Rant on check books

[LouNY]

Heck I don't have an ATM card.

 

[Tinhack]

$45 is cheap. I just paid $90 for 200 business account checks a few months ago. :fiery: They aren't special except they have my company name above my name. They are the same size as standard personal checks. Not a darn thing special about them--No logo or anything. I like those because they fit in a standard folding check book I can stick in my pocket. I'm "mostly" retired so this will be my last batch of those. :dance1:

 

[fried1765]

Heck I don't have an ATM card.

DITTO !!!

 

[PILOON]

When we were first married, as a joke, I wrote out a check to my wife for $1.00 on toilet tissue.
They cashed it!
LOL, I laminated it in plastic and still have it around somewhere.

I also recall that ballpoint could not be used for check writing at some period.

 

[Sigarms]

When we were first married, as a joke, I wrote out a check to my wife for $1.00 on toilet tissue.

As a joke, I made out a check to my MIL on a personal bet for our wedding day. Let's just say you can't pick relatives (NOT my inlaws as they are like my own biological parents!) and they sent the check back to me which I framed as I won the bet, but they couldn't cash the check in good will).

 

[Sigarms]

probably because they get used alot less nowadays so the supply lasts longer.

Mobile apps let you make deposits with a picture of the check; works great.

Most residential invoices (gas, electric, phones, etc) let you pay via mobile phone by clicking a link right on the invoice.

I was hesitant to utilize these at first, but I use thrm as much as possible now.

I do use online banking to an extent for some items.

My wife does use a mobile ap as she writes computer software, and has kept up with the times. Me, not so much if that makes any sense,

I understand the check book is dying for multiple reasons, but still, only two deposit slips with I'm gussing at least 25 checks?

 

[Sigarms]

Go inside the bank- they probably have a huge stack of them in the lobby. You can take as many as you want.

Thought of that. However, for what I spent on the checks, I HATE having to write my routing and checking number on those deposit slips and feel somewhat guilty for making the person behind the counter do all the work for me.

Way I see it, if I pay good money for checks, they should have the associated deposit slips with the checks.

 

[Sigarms]

Most kids and more than ever, adults cannot balance a checkbook. They depend on a bank or computer to manage their money and that is a mistake.

Just another of the dumbing down of America!

Have to laugh...

Growing up, with my check book, as long as I could balance it within $10 when I was in my late teens, I was happy with all the handwriten entries.

My mom died in 2002, but both her and my dad would be driven up the wall if they were off by one penny in their check book and they would find it.

I do electronic banking from time to time on behalf of my father. I still need to print every page out for my dad so he can go over it with pencil in his checkbook, and God forbid if he is off by 1 cent because he will be asking me to do more research:laughing:

 

[Sigarms]

On a sidenote, talking about it here, do they still do green stamps? Remember when my parents got me my first bank account in the 70's. Still remember collecting those green stamps and putting them in my blue bank deposit book.

Guess I'm just getting older and cranky. Spend that much money on checks and only get two deposit slips LOL

At least to this point, no one commented that my spelling on check books is incorrect:laughing: (for some reason, proper spelling seems more french to me LOL).

 

[Diggin It]

I also recall that ballpoint could not be used for check writing at some period.

That should be required. A ball point pen indents the paper so you can tell an original from a copy.

On a sidenote, talking about it here, do they still do green stamps?

One of my grocery stores gives out stamps. Once you have enough to fill a book, you can redeem it for discounts on purchases. If you don't want them, there is a bulletin board you can put them on for various local charities.