Do you have checks? If so, when's the last time you used one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Twice this week- lawn service and an order through my kid’s swim club.

What did a lawn service do this week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the time for contractors, landscapers, and cleaners. I use my banks bill pay option to send checks for all my other bills. I'm shocked you can get through a month without writing a check. Do you login to numerous websites each week to pay bills?

No, I request new payment dates for any that are "odd" dates and keep them all grouped... 1st, 15th, 21st. I also have autobill on pretty much everything. I have a spreadsheet and I check off each bill once I get the payment notification.

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Anonymous wrote:the lady in front of me a Giant still uses checks.

I have strong memories of my mom writing checks to Giant growing up. But towards the end of her doing that, they had a printer they would run them through that printed the whole check for you, you just had to sign it.

Also she'd go to the drive through teller and write a check to "cash" to get money out. Seems like such a huge hassle now! Ha.

You kind of still have to do this! It’s a withdrawal slip but you have to write out the number and everything.

[Anonymous]

Monthly to pay rent

[Anonymous]

Wrote two checks just a few days ago to add $$ to my kid’s 529 accounts. I also use them for service providers at my house (I.e., the electrician) who don’t have the ability to take a credit card payment (as others have pointed out).

[Anonymous]

I use them them frequently to pay monthly bills by mail. Probably a sign that I am 80.

[Anonymous]

Dentist office, kids Field trip, and Dominion energy. Three to four checks average every month.

[Anonymous]

I have them and use them maybe nice or twice a month. Some service people ask for them — plumber, electrician, lawn service, etc.

[Anonymous]

Today. The Tae Kwon Do place only takes cash or checks to pay for testing. I feel like a lot of kid activities occasionally require checks.

[Anonymous]

Every other week: cleaning woman

Once in awhile: gift (last one was a baby gift, the one before that was a wedding gift - both in the last 2 weeks)

At least monthly: donations

Within the last month: a check to renew passports (to the State Department) - I used a credit card for the post office's fees

I'm guessing in the last month, I've used 7 checks for the above. There were probably more but that's what I can recall. I use Venmo many times each week and use my credit card all the time.

[Anonymous]

I use them to pay my landscaper. He’s old school like that.

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Anonymous wrote:Landscapers, repair people, girl scout cookies, camps - many want them so there's no CC fee.

these

Also, our at sitter is older and doesn’t Venmo. If I don’t have cash before we leave for vacation I leave a check.

[Anonymous]

OP, you've also heard of money orders, right? They still exist, too. Just "checking."

[Anonymous]

My therapist only takes checks, so I use 4 a month on her. Takoma Soccer only takes checks, so that's 2 a year. Other than that, just for fun, I went through my bank account and saw exactly one other check written in the last year, a charitable donation to a tiny charity.

[Anonymous]

I’m also a millennial and use them weekly. It’s actually so good for keeping track of expenses.

But these businesses probably prefer not paying these fees. And yes the fees are that bad. Inflation impacts this too.