Go Paperless, why not?
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
November 11, 2017 9:06am CST
Yesterday I got a bill in the mail and inside was an offer, if you go paperless you will get a $5 gift card to one of four local restaurants.
I have been wanting to do paperless everything for so long because its such a waste to use one envelop to mail the bill, one piece of paper that has the bill printed on it, one piece of paper with tips and a recipe that I will never cook, recently they stopped putting the envelop in to mail your mail . I can look up my bill anytime and if I did not have internet I can call and get the amount owed.
I pay my bills the same time each month anyways.
Now the company that i wish would go paperless is Alfa insurance, they will mail out this huge envelop with bigger than normal letters with the amount owed. All I need is the renewal policy and that is once every six months. BUT ya know what? when I ask to be paperless they said they are not and cant. Very disappointed.
How about you, do you still get all you paper bills in the mail or are you paperless now?
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15 responses
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
11 Nov 17
my wife does a lot of on line bill paying but still gets the paper to keep for her records in case something happens
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
I would have to have a print out for my taxes, but I am sure I can get that.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
12 Nov 17
There are very few bills that we mail, 99% are done on the computer or because we live in a small town, we deliver the payment. A single stamp in Canada is $1.20 mailing to the US. $1.00 for local mail.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
@andriaperry We didn't know until we moved to Canada from the states, it made us send birthday's, Christmas Cards and letter on line.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Nov 17
Oh wow I did not know stamps were that expensive there.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Nov 17
I am about half and half, I do like to see the bills in my hands but I bill pay just about everything.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Nov 17
@andriaperry Yes but they don't keep the records more than a year in most cases and I like to know more than that, just me.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Nov 17
I do but the ay things are set up its just like the paper bill you got, just online.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
11 Nov 17
@andriaperry yes.all is not paperless just some
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
Time for me to catch up and go for it.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Nov 17
@andriaperry I don't think totally paperless is ever going to happen.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Nov 17
I oerfer getting none but that would be totally off grid and lost.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58119)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 Nov 17
We are paperless for everything. But the only real bill we have is power and my phone bill
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
I have a lot of bills, Doctor and insurance and more besides the utilities .
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@thislittlepennyearns (58119)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 Nov 17
@andriaperry yeah .I only have a couple. The house is paid for. And water is from the well. Otherwise nothing major . I don't have health insurance and car is prepaid for six months
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
12 Nov 17
Wow, that is disappointing. Most companies go paperless now. It helps with the clutter. Telecom uses paperless billings nowadays.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Nov 17
All phone and internet is paperless
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
I wish all of mine came through email or just on their site.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
Usually I drop by an office and pay them while I am out, but soon I will stop doing that too.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
I think its finally getting here.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Nov 17
I am as paperless as I can be. Not 100%, though.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Nov 17
Sometimes moving and taking all the paperwork is a pain.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
12 Nov 17
I prefer to mail my bills. I don't think I will ever go paperless. I don't want anyone having access to my checking account.
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