I have enough checks to last two years
By snowy
@snowy22315 (190475)
United States
May 17, 2025 10:20am CST
I don't remember the last place I ordered checks from, but it seemed I only had enough for about six months. I rarely write checks..just for the mortgage..and one place I shop doesn't take cards. Sometimes for stuff at craft fairs, or car repairs where they might charge more for card use. I have also used them at the grocery store if I couldn't find my debit card or something. Most months I just write one or two checks a month. Do you have any personal checks, or do you just use cards?
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@Juliaacv (53558)
• Canada
17 May
Cheques are rarely, if ever, used here.
I ordered some 8 years ago and still have the majority of them in the drawer.
The last time that I needed an actual cheque, I had to have a bank draft, or a cashier's cheque to pay for the car when we bought it a few years ago.
Debit machines are widely used here more than anything else, and it makes sense since money comes in electronically it might as well be spent that way also.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
17 May
Checks are out of style these days, but I still find occasions to use them.
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@Juliaacv (53558)
• Canada
17 May
@snowy22315 Nobody here will take them for the most part.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
17 May
@Juliaacv I have written them for car repairs here. They put a 4 percent charge in credit cards. You never know when you might run into a vendor that doesn't take cards or puts a fee on them
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
17 May
I rarely have cash..unless I specifically take it out
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
18 May
@LadyDuck At DG sometimes the payment system goes down and it is cash or check only. Luckily, that doesn't"t happen often
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@LadyDuck (475310)
• Italy
18 May
@snowy22315 - There are no stores that accept checks, I always have cash with me, just in case there is a problem with the debit and credit cards. Three months ago all the card system was down in Switzerland, I was so happy to have cash with me to pay for my grocery and go back home.
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@allknowing (146649)
• India
17 May
I use cheques often and keep getting them as and when stocks exhaust
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@allknowing (146649)
• India
18 May
@snowy22315 Mostly for offline services and to draw cash
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@FourWalls (75163)
• United States
17 May
I do have checks, but I haven’t used them in ages. I wouldn’t anticipate getting another box of checks in my lifetime, as long as I can keep paying the way I do (online or automatically).
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
18 May
@FourWalls My credit union does too, but I no longer have a checking account there, although I have other accounts.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
17 May
I pay my mortgage in person, not sure what other way payment is accepted, but I like paying in person. They can't say they didn't get it or some such thing.
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@FourWalls (75163)
• United States
17 May
@snowy22315 — my credit union had my mortgage, so it was automatically deducted. Easy peasy. I certainly understand your position, especially considering how bad the post office is.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
18 May
I don't have square. I do have PayPal in the phone though and have used that before
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@rakski (137853)
• Philippines
18 May
@snowy22315 we don't usually use PayPal here
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@LindaOHio (190022)
• United States
18 May
I have to write a lot of checks. Every week for my housekeeper, checks to contractors...I use quite a few checks. Everything else I either pay through the bank or put on the charge to accumulate points.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
18 May
They come in handy, and are necessary sometimes.
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@AmbiePam (98745)
• United States
17 May
I have checks (refill every couple of years), and I use them only to pay rent or if I am giving money to my church. I used to pay my rent online, but as the complex kept changing hands they each required a different way to pay. So for now, it’s checks.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
17 May
There are times they come in handy, and times when they may be necessary.
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@DaddyEvil (149553)
• United States
17 May
I still use checks but, like you, only write one or two in a month. Pretty has moved our bills online and that was the main places I wrote checks before. Our landlady doesn't want checks anymore. Walmart still takes checks if I don't have cash but no restaurants here will accept checks anymore. I have to get cash for them.
While I worked at Walmart, we started ordering our checks through them. I haven't looked in a long time so don't know how many checks I still have.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
18 May
I have never used a check in a restaurant
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@DaddyEvil (149553)
• United States
18 May
@snowy22315 I did when they still accepted them.
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@JESSY3236 (20565)
• United States
20 May
I mainly use my debit card. But recently I got my uncle's name taken off the account finally. I asked the girl if I could get new checks with just my name on them. She ordered the checks for me. I just want them just in case I need to pay for a service that doesn't take cards.
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@snowy22315 (190475)
• United States
20 May
Yes, I have run into those situations where places don't take cards or add a surcharge to them.
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