Paper Checks - Do you still use them?

**C@rol** · 01-31-2008, 04:16 PM

Do you still use paper checks or
is everything paid online with
auto pay that is so popular now?

How comfortable are you paying
your bills and banking online?

I have been using auto pay online
for quite a few years now.
I still on the rare instance that I
have to write a check and it's so
weird. Dh always comments "you're
writing a check".

I'm pretty comfortable and love
auto pay and doing the banking
and such online. I try to be as
careful as I can for security
reasons.

**StaceyS** · 01-31-2008, 04:21 PM

I use checks for my rent and any medical expenses (I can print cleared check copies off my banks webpage). Other than that I pay online or use debit card.

**brenda67** · 01-31-2008, 04:22 PM

I use both..I pay 99% of my bills online..I use my checks at the grocery stores.

**jvera** · 01-31-2008, 05:32 PM

I don't write paper checks at all anymore. I really like using online banking. I even use it for sending my mom or kids money.

**Domestic Gal** · 01-31-2008, 05:35 PM

I have the same box of checks that I ordered in 2001. How do I know, well I ordered this box before I got married and moved. I got married in July 2001.
I just put address labels over my old address. The only time I write a check is if I have to pay for something at school for the kids. But I hate it because they want there money now but seem to hold on to the check forever.
I use CASH for almost everything or I put it on the CC and pay off each month with bill pay.

**DAAC3DEC** · 01-31-2008, 05:41 PM

I pay all of my bills except for my van payment and car insurance by way of written check.........I want look at a bill and write it out.....old fashioned but it is my way of keeping things in order.

**Jskell911** · 01-31-2008, 05:46 PM

We use written checks to pay about 70% of bills, but nothing else.

**Mom23boys** · 01-31-2008, 05:49 PM

I probably only write 5 checks a month. Everything else, I pay online.

**dcompton** · 01-31-2008, 05:55 PM

I very rarely write a check. Right now I'm writing them for gas and water until the automatic bank debit is set up. I pay bills online, and put daily expenses on a credit card I pay off monthly. That makes record keeping easiest for me.

**Persimmon Lace** · 01-31-2008, 05:56 PM

Until they outlaw checks I will use them, they are safer for the consumer and I value my indentity above the convience and security of the retailer. When they start asking for ID for a debit card I might use mine more but until then I will pay bills online and my other stuff with a check!

**Libby** · 01-31-2008, 05:58 PM

The last time I even touched a paper cheque was just short of 2 yrs ago when I handed it to HR so they could direct deposit my pay

Ok ok, I fibbed, I got a GST chq in the mail this month. I like keeping that on paper vs direct deposit is that I will KNOW when it shows up and can cash it or stash it later - kinda like bonus $$$. Not much but enough to get you by until payday. I pay everything online or via CC/debit.

**wulong32** · 01-31-2008, 06:23 PM

I only use checks to pay rent

**IntlMom** · 01-31-2008, 06:27 PM

I hardly write checks at all anymore. Pretty much just school things, and tithing.

**annymoll** · 01-31-2008, 06:30 PM

I pay everything with a credit card, and pay the balance off monthly with a check.For small things I pay cash. Never will pay bills at home online.

**many houseapes** · 01-31-2008, 06:47 PM

We only use checks to pay for bills that we have to mail out of town. payment is automatically taken out of our account by the bank for a loan we have. Everything else is paid for in cash