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If not for the purpose of getting the salary, no need to open a bank account for me.
by revskill 4y ago
If not for the purpose of getting the salary, no need to open a bank account for me.
- ghaff 4y agoA lot of people who own houses, pay service people of various kinds, etc. still write checks pretty regularly. There's more acceptance of credit cards and things like Venmo--which I believe have a premium to put on a credit card--but I still write checks for a lot of things in the US.
- ericbarrett 4y agoA lot of the common services in the U.S. that take credit cards charge steep "convenience" fees. I've seen them for property managers (rent), utilities, and even government agencies like property tax collection. I once rented an apartment whose payment processor added an extra flat $35 to credit card charges. No thanks, I'm mailing a check!
- ghaff 4y agoI think my town is like that for various taxes. They farm it out to a third-party, presumably for "free," and the third-party gets their profit by charging a fee of some sort. So I either physically send a check or, for regular payments, I set up check payments through my bank.
- thfuran 4y agoWhat service people don't take credit cards these days?
- ghaff 4y agoTons of them. My housekeeper. My lawn service. I think my furnace service just started taking them. But by no means universal. And, of course, a fair number of people want cash.
- bombcar 4y agoAnd those that do take card often offer a discount for check or cash. Especially individual servicers. Big companies will take card all day long, but joe the plumber would rather have cash.
- astrange 4y agoHairdressers prefer cash or Venmo in my experience.