You Know You Are Old When

[Alan46]

Our Costco ( Clackamas Oregon)
Just started using a card scanner at the entrance recently.
Very interesting, yeah I know!

 

[JasperFrank]

If you remember using Travelers Checks. Wonder if anyone takes these anymore.

 

[scootr]

I use a debit card, never a credit card. I have gotten 2% cash back for years now. Free money. That's

 

[deserteagle71]

If you remember using Travelers Checks. Wonder if anyone takes these anymore.

Going through some old files the other day I found I still have a few! They are over 50 years old...from the time when I was in the Navy and doing a lot of traveling. "American Express" Travelers Checks...looks like I have several hundred dollars worth of them. Wonder if they could be cashed in after all these years???

 

[Alan46]

Going through some old files the other day I found I still have a few! They are over 50 years old...from the time when I was in the Navy and doing a lot of traveling. "American Express" Travelers Checks...looks like I have several hundred dollars worth of them. Wonder if they could be cashed in after all these years???

I found the answer to your question!

Travelers Cheques have been a timeless addition to the world traveler’s carry-on for over 130 years. While new Travelers Cheques are no longer issued, your Cheques remain backed by American Express and have no expiration date.

 

[deserteagle71]

I found the answer to your question!

Travelers Cheques have been a timeless addition to the world traveler’s carry-on for over 130 years. While new Travelers Cheques are no longer issued, your Cheques remain backed by American Express and have no expiration date.

Thank you! Now I'll have to see what it takes to cash them in.

 

[Alan46]

Thank you! Now I'll have to see what it takes to cash them in.

Send them to me, I’ll take care of that major problem!

 

[JasperFrank]

I had a stack of flooring underpayment left over that was a special order. A friend said, "What does it hurt, if you try to return it?" So I did, and got the return price on my account. Trying, makes sense. It was 700 dollars or so.

 

[Oaktree]

Going through some old files the other day I found I still have a few! They are over 50 years old...from the time when I was in the Navy and doing a lot of traveling. "American Express" Travelers Checks...looks like I have several hundred dollars worth of them. Wonder if they could be cashed in after all these years???

I found a stash of them a couple years ago, and my bank cashed them no problem. The teller, who probably hadn't been born when these were issued had to ask a more senior employee how to handle them since she'd never run across such a thing before.
Also found a couple old savings bonds that had matured some time in the early 00s. A bit more hoops to jump thru to redeem them, again the teller had to ask someone how to deal with it.

 

[MossRoad]

What will you do? What will you do?

 

[JasperFrank]

"Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?"

 

[Engineer42]

"Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?"

lol. Romper Room. “I see Janey, and Billy, and…….

 

[Jstpssng]

I use a debit card, never a credit card. I have gotten 2% cash back for years now. Free money. That's

I don't even have a debit card. My paycheck goes into that account and I pay all of my bills through it. I have automatic transfer from my savings if I mess up and do an overdraft.
I also check my account several times per week.
One morning I checked and Amazon had done a balance query on my account. There was no way they should have had that card number, as I only used it for an ATM card. At the time I was truck shopping, so had a good chunk of cash in my savings account. As soon as my CU opened I was on the phone having the card shut off and haven't had one since.

I've had my CC scammed, and it was a simple matter of calling to get it taken care of. (There's one town I travel through on my way to my mother's house with 3 gas stations; for some reason, I've had problems with every one of those.) If somebody wipes out my checking account I will have checks bouncing and overdraft fees. Even though I would get it straightened out, I don't care to take that chance.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I found a stash of them a couple years ago, and my bank cashed them no problem. The teller, who probably hadn't been born when these were issued had to ask a more senior employee how to handle them since she'd never run across such a thing before.
Also found a couple old savings bonds that had matured some time in the early 00s. A bit more hoops to jump thru to redeem them, again the teller had to ask someone how to deal with it.

So funny to me was my in-laws bought their home new 1932. FIL enlisted in Army WWII, landed at Normandy beach & walked to Berlin staying in Germany 2 years until 1947. Here, wife's Mom bought US savings bonds. They both passed 10 years ago & wife & I cleaned out their home. In China cabinet I found a stack of bonds, so we go to bank. Wife thought, oh well...$25, $50...etc...I'll get a few $hundred.
At the bank the teller said they pay interest, compounded...so it was quite a lot.

 

[MossRoad]

"Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?"

I recall some kid's mom on our block tried to get us to watch that. We were more Captain Kangaroo types.

 

[ultrarunner]

Captain in the morning and Mayor Art in the afternoon…

 

[scootr]

So funny to me was my in-laws bought their home new 1932. FIL enlisted in Army WWII, landed at Normandy beach & walked to Berlin staying in Germany 2 years until 1947. Here, wife's Mom bought US savings bonds. They both passed 10 years ago & wife & I cleaned out their home. In China cabinet I found a stack of bonds, so we go to bank. Wife thought, oh well...$25, $50...etc...I'll get a few $hundred.
At the bank the teller said they pay interest, compounded...so it was quite a lot.

How much, inquiring minds want to know....
Oh, I just read how they matured in 1981 or so and have not increased in value since.

 

[MossRoad]

So funny to me was my in-laws bought their home new 1932. FIL enlisted in Army WWII, landed at Normandy beach & walked to Berlin staying in Germany 2 years until 1947. Here, wife's Mom bought US savings bonds. They both passed 10 years ago & wife & I cleaned out their home. In China cabinet I found a stack of bonds, so we go to bank. Wife thought, oh well...$25, $50...etc...I'll get a few $hundred.
At the bank the teller said they pay interest, compounded...so it was quite a lot.

My mother in-law used to buy US savings bonds with every paycheck when she was UAW worker at the AM General plant.

She is very good about cashing them in as soon as they hit the maturity date. They stop earning interest on that date and no longer work for you. At one point she had close to 500 of them.

 

[MossRoad]

Captain in the morning and Mayor Art in the afternoon…

Had to look up Mayor Art.

 

[MossRoad]

How much, inquiring minds want to know....
Oh, I just read how they matured in 1981 or so and have not increased in value since.

From some other source...

All U.S. savings bonds have a final maturity date when they stop earning interest. Investors often lose track of this date because the U.S. Treasury Department has extended the original maturity of some bonds up to 30 years. The length of time savings bonds earn interest depends on the bond series and the issue date. It's important to remember that if you keep savings bonds past final maturity, your money stops working for you.