Cheques - Cleared In A Day! Big Deal!

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39351793
Gawd help us we put a man on the moon in 1969 and we are still using cheques! what possible need is there for a gregory these days?

[MallyJ]

Oh no....I must be really old...I still use cheques....I find them more convenient for paying some bills. I am really depressed now....Where did I put my handkerchiefs?? Sniff!

[Mamyalynne]

I've brought tissues Mally don't fret.

I use cheques regularly, I do lots of Charity quizzes and only a few accept payment by electronic means and the days of sending coins has gone for me after having them opened and pinched.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah I use cheques as often as I can

and scan everyone - but my family does have a bad history when it comes to fraud ....so I have to expect more intermitten visits than otherwise

I have only had two banks - and I am up to bank statement page no 850

good bye to the 2-4-6 rule and welcome to the 1 rule !

[Peter Pedant]

yeah or not the problem is, leddies....

us lot get penalised for using cheques as it is frequent to say
pay electronically and get £5 off !

that is anyone paying by cheque gets an extra charge of five knicker

or toget a really good deal - set up and pay by DD

[andy-hughes]

My writing fees for the magazines in America that I write for are paid by cheques - I love them!!!

[ToraToraTora]

you on the electric yet?

[naomi24]

I use cheques - and I receive cheques.

[emmie]

i still use a cheque for my hair dressers who doesn't take cards.

[Peter Pedant]

no way of going back
in 3Ts fave economic area ( the EU that is !) there are in a year
a trillion commercial transactions mostly electronic and the peak of checkiness was a billion a year
( now much less - coupla million I think )

[Mamyalynne]

T³ I'd love to press a button instead of writing a cheque but as I have outlined often there is not that option - I could stop doing the hobby I love and supporting the charities but I don't plan to do that.

[hereIam]

Speak for yourself. I use cheques all the time and will continue to do so as long as possible !

[Peter Pedant]

hmm mama
someone pressed a button and cloned me
and that makes me use cheques even more

whenever I wave my card at a thingey I think
who else is gonna spend on my card ?

[hc4361]

I find it odd that many people refuse to accept payment by bank transfer as they'd have to give their account number and sort code to the payee - but happily send cheques that have both of these details plus name and signature.

[ToraToraTora]

emmie: "i still use a cheque for my hair dressers who doesn't take cards." really? bet you're popular! I use Bangers and mash when I need to pay day to day and everything else is automatic.

[ToraToraTora]

yeah that always amuses me, HC, must keep banking details secret! Bowlocks!

[emmie]

TTT that is their choice, not mine, i would sooner pay by card, as long as they get paid it shouldn't really matter i suppose.

[Mamyalynne]

I cannot persuade Mrs Blenkinsop of Rawstenstall who is setting a quiz for the local Brownies to raise funds to give me her bank details if she doesn't want to.

[ToraToraTora]

cash emmie, cash, folding, mula, wonga etc

[emmie]

i live in the capital so try not to carry that much cash..

[bhg481]

Cash? Isn't that something thy used to use in medieval times?