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I freelance and just moved, trying to get accounting departments to send checks to the correct address is worse than pulling teeth. Even after making large note
by analogmemory 10y ago
I freelance and just moved, trying to get accounting departments to send checks to the correct address is worse than pulling teeth. Even after making large notes about the address changes and emailing them repeatibly. I should figure out how this guy managed to do it ;)
- sfifs 10y agoHonest question: Why would you use cheques instead of bank transfer? Isn't that cheaper all the way around? I live in India and practically haven't seen any company use cheques for payment in the last few years.
- pas 10y agoUSA is still big on checks. (Paper trail and all!)
- kawsper 10y agoUK too, I was very surprised to see that they have ATMs that can process checks.
- GordonS 10y agoEh, cheques have been on their way out here for many years now. They are pretty rare these days.
- kawsper 10y agoIn some circles maybe. My girlfriend is a pet behaviorist, some of her clients pay by cheques, she sees at least 2 every week.
- phire 10y agoNew Zealand also recently got ATMs which can process checks. I can assure you that checks are basically dead in New Zealand. I'm 30 and I've never owned a checkbook. The only checks I ever see are birthday money from my grandparents. Most shops haven't accepted checks for years. Almost everything these days is done with direct bank transfers.
- orf 10y agocheques are gone in the UK. You don't get a cheque book with accounts by default anymore, I guess those ATM's are leftover from when cheques where cool. They where due to be phased out entirely by 2018, but it seems like that's been extended a bit.
- kawsper 10y agoThey are not gone. My girlfriend is a pet behaviorist, some of her clients pay by cheques, she sees at least 2 every week. My surprise came from living in Denmark for 25 years, and I had only ever seen a cheque on american television. I guess old habits die hard :)
- jakub_g 10y agoFrance as well for some use cases. Everyone pays the doctor with a cheque, for example.
- analogmemory 10y agoI wish, bank transfers in the US are clunky and painful. Wire transfers are expensive. The banks aren't willing to change. I have one client who likes using Venmo, which is basically a hacky way to do a bank transfer.