Hmm….Maybe 3 to 4 a year. One for membership dues to my local range, sometimes squad events require a check. Maybe the random repair guy that comes out if they don’t take any other form of payment. NRA dues if I pay at a gun show. That’s about it.

Chris

About six all to local governmental agencies. They will not take credit cards and I am not standing in line to pay in cash. Oh I forgot the IRS and state taxes get checks.

^^^^^^^^^^
I have to pay my CA income taxes via EFT to avoid incurring a significant penalty. But it’s a handy, fast, and secure way to pay, so I make federal income tax payments with EFT too.

The only things I pay by written check these days are taxes, and the lawn guy, about 20 checks total in 2021. Almost everything else is through my bank's online payment facility. Those are mostly ACH, but there are some who don't take electronic transfers, and the bank issues them a paper check.

The lawn guy asked for a paper check out of the checkbook handed to him by my wife or myself because he didn't like the delays inherent in his submitting an invoice, me getting around to paying it (I pay bills in batches, twice a month), then the bank taking a few days to mail it (this is mostly USPS not the bank), and him taking a few days to deposit it. He actually wanted to be paid in cash, but I said no to that for my record-keeping purposes, I am lazy about updating the bookkeeping software with out-of-pocket cash payments.

Personal - hardly any, mostly for taxes and such.
Business - some as it hard to get away from it in business transactions.

I have a terrible habit of forgetting my wallet when I go to my small town grocery store. I have blank checks in my glove compartment. It happens more often than I'd like to admit Outside of those maybe 2 or 3 at the most.

I hate writing physical checks, but I'm stuck with a few that require a check. Our lawn care guy, and our house cleaning service are both small independent companies without the resources to handle online payment, so those are reoccurring monthly/weekly checks. We tried PayPal with our cleaning lady, but we had a bad experience with PayPal and I cancelled my account.

Our bank changed hands four years ago. They said the old checks would still be valid, but this past Summer they finally sent me new ones & told me to destroy the ones with the old bank name on them. I guess they didn't figure on me just using 6 or 8 checks per year.

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:
1 to the DMV to save the 3% credit card fee.

For several years, this was the only check I would write for this same reason. I would do the math even considering the cost of postage when comparing options that included any kind of convenience fee. Yet, I still way overbid on eBay stuff. There was a time in my life I was against paying anything automatically online. I wanted to be in control. I used to faithfully balance my checkbook. Now I'm practically completely paperless and automatic for everything.

Just two a year for County and State taxes.

Jim

Probably fifty to a hundred / year.

Two or three maybe.

8-10 per month

Have not written a paper check in years ... but I do carry one in my wallet if ever needed. Not sure I would remember how to write a check.

I honestly cannot remember the last time I wrote a check.
We use the Chase function that will print/mail a check for us.

Have paid a couple forum members this way & we do almost all of our bills in this method as well.

I am much like Appliance Brad and I pay everything by check. No CC unless I'm buying something on the internet.

I had to write one earlier this year. After I dug out my checkbook, the previous entry in the registry was 2016 or 2017. I just don't use them for anything anymore.

For the last two years, we've written two paper checks per year.

At least a couple of dozen. If I buy something on a board, no one seems to have a problem with "hold mailing until it clears". I'm sick of paying for money orders as the price keeps jumping and I can mail payment when the PO is closed.

About two dozen or more per year.

I get compliments on my fountain pen handwriting.

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