. We pay our gardener by check as well as a few other vendors.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 21, 2022 20:56:45 GMT
I am down to using one a year - to pay my property taxes. We have to pay extra to pay them online. This year it would have been over $600 for me to pay online versus mailing in a check. So, once a year I have to go get one stamp and mail one check.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Jun 21, 2022 20:57:02 GMT
Yes we have quite a few bills that can only be paid by check.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 21, 2022 20:59:08 GMT
We use maybe one every few months, but with construction, we've been writing a lot of checks.
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pilcas
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Post by pilcas on Jun 21, 2022 20:59:51 GMT
Not too many but a couple a year.
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Post by mom on Jun 21, 2022 21:01:40 GMT
Yes, but not many. I am finding, though, that some small businesses would rather have a check then have me use a card to pay so I always make sure to have one in my wallet.
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Post by gar on Jun 21, 2022 21:06:08 GMT
I haven’t written a cheque for decades!
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Post by bc2ca on Jun 21, 2022 21:10:18 GMT
The only regular check I write is for our pool service.
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Post by teacherlisa on Jun 21, 2022 21:10:47 GMT
very rarely
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iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Jun 21, 2022 21:13:28 GMT
No, I haven't written one in about two I think. I have like two or three checks and keep one in my wallet at all times just in case I need it. No actual check book anymore.
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lesley
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Post by lesley on Jun 21, 2022 21:17:43 GMT
I haven’t written a cheque for decades! I’m the same. I honestly don’t think I’ve written a cheque this century! I pay everyone by bank transfer - my counsellor, my hairdresser (she comes to my house), my builder. I set up the transfer on the banking app and they receive it within a minute or two. I think the only person I give cash to is the window cleaner.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 21, 2022 21:17:44 GMT
Not since my last kid left daycare - so, over a decade ago.
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Post by Neisey on Jun 21, 2022 21:18:32 GMT
Can’t remember the last time I wrote a check.
My mom however continues to write many lol. At Christmas she sends 4 checks in a card for me to dole out individually. I try to talk her into a single e-transfer or even a single check for me to then etransfer to the kids but nope.she does the same for my brothers and their families too, plus all the birthdays, other bills, etc. she’s keeping the cheque printing companies in business!
Slight hi-Jack…does anyone else write “cheque” still or is it just me?
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Post by papersilly on Jun 21, 2022 21:18:52 GMT
yes. twice a year. my checks numbers still in the very low 100's.
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Post by belgravia on Jun 21, 2022 21:19:33 GMT
Only to move funds from our holding company account to our personal account.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jun 21, 2022 21:25:48 GMT
You know I write one out to my cleaning lady every other week. And with graduation season upon us, I've had to break out the checkbook too. And my damn water company won't take any kind of payment other than check or money order so I write them one too.
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Post by tc on Jun 21, 2022 21:29:46 GMT
I was down to a very small annual number, and then my kid went to school. It was always an extra charge and hassle to try to pay anything related to school by a card and I didn't trust him to carry cash into the office - even in an envelope. So I write a couple of checks per month just for school related items. And then we hired an after school caregiver and it was easiest for me to pay that person weekly by check.
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Post by KiwiJo on Jun 21, 2022 21:31:22 GMT
Cheques (checks) are no longer used in New Zealand at all. The last bank to handle cheques stopped processing them in August last year, so all payments are now electronic.
I hadn’t written a cheque in decades so it made no difference to me. Most bank branches have at least one computer for the public’s use, for anyone who doesn’t have internet access elsewhere, and most banks held “classes” and offered free one-on-one tuition to help people unfamiliar with electronic payments.
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Post by christine58 on Jun 21, 2022 21:31:29 GMT
I am about out, and wonder do I really need to order more. Yes not many but I do. Our School and town taxes have to be paid by check. They don't have a way to pay via internet.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 21, 2022 21:32:40 GMT
I use them for money to grandchildren and yard services.
Regarding small businesses--per my SIL the credit card companies take 15 to 18% for the fees, so it helps the company if you write a check. I realize many retailers won't take a check any more.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 21:34:22 GMT
I haven’t written a cheque for decades! same. The last time I remember having a cheque I think it was 2001. It often baffles me how innovative the US are yet they continue with pennies, checks and the imperial system. Aust stopped using 1 and 2c coins in 1992 and I think 5 and 10c are on the chopping block now.
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breetheflea
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Post by breetheflea on Jun 21, 2022 21:35:52 GMT
Yes. I’m a PTA treasurer and it’s required we use checks to reimburse people, so I write a lot of them…. I also work with school fundraisers and the amount of people who just send their kid to school with $100 (or more) in cash At home I use 3-4 a month. I don’t have things I’m paying off on autopay so I remember to pay extra each month. Plus my kids school stuff sometimes requires being paid by check...
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purplebee
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Post by purplebee on Jun 21, 2022 21:39:35 GMT
Yes, at least 7-8 per month for mailed in bills.
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Post by gillyp on Jun 21, 2022 21:39:44 GMT
Slight hi-Jack…does anyone else write “cheque” still or is it just me? I presume it’s the English spelling because I do! I begrudgingly write two every Christmas to relatives for whom I don’t have bank details. I don’t begrudge the gift, just the using of a cheque. Other than them, I ,too, haven’t written a personal one this century and I’ve not written a business one in over 10 years. DH got one through the post last week which irked me as our local banks have closed and it’s a nuisance finding a way of paying it in. It’s from a Government department who take payment online and have our details so you think they’d get their act together and make a direct transfer.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 21, 2022 21:42:00 GMT
Slight hi-Jack…does anyone else write “cheque” still or is it just me? Pretty sure 'check' is a purely American thing.
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QueenoftheSloths
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Jun 26, 2014 0:29:24 GMT
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jun 21, 2022 21:44:58 GMT
I write a couple a month. I've started paying most bills by phone or online, but there's some things I still use a check for. I just sent a check to a charity and DH wrote a check to pay the plumbers who installed our new water softener.
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Anita
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Post by Anita on Jun 21, 2022 21:45:04 GMT
I write several each year. There are just some bills (like my HOA dues) that can't be paid electronically.
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Post by Sharon on Jun 21, 2022 21:46:33 GMT
We write a few a month for donations.
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