[jimbomaybe]

What I find very nice is that in many cases you pay a "convivence fee" to put money directly into their account, no paperwork for them, saves the utility some money, very convenient for them I guess , it was suggested to me that you could send them a check, add a few cents to your payment causing them to refigure your account every month, if everyone did this they might decide to give the customer a discount

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by jebartle

i'm the one in line at the register everyone hates, writing a check, i know, i know, it's hard to teach an old dog, new tricks, besides i'm perenoid.

no the wait is not that bad, it's the pony express hitched to the handicap parking that causing the ruckus
rolling rolling rolling
keep those doggies rolling ( in the carts)

[westernrider75]

I use a cash back credit card to pay most bills then pay that credit card online. Great way for bonus money just for doing what you have to do anyway!

[bowlingal]

absolutely not...do not trust anyone....hackers everywhere. I also pay cash for my gas....never credit/debit card

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by coralway

Yes, haven't written a paper check in probably 10 years.

Absolutely. Only use checks for grand daughters birthdays and Christmas.

[noslices1]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Do you use your bank to pay your monthly utility bills or other transactions?

Just curious

Always! Easy peasy.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Only one account, Verizon since it saves $30/month, and this is on a separate account so when they get hacked, the most someone will get from me is a couple of hundred dollars, everybody else is by check.

I have never hear of Verizon Bank???

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA

I have never hear of Verizon Bank???

I think he means he pays his Verizon phone bill with a separate bank account, not the Verizon bank.

[mk1126]

U.S. Mail!

[OhioBuckeye]

I do because then I don’t have to worry about paying a late fees because we’re gone a lot.

[LG999]

Yes. Auto pay is an easy & efficient way for pat recurring bills like utilities. Plus the payments are never late.

[talonip]

For the last twenty years I have paid via autopay. Everything is on autopilot. I use USAA bank. If the company I am paying will let me use AMEX I do that. That way I get hotel points.

[PersonOfInterest]

I keep the Cash under the mattress and drive to the location to pay on site with Cash and I get a receipt.

Seriously? No method of payment protects you from being 'Hacked' as you might fear. If you keep your money in any institution everything is done electronically. Are you Writing Checks to protect hundreds of dollars while you have investments / savings accounts in the 10's of thousands (or more) floating in the electronic system? When you hand Cash or a check to a vendor or other institution what do you think they do with it? Unless you use the Cash method above you're in the electronic system. The money you spent to use bank checks and postage to mail checks out is probably more than anyone has lost due to their electronic funds being hacked. You might also think about how you receive money. Do you get checks in the mail or cash handed to you or do you get electronic deposits to a bank account?

But .... its OK to be paranoid.

[rsmurano]

I have been paying my bills from my banks online bill pay for over 22 years. I used to use quicken which also went thru my bank but stopped that over 15 years ago. So easy to do, many features like autopay and you can see what you paid.

[retiredguy123]

I rarely use paper checks. But, I recently got some new checks and they are totally different from the old checks I had. They almost look like currency and they have 7 different security features. So, I assume that scammers are doing something to copy or forge paper checks. If you use a lot of paper checks, I would suggest ordering some of the new high security ones and destroy the old ones.