Dim Witte wrote:
On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 6:01:02?PM UTC-8, Lenona
wrote:
Mildly interesting.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/paper-checks-are-dead- cash-is-dying-who-still-uses-them/ar-AA1gKZY5
Checks are the only way to pay rent where I live. Want to
buy a used car directly, you can write a cashiers check to
buyer, who then cashes right away to get the money, and
your cashed check proves payment.
I still use checks for anything that has to be mailed and
cash for everything else.
If you use anything besides checks, money orders (expensive
and inconvenient), or cash to pay for taxes or fees to
the county they add on a hefty "convenience fee" that's
a percentage of the bill. That can be significant for
real estate or personal property taxes which are high enough
without paying extra.
I'm debt-free, so I must be doing something right.
Nyssa, who will keep on doing it HER way
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