Checkbooks - Does Anyone Use Them Anymore?
A few days ago I was sorting through my miscellaneous pile of random papers, bills and notes from way back, when I discovered a rare, ancient artifact - my checkbook. Haven’t seen that for awhile.
, I said to myself. This brings up a good question I’d like to pose to everyone reading now. Do you still use your checkbook? And if so, why?
Ah, the checkbook. I remember my first checkbook. It was college and I opened my first checking account so I could pay rent and buy beer books. But soon that little book went the way of the doodoo with the advent of online banking. It took me more or less a year to fully make the switch but my finances are much more streamlined because of it. But I do still use checks to pay for a few things. Mostly just rent. Besides rent, the last time would have been… paying a parking ticket over a year ago.
In this time of convenience, checkbooks just don’t make the cut. Instead of carrying around a wallet of those paper slips that we have to fill out for every purchase, we have a plastic card that we slide. Instead of paying your monthly bills with checks and mailing them, it’s just easier to go online and get them all done in 10 minutes or less. And going online also gives you the option of seeing what your current balance is, something a checkbook could never give. It’s also a time of environmental responsibility; save more and conserve. Checks are soon becoming a thing of the past, at least from this blogger’s perspective.
So who’s still using their checkbook? Let me know in the comments!
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I think: No one! Checks are so dated. I was a long time hold out because I was avoiding using Bill Pay, but now that I’ve caved to that I can’t image ever going back - saves me a stamp too
Yes except for rent what is the point of checks? There is none!
I use a checkbook. In fact, I just came out of a major financial crisis because I relied on online banking to know what my balance was.