Our situations are very different. Being self employed, people pay me with checks which have to be deposited. I only have four bills to pay regularly - utilities, phone, house payments, and my ISP. I send a check for the house (as it goes to a private party), the phone company calls me when my bill has to be paid and we deal with that over the phone, and the utility bill usually gets paid in a similar manner. My ISP takes the $$ directly from my debit account. All other purchases are made with the debit card or with cash. I can't recall when I last wrote a check. I don't buy anything on credit, so there are no credit card bills to pay. Everything I own, with the exception of one lens, is free and clear. When I go back to work regularly, that'll be taken care of.
Yes, I'm very quaint ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Gonz > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > I go to the bank .... much safer, much friendlier, and it's a nice walk ;-)) > How quaint. > > I have direct deposit, pay 99% of my bills through bill pay, move money > around different accounts, rarely use cash, finance car purchases, all > online and free. Of course they use my money while its sitting there, > since it earns me a measly interest rate. The only time I go there is > to deposit actual checks someone has given me, i.e. rebate checks. Even > those are starting to get replaced by gift or cash cards.
