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[VanSleepy]

I'm not sure how many are in a pad, but a box of 125 would last about 10 months.

[sylviahomeatlast]

I pay bills on-line-----only a couple from my checkbook----checks last forever---

[NoelSeven]

On 10/6/2014 Preds said:

On 10/6/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 10/6/2014 Preds said:

I don't do online because I have no trust. I don't use cards for the same reason. I still write checks. My DD and my best friend do the exact opposite. They do everything online and when problems arise, they call me to help them out. LOL How long they last? Depends on them mostly. I try to write 4 or 5 a month and I'm good.

WE'RE TWINS! At least here.

I tried online payment and the dept. store made a royal mess of it, which took weeks to straighten out. I use checks, too, and have read it's safer than using a credit card.

Works for me sister.

[sidsmom]

What is this word....""Checkbook""??! Only women seem to write checks. I think the Bank should charge more for the check processing process.

[KLevineFan]

Checkbook to me means the register - maybe 6 mo. due to all the debit card purchases & deposits - checks last me several years, write maybe 4 or 5 a year, when small businesses don't accept debit cards (due to the small fee).

[RedHeadedWench]

One check a month to the yard dude. That's it.

[gidgetgh]

We're still a check writing family here for our bills. We pay no bills online. Shocking, I know, but my husband doesn't use a computer and asked that we keep paying bills the old fashioned way, in case something happened to me. I just ordered new checks last week.

[Buck-i-Nana]

On 10/6/2014 Preds said:

I don't do online because I have no trust. I don't use cards for the same reason. I still write checks. My DD and my best friend do the exact opposite. They do everything online and when problems arise, they call me to help them out. LOL How long they last? Depends on them mostly. I try to write 4 or 5 a month and I'm good.

Checks are really not any more secure than on-line or credit cards, and in some ways more vulnerable.

Even written checks are usually processed electronically. If anyone gets access to any check on your account they can easily print up their own checks and utilize your account info for on-line electronic check processing. I don't know that there are any safeguards regarding unauthorized check writing as there are with credit card purchases.

In answer to the OP, I rarely write checks and still have at least 3 pads left of my last order about 5 years ago.

[Pook]

Have one but don't know where it's at! Checks are not as safe as some think! You put a check in the mail or present it to a business and anyone coming in contact with it can get the check # and routing # from it and use it to purchase online or to write checks printing their own! The teller at my local bank told me that there have been many occurrences of this happening.

[ShowMe]

On 10/6/2014 Preds said:

I don't do online because I have no trust. I don't use cards for the same reason. I still write checks. My DD and my best friend do the exact opposite. They do everything online and when problems arise, they call me to help them out. LOL How long they last? Depends on them mostly. I try to write 4 or 5 a month and I'm good.

Same with me Preds...... Some time I use more in one month and less in the next....... I pay all my own bills by check......that's the way it will be until........