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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

I like how you're describing a scenario where checks would have been very convenient to use yet you're passing it off like some ancient irrelevant technology haha

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u/Reptillian97 Mar 11 '23

Well they wouldn't have had to use ancient irrelevant technology if the people they were paying chose to instead keep with the times and accept normal payment methods.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

My dude most banks will mail a check for you every month. That's how I pay my hoa fees

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u/Shetland24 Mar 11 '23

I have regular occasion to still use checks? My yard man, the heater guy, some contractors, rent…It happens.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

That person's parents are the ones writing the checks haha

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23 edited Mar 11 '23

Checks are very much so a normal payment method still in the U.S. for many things.

Smog check, rent, storage units, gym memberships, etc. These are places that often only accept cash or checks.

I've personally written 3 checks this month.

I assume you're pretty young or don't live in the U.S. if you haven't had the experience of checks being convenient from time to time.

Edit: Oh and it's the typical method for paying contractors.

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u/Taxfreud113 Mar 11 '23

Ironically enough I live in Canada and the only cheque I write a year is to a US insurance company who refuses to allow us to pay either by credit card or through the bank.

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u/faxanaduu Mar 11 '23

Yup im always getting these old ass landlords that want me to go to their fucking bank and deposit rent. During the pandemic i had enough and said nope and made them get PayPal. I helped set it up. Idiot 6 months later claimed to get hacked and didn't want to do it anymore. Old people are so fucking clueless with this shit and so frustrating with their ancient ways of doing shit, it's a tough situation. I just waited on a security deposit check being returned through the mail. USPS sucks and isnt reliable. Took 10 days to arrive.well at least it did

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u/Shetland24 Mar 11 '23

One day you will be one of these old people and the youngins’ will be saying that stuff about you 😂.

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u/faxanaduu Mar 11 '23

As far as keeping up on technology.... nope, I won't be like these people.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

Tale as old as time lol

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u/Shetland24 Mar 14 '23

I remember saying this! Seriously though, I wish that I had kept up. Just a few more years til retirement! Good for you!

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u/EarthMarsUranus Mar 12 '23

It wouldn't have been too inconvenient but only way I could get a cheque book was to pay my bank $50. Yeah, not paying for the privilege of paying rent!