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I'm in the US, and if I were you I'd drop your car insurance provider in a heartbeat. There are so many other options that let me pay online and provide competi
by coryfklein 12y ago
I'm in the US, and if I were you I'd drop your car insurance provider in a heartbeat. There are so many other options that let me pay online and provide competitive rates, it just is not worth my time (or the chance that I'll forget) to mail checks in every month.
- alkonaut 12y agoIsn't there a common system for transferring money such that every corporation has a public "number" to which you can send money, meaning that HOW you do that (your internet bank or whatever) isn't really a concern of the receiver? I mean each insurance company etc. can't each be setting up their own solutions for online payments, right?
- cdcarter 12y agoEach insurance company is indeed setting up their own solution for online payment.
- alkonaut 12y agoHilarious. Do they also invent an email standard and a currency? Why not ditch checks and just set up a reliable/cheap money transfer system? It's peculiar how the country that is at the epicenter of the world economy and the Internet doesn't actually use the Internet for money related things (tax returns, banking, insurance...).
- XorNot 12y agoFinance follows information lag. If everyone had perfect information or speedy funds transfer ability then there would be no stock market.
- dzhiurgis 12y ago@alkonaut Because that's what terrorists would do.
- seanflyon 12y agoMany banks offer a free service that will write and mail cheques for you every month. Getting a sensible insurance provider is fine too.
- ascorbic 12y agoThat's hilarious. It's like Google inventing the self-driving stagecoach.