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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (18 children)

I’m almost 50 years old and I’ve never used a check in my entire life.

How is this possible? How did you pay your bills before online billpay systems - did you pay them all by phone?

I'm in my early 40s and still use checks now and then.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

I used bank deposits. First through the mail, then through electronic-but-not-Internet payment systems and finally online and mobile banking. Also bank authorizations.

Checks were never big here, but they had been phased out completely in the 00s. I haven’t actually seen one since the nineties. I have never owned a check book.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Man, I would never pay rent or a mortgage payment with a deposit. I did that once, and they claimed I didn't pay several times, and I had no receipt. I had to pay my bank $20 to provide proof of deposit (several times) Fuck that. Also fuck US Bank.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I probably messed up the translation. I mean a kind of bank account to bank account transfer order.

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