Comments on: Money Mailbox Friday – Never Wait For a Check Again http://moneyning.com/money-mailbox/never-wait-for-check-again/ A personal finance blog where we share insights on carefully saving money, investing, early retirement, mortgages, stocks because the little things matter in achieving financial freedom! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:16:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Austin Real Estate Blog http://moneyning.com/money-mailbox/never-wait-for-check-again/comment-page-1/#comment-9203 Austin Real Estate Blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:42:15 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1217#comment-9203 I agree that checks can be a pain in the butt, but I don't mind them much. They also provide a nice feature that immediate transfers don't allow. The float! heheh. I know we shouldn't use it, but I'm guilty at times of moving money around and using the float. Joe I agree that checks can be a pain in the butt, but I don’t mind them much. They also provide a nice feature that immediate transfers don’t allow. The float! heheh. I know we shouldn’t use it, but I’m guilty at times of moving money around and using the float.

Joe

]]> By: James - Forex Trading Blog http://moneyning.com/money-mailbox/never-wait-for-check-again/comment-page-1/#comment-9078 James - Forex Trading Blog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:49:38 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1217#comment-9078 I stopped writing cheques a long time ago as well. In fact I just dug out my cheque book from my bedroom drawer and noticed the last cheque I wrote was dated 23 August 2004. I stopped writing cheques a long time ago as well. In fact I just dug out my cheque book from my bedroom drawer and noticed the last cheque I wrote was dated 23 August 2004.

]]> By: Orange http://moneyning.com/money-mailbox/never-wait-for-check-again/comment-page-1/#comment-9040 Orange Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:37:32 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1217#comment-9040 I have direct deposit for my main job, but all other side incomes are coming as checks, and yes I hate hate hate to wait for them to arrive. http://orange4money.blogspot.com/ I have direct deposit for my main job, but all other side incomes are coming as checks, and yes I hate hate hate to wait for them to arrive.

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]]> By: marci http://moneyning.com/money-mailbox/never-wait-for-check-again/comment-page-1/#comment-9036 marci Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:17:32 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=1217#comment-9036 So I may be the last of the dinosaurs, but I feel checks are much easier and less stressful for me than online bill pay. So I'll just keep writing checks for the few bills I need to pay. (Being debt free, there are few to write) I write one to the credit card company - in full each month - the card with rewards, of course. I write one check for the electric bill and one check for the water/sewer bill and on my daily walk, drop both off in the envelope drops for them - both are within 9 blocks of me. When car/house insurance and property taxes are due I again write a check, and they are within 10 blocks of me on my walk. That's my bills. It's just not worth the hassle of worrying if I meet the minimums of 2 checks a month for the free online (I sometimes don't write two checks a month as I pay utilities two months at a time) - and I don't want to pay $5.95 month just to pay bills. Plus when the electric is out, which happens a lot here, my info is in my checkbook, and not online where I can't get to it. If my employer offered direct deposit, I would use it, but they don't. I do use direct deposit for other incoming checks tho and agree that it is hassle free :) So I may be the last of the dinosaurs, but I feel checks are much easier and less stressful for me than online bill pay. So I’ll just keep writing checks for the few bills I need to pay. (Being debt free, there are few to write)

I write one to the credit card company – in full each month – the card with rewards, of course.
I write one check for the electric bill and one check for the water/sewer bill and on my daily walk, drop both off in the envelope drops for them – both are within 9 blocks of me. When car/house insurance and property taxes are due I again write a check, and they are within 10 blocks of me on my walk.

That’s my bills. It’s just not worth the hassle of worrying if I meet the minimums of 2 checks a month for the free online (I sometimes don’t write two checks a month as I pay utilities two months at a time) – and I don’t want to pay $5.95 month just to pay bills.

Plus when the electric is out, which happens a lot here, my info is in my checkbook, and not online where I can’t get to it.

If my employer offered direct deposit, I would use it, but they don’t. I do use direct deposit for other incoming checks tho and agree that it is hassle free :)

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