How many, if any, checks do you write per year?
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
Less than 20 for me. The guy that cuts my lawn 9 months a year, my dentist because he give me 20% off for not using my credit card and a few independent contractors that have done jobs around my home such as tree removal.
I have not received any checks.
I have not received any checks.
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Side not since I have not been clubbing or casinoing much since the beginning of the pandemic I rarely have cash on me. The only places I don’t use a credit card now are my barber, and I have to pay in cash every week to play in a rec basketball league, we leave money for the gym rental. I’m horrible, I even use a credit card if I go into a convenience store and by a 99 cent soda.
i for yearly property tax
1 for auto & homeowners insurance
Mostly rent and bowling
I receiving a check is to cash is rare. I got a refund back from AT&T in the form of a check and couldn't recall the last time I held a check in my hand!
I remember way back when waiting for typically a lady holding up a grocery line while she dug up her book and takes her sweet time filling out a slip! Haven't seen that in years!
Back when I had a sugar momma she'd give me checks
2-3 a year, at most. Think I'm still working off the same book of 50 when I opened the account 10+ years ago.
maybe that's because people don't want to deal with the hassles of a company such as paypal freezing their accounts for any reason. i've been there, done that, and it sucked.
also maybe it's also because people have legitimate fears of getting their accounts electronically hacked. been there, done that, and that sucked just as much.
Banks can freeze your account just as easily as PayPal or Venmo, so having a checkbook doesn't help in that regard. This is why we have Bitcoin--if you take personal custody of your Bitcoins then nobody can censor your Bitcoin payments, and as long as you're not a dumbass (i.e. don't give out your password) you don't have to worry about your Bitcoins getting hacked.