You can't pay for goods with cheques in the UK but they're still reasonably common. I still handle them when: * my grandmother sends me Christmas money * I ge

You can't pay for goods with cheques in the UK but they're still reasonably common. I still handle them when: * my grandmother sends me Christmas money * I get an expense refund from the University * my flatmates refund me bills * I need to send money off with a postal form (recently renewed my driving licence and had to unearth my chequebook to do so) * I need to withdraw cash from my business account (there is no card associated with the account because RBS are incompetent morons) * I put a deposit down on a new (rented) flat, or have to pay rent which didn't come out of my bank account as usual due to some wanker committing card fraud and pushing me over my overdraft limit I think that's it, but still definitely in use around these parts, just not for 'everyday' transactions. And if my flatmates/family were more tech savvy, that'd all be done via online banking. However, the push vs pull argument does weaken when you consider Normal People -- they are so trained against 'giving out bank details', that if I wanted to send money to one of my flatmates, he would prefer a cheque over giving me his sort code and account number...