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PasadenaTrudy

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11. I pay all bills online

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 12:46 PM

Feb 2013

I check my checking and savings balance with my credit union online too. I'm all for moving along with technology, and online banking is just the direction we are moving in. Plus I dreaded sitting down and writing out checks

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are paying bills online always better than writing checks? [View all] liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 OP

I pay every bill I can online and automatically. Fresh_Start Feb 2013 #1

I've started going over my bank statement every month so I can keep track of the automatic payments liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #4

Even though I have bill payment and pay online Fresh_Start Feb 2013 #8

Des she have a smart phone? If not a simple notebook and pen will do nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #2

She uses her phone constantly all day. Maybe an app would be a good idea for her. Thank you. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #6

I just downloaded one to my android nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #13

Interesting idea. I just went to their site and will have to look into this for the family. Thanks. midnight Feb 2013 #18

I HAVE to stay aware of when the money is going out of my account csziggy Feb 2013 #3

I check my account every so often as well nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #14

I like getting the email every day with the balance csziggy Feb 2013 #32

Auto-pay will improve the credit rating--there's no chance of forgetting. MADem Feb 2013 #5

I think there's two sides to that. SayWut Feb 2013 #12

That's news to me! MADem Feb 2013 #15

Perhaps it's up to the specific lender or CC issuer? SayWut Feb 2013 #19

Who knows--I think these basstids make up "the rules" as they go along! nt MADem Feb 2013 #24

Pay every bill that I can on-line with credit card HERVEPA Feb 2013 #7

Cards that give you a 2% reward.. IphengeniaBlumgarten Feb 2013 #20

Always pay it off every month. HERVEPA Feb 2013 #21

ONLY pay bills online. There are reasons for that. TheBlackAdder Feb 2013 #9

Prefer paying online via debit card - still experience that stinging sensation of money out the door nc4bo Feb 2013 #10

I pay all bills online PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #11

An advantage of checks is it is several days before it actually comes out of your account. yellowcanine Feb 2013 #16

on-line you can specify when it will come out of your account HERVEPA Feb 2013 #22

But with a paper check you can get credited for the payment based on the check and it yellowcanine Feb 2013 #25

I pay most Go Vols Feb 2013 #17

All my bills are paid online through my bank or automatic withdrawal. RebelOne Feb 2013 #23

I tend to write the checks and pay by mail for one reason and one reason only: Buns_of_Fire Feb 2013 #26

I have noticed some SERIOUS digit-float-time. I'm not sure whether it's my bank's software patrice Feb 2013 #27

It's certainly more convenient. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #28

I'm with the "Pay as many bills as you can on-line" SheilaT Feb 2013 #29

K&R You are absolutely right. Paying online is convenient, but there is a much greater potential Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #30

I have fundamental philosophical objections.... lastlib Feb 2013 #31