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Title: Do you still pay bills by check?
Post by: melodylogan45 on April 18, 2015, 06:01:46 am
I still write out checks for some of my doctor bills, but all my other bills are paid online. It took me a long time to start paying bills online.
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Post by: Skyisbluetoday on April 18, 2015, 06:51:09 am
Yes I still write check's.
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Post by: hawkeye3210 on April 18, 2015, 07:43:53 am
Just the checks that are issued through my online bill pay.
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Post by: melissajh44 on April 18, 2015, 09:18:16 am
I haven't written a check in years.
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Post by: alice44 on April 18, 2015, 12:44:38 pm
Online bill=pay is so much easier and faster  ;D
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Post by: Penwoir on April 18, 2015, 12:50:17 pm
I occasionally do write checks. More often than not however I pay by debit or credit card. I'm not against paying bills on line however when I tried to set up a bunch a couple of years ago, you had to pay a third party to administer the payment. The whole point, for me, about setting them up on line was to avoid the postage and use less paper. I'm not grateful however for paying a third party the money I've just saved purely for the privilege of paying on line. So I never completed the process!
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Post by: sanglee on April 18, 2015, 12:51:28 pm
sure I do, that is the only way I know how to do it
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Post by: renee10 on April 18, 2015, 02:48:36 pm
No, I don't. I use online bill pay.
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Post by: Kay0338 on April 18, 2015, 04:40:37 pm
I pay all my bills by check, just how I prefer to do it.
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Post by: timvolley on April 18, 2015, 05:58:59 pm
I pay everything online by credit card or bank account
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Post by: dianea7x on April 18, 2015, 07:15:54 pm
I don't have checks. We pay our bills via money order.
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Post by: potluck6 on April 18, 2015, 07:34:43 pm
I pay some online and some by check.I paid the comcast bill online but the bank said it wasn't recieved so they never took it out of the account had to call and make it right it became ok but was a hassle.
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Post by: jmc1982 on April 18, 2015, 08:32:10 pm
No, only times I use to write a check was for my rent.  No longer have to since i can do online payments
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Post by: davidh121 on April 18, 2015, 11:14:40 pm
There is only a couple left I still pay by check and this is due to the fact I had on one of them where the Online bill pay didn't pay the company correctly and I had a lot of issues. But online bill payment is so much easier overall that I don't write checks in general too much anymore.
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Post by: Screwedupclick4life337 on April 19, 2015, 01:04:25 am
Lol it's been a very long time
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Post by: Seenobita on April 19, 2015, 08:40:52 am
What is a check?? LOL... I do  not even remember if I even have a check book!
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Post by: dancer139 on April 19, 2015, 10:32:32 am
no,,,  I do all my bill online through my bank account.  I probably  actually write maybe 5 checks in a month or maybe less.  I think checks will be outdated here before long
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Post by: sanglee on April 19, 2015, 10:36:50 am
of course, i do alot of things onlinebut I still dont trust my bills with online banking
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Post by: yikes77 on April 20, 2015, 06:19:06 am
a few: property taxes and a few services.
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Post by: madeara on April 20, 2015, 08:41:27 am
Hi Melody,
The only bill I pay by check is my taxes.  My credit card and all other bills are paid online.  Have a wonderful day!
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Post by: pmagalei on April 20, 2015, 08:57:19 am
I don't pay by checks anymore. I think my wife just used the debit card. It is always easy and fast. The only time we pay with a check is our monthly home rent but other that, it is just debit.
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Post by: miltonarmitage on April 20, 2015, 09:07:21 am
I still pay most of my bills by money order or with cash as I feel it's safer than doing it online. I do use paypal a lot but that is for online purchases and not bills (electric, water etc). Plus, I like getting paper receipts as companies OFTEN make billing mistakes so I like to have proof of payment in hand! 
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Post by: carolhall1031 on April 20, 2015, 09:08:00 am
The  only bill I pay by check is my rent check.  Others are all electronic.
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Post by: Shandara09 on April 20, 2015, 09:44:43 am
I only do for a couple that don't accept payments online, like our trash bill.
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Post by: Skyenkit on April 23, 2015, 02:06:00 pm
We pay most of our bills online.
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Post by: ShadowWolf16 on April 23, 2015, 08:35:21 pm
Yes, I still use checks to pay for a few bills because they do not accept payments online yet. But, most of my bills are paid via online.
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Post by: gaylasue on April 28, 2015, 06:40:56 am
I write very few checks now days, usually only the ones that I can't process over the internet or by my bank or if there is a special stub that has to be returned with the payment.
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Post by: BMaston12 on April 28, 2015, 06:51:31 am
I still write out checks for some of my doctor bills, but all my other bills are paid online. It took me a long time to start paying bills online.
Yes I do. I don't trust online bill paying. Too much data information could get in the wrong hands. It just seems too risky to me. I pay most of mine in person, cutting out the mail and stamps. BMaston12
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Post by: sdenimandlace1 on April 28, 2015, 06:54:06 am
I still write checks. At least I now when I mail them their paid.
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Post by: inertia4 on April 28, 2015, 07:13:17 am
I haven't written a check in I don't know how long. I love the digital age.
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Post by: squirrelgirl44 on April 28, 2015, 10:00:37 am
There are a handful of things I pay by check - and it is NOT my preferred method of payment. I do that only if there is no ability to pay online. Online is so much faster and just as secure and it is posted to my account immediately. I wish we could do away with checks altogether.
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Post by: jcalexis on April 28, 2015, 11:21:55 am
I stopped doing this a long time ago. Paying bills by checks is a thing of the past. Now I pay my bills online; about 80% of the time.
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Post by: clickers on April 28, 2015, 11:40:14 am
No, I Dont. I don't even remember when exactly I stopped, lol. It's great because I don't buy checks and needless to say gone are the days of endless check writing. Saving on postage stamps, as well.
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Post by: kingozzy on April 28, 2015, 12:50:21 pm
I think I pay only two of my bills now by check, most of them are online or direct withdrawl.  Not to shabby!
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Post by: kaitsilva on April 28, 2015, 01:37:34 pm
I couldn't imagine paying by check. For all the risks on the Internet, I think the risk (and costs!) of writing out a check, mailing it, and hoping it gets the the destination in a timely fashion is so much worse!

I do online banking for everything and electronic money transfer processes whenever possible. It makes life so much easier!
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Post by: lhz123 on April 28, 2015, 01:41:29 pm
Yes, We still write checks to pay some of our bills.
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Post by: nguzman1 on April 28, 2015, 01:48:47 pm
No I pay everything electronically and have done checks in about two years.
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Post by: meow7 on April 28, 2015, 02:31:12 pm
Only thing I pay with check is for my home owners association fees. They do have online bill pay but it's $5 extra.
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Post by: ladycasshmere on April 28, 2015, 03:48:52 pm
I pay my bills online or by phone
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Post by: Laurieandjohn on April 28, 2015, 04:59:03 pm
I write out checks for 3 different bills and online bank pay or debit card for all else the time and money it saves me I can
t go wrong
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Post by: Getinonthis on April 28, 2015, 07:00:17 pm
I very rarely write checks for bills, If the internet crashes I'd be in serious trouble. :-)
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Post by: anitaraemillspalmer on April 28, 2015, 09:04:20 pm
I still write out checks for some of my doctor bills, but all my other bills are paid online. It took me a long time to start paying bills online.
it's rare but sometimes a check is necessary :)
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Post by: Jon626C on April 29, 2015, 10:12:26 am
I don't like to pay bills by checks. Thank You!