Unfortunately I’m finding the window between when I get the bill and when I have to mail it to avoid being late is getting smaller, especially as it seems to take longer for the company to accept and process paper payments. Local businesses are ok, corporate-not so much.
To each his own, of course, but I dissent. I do all my banking online. I download and pay bills from the websites of the various businesses. The bills are organized on my computer — no paper clutter, no filing cabinets. If I get a bill in the mail — something medical, for example — I pay it online if that’s an option, then scan and file it on my computer. And for about a decade my checkbook register has been an Excel spreadsheet. Easier to balance (my monthly checking statement is also a pdf download) and to make corrections. Rare is the situation where I actually have to write a check — maybe two or three times a year.
allen@home about 4 years ago
It has for years. I still pay my bills this way.
whahoppened about 4 years ago
I file my check image page printout in a binder separate from the statement. Couldn’t be easier to find a cashed check.
cubswin2016 about 4 years ago
Snail mail to the rescue.
Carl Premium Member about 4 years ago
Unfortunately I’m finding the window between when I get the bill and when I have to mail it to avoid being late is getting smaller, especially as it seems to take longer for the company to accept and process paper payments. Local businesses are ok, corporate-not so much.
paullp Premium Member about 4 years ago
To each his own, of course, but I dissent. I do all my banking online. I download and pay bills from the websites of the various businesses. The bills are organized on my computer — no paper clutter, no filing cabinets. If I get a bill in the mail — something medical, for example — I pay it online if that’s an option, then scan and file it on my computer. And for about a decade my checkbook register has been an Excel spreadsheet. Easier to balance (my monthly checking statement is also a pdf download) and to make corrections. Rare is the situation where I actually have to write a check — maybe two or three times a year.