Don't get me wrong. I never write checks in line. I use cash. Or debit (or credit if the amount is over my debit limit). I respect both the person behind me and the poor poor cashier who will need to interpret my writing too much for that. My problem is that I don't trust the outside agents for online stuff. I will use my banks bill pay for a limited number of trusted transactions, but the insurance company? They won't accept the payment from my bank and insist that I use their system. I quick call to their support asking for PCI and SA70 compliance certification (which they didn't have) convinced me that I did want to trust them with any info at all (yes I know that checks contain account info but the regulatory requirements are completely different for data archival of this info).
And I too support MW not doing this. There is a distinct accountability that one has when they have to manually write the amount of a transaction. Suddenly some "essentials" became less essential once we actually took the time to write the check. Jaysen On Apr 14, 10:15 am, ciara belle <ciaraswe...@gmail.com> wrote: > i have written more checks in the 1.5 years i lived in the USA than in > the 7 years at my last home in Canada... (1 book in Canada in 7 years > (since i had to order checks when i moved), compared to 5 books in > USA).. but i hate writing checks... and complain almost every time i > do (it irritates me no end when someone writes a check in the express > lane for 2.00!! argh... use debit!) and while my writing is also bad > - the thought of buying consumables for quicken (or any other > financial software) stopped me from using it for writing checks (plus > ensuring i am hooking up to a printer etc etc)... i helped my boss > print checks with quickbooks - that was a never ending nightmare of > lining up, printing, re-lining up, reprinting etc... > > sorry Jayson -- with much respect to cinnamon bun time with your > wife.. :), but i whole-heartedly support MW Not supporting check > printing... (would rather move forward than backward -- and check > writing is heading backward..., bill payment online etc is forward.) > > jmho > > ml > > On Apr 13, 10:52 am, Kevin Hoctor <ke...@nothirst.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Jaysen wrote: > > > > The problem is that I "know the stuff under the hood" and do not trust > > > the IT side of the modern methods. Not to mention the accountability > > > point of having to go through the task of actually dealing with the > > > check. > > > Jaysen, > > > I understand but the reality is that check use is way down and the > > trend is accelerating. I'm still planning to add check printing but it > > won't sell many more copies of MoneyWell. For me, I trust the "stuff > > under the hood" much more than I trust myself to pay a bill on time > > with a check. ;) > > > > But the real bonus to the manual method is eating homemade cinnamon > > > buns with the Mrs when we do the bills Saturday AM. I guess I would > > > rather waste some paper then give up a few minutes with her. > > > And you can't beat that with any size stick. > > > Peace, > > > Kevin Hoctor > > ke...@nothirst.com > > No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to no-thirst-software@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to no-thirst-software+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
