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Do You Pay Bills Online Or Write A Check?

Oneanddone — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:26:16 GMT

Do you pay bills online or write a check?

My bank card was hacked and I'm now reconsidering paying anything online.

I called the bank and they are going to reimburse me for the stolen money and send me a statement which I have to and will fill out.

I'm seriously thinking about going back to writing checks.

I'm thinking it's safer.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:27:18 GMT

Dave Ramsey says NEVER give anyone access to your checking account. We write very few checks and try to pay all we can using cash.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:29:13 GMT

I pay all our bills online through our bank.

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:32:32 GMT

I will use checks, till they tell me I can't.

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:35:04 GMT

@Smoky wrote:
I pay all our bills online through our bank.

Me too.

I don't go through each individual website.

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software — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:35:35 GMT

I don't use my bank card to pay bills, too easy to hack.

My bank offers bill pay, when I log on to get my balance, I can access the bill pay through the bank website.

Never had a problem.

@Oneanddone wrote:
Do you pay bills online or write a check?

My bank card was hacked and I'm now reconsidering paying anything online.

I called the bank and they are going to reimburse me for the stolen money and send me a statement which I have to and will fill out.

I'm seriously thinking about going back to writing checks.

I'm thinking it's safer.

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LIndaMJ — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:36:15 GMT

I still write checks.

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Oneanddone — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:37:36 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I will use checks, till they tell me I can't.

That's the direction I'm going in kitty.

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ChynnaBlue — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:38:00 GMT

I pay most bills online through my bank account and use a card for the rest. I haven't picked my checkbook up in two years.

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Nataliesgramma — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:41:09 GMT

My Bank has Bill Pay service...I use that. I have had bills with the check enclosed go missing....I had to pay a stop check fee on both....

The amount of personal info on a check is scary....and if you pay your Macy's bill at Macys...the put your drivers license number on it to boot....

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handygal2 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:39:45 GMT

I pay most of my bills (cable, gas, electric, telephone) by check. My credit card bills are paid by phone. They have my checking account number and bank routing number on file, so it's quick and efficient. I refuse to pay them online, as l don't want those banking numbers floating around in "cyberspace."

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sunshine45 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:39:55 GMT

i continue to do both, but pay bills more online than by check.

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Annabellethecat66 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:44:28 GMT

I don't own any credit cards, own my house, my car, etc. But the bills I have (i.e. electric, etc) are automatically taken out of my account.

It's only because I've always been terrible about setting aside time to pay bills so this is the easiest way for me.

There aren't many so it makes it easy to keep an eye on what gets taken out. It's only because I'm lazy. It's only been since my husband died. Before that, I was in charge of paying everything on time, etc. Now I don't mess with it but then I am 70 years old.

I think most of us Seniors, if we live long enough we just don't have that many bills.

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hckynut — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:47:16 GMT

(thread title)

Most with auto withdraw. Other monthly or quarterly bills, when available, online. Work done in our home, some by cash, others, when available by debit card, check is my last choice.

hckynut(john)

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:50:05 GMT

I still write checks.....the ONE TIME I decided to let my bank pay the electric bill, they paid it late!! Really!...The electric tried to get me for a late fee, I threw a fit, they called the bank and they confessed they paid it late. The fee was waived.

Never again.

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NickNack — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:55:55 GMT

I have many bill payments taken out automatically. The rest I pay by my Bank's Bill Pay. Just about the only things I ever write checks for is for the person who takes care of my yard in the summer and handymen working around the house.

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:01:03 GMT

I am from the old school. I will write checks until the day they are obsolete. I do bank on line, but draw the line with paying bills. I do not want anyone to have access to my accounts automatically withdrawing money. PERIOD.

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gidgetgh — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:01:46 GMT

While I'm very proficient on the computer, my husband is not. He doesn't use one.

He asked that we pay our bills the old fashioned way. They come in the mail, we write a check. I was fine with it. So that's what we do.

We also still get hard copy bank statements mailed to us. Clark Howard recommended that people start getting them again a little more than a year ago I think. We never stopped getting them.

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itiswhatitis — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:03:18 GMT

@Oneanddone, too personal.

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PurpleBunny — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:03:20 GMT

I don't even know where our checkbook is anymore. My Husband does everything online. Which I don't always agree with, but he's a computer guy.