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Where do you still use checks? I don't think I've seen one since the 90's.
by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Where do you still use checks? I don't think I've seen one since the 90's.
- throwawaygh 5y agoI still pay most of my bills with checks. I also collect rent and pay rent with checks. Basically my entire financial life except for perhaps eating out and buying useless things online is mediated in cash and checks. This is very normal in my social circle. Just because you choose to use e-banking doesn't mean that cash and checks are inaccessible, or even particularly inconvenient.
- foxfluff 5y agoI have a hunch it depends heavily on your location. I have never seen a check in my life, and I have never heard of anyone I know using them. I wouldn't be able to say whether such a thing even exists here. Cash is still a thing but not universally accepted; not having a credit or debit card would be a major inconvenience. Banks can be hard to access because they've reduced offices and opening hours. You don't go there unless you really have to.
- throwawaygh 5y agoFascinating. Where do you live?
- emmo 5y agoChecks (cheques) don't exist anymore in New Zealand.
- jjav 5y agoI pay all my bills with checks. Utilities, rentals, mortgages, taxes, everything. Why not? In stores I mostly use cash, except for larger purchases where it becomes inconvenient. Those go to the credit card which I'll then pay with a check.
- ecdouvhr 5y agoI don't think there are any businesses here who'd accept a check. Banks would probably do it for a fee, or at least require you deposit the money to your account. Bills here are paid with bank transfer. It doesn't have to be done though online banking, but doing so is obviously easier.