On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 03:19:42PM -0500, Michael R. Wolf wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > No, no--thank _you_ for not snickering at my old fashioned ways, > > using the mail and all that. > > Far from a snicker for me, I figure that all the *big* money will come > in by way of an honest-to-papyrus *check*. Like it or not, there are > more checks processed per year *now* than 10 years ago when the > *paperless* society was just on the horizon. The IRS and most CPA's > like paper, especially for big money. A paper trail is still > important when tax time comes.
Only in some part of the world. In other parts of the world, like in many countries of Europe, checks are a relic of the past. Noone overhere uses personal checks anymore (most banks no longer give their customers the option to use checks). The were never used to pay bills in the first place (companies just send you a special machine readable card, with most fields already filled out, all you need to do is sign, and send it to your *bank* which will transfer the money to the appropriate account), and in shops we just pay with our ATM cards. So, to which account do we Europeans wire money, if we cannot use a credit card (which aren't as common overhere as in the US)? Abigail
