I write 4 checks a year to the City to pay my personal property tax.

Only to pay service people that come to my home for fixes or lawn...

Zero now

I had a condo until May of 2021 that we had to write a check for the HOA fee as they were stuck in the past. Now we pay everything online and I don’t miss checks one bit.

I probably still do 20 or so checks a year. Often for legal reasons because it allows for USPS involvement.

BTW, I also still have a 24hr fax machine which we use frequently, believe it or not. (now, I know some fellows are gonna lecture me about how a computer can do this… I point to experience that says a computer has to be ON in order to do this and to be reliable also has to have a UPS backup. I tried it and it was unreliable and frustrating). I still have a 16-year old Panasonic fax plugged in that has been 100% trustworthy.

It’s worth mentioning that this magic ability to do everything from your phone and online payments bears close monitoring.
We recently sold a coastal rental house where we paid for the garbage pickup. I cancelled the autopay service online AND verbally checked with the company. Noticed two months later they were still taking money out and it took me weeks to straighten that out...

I couldn't tell you the last time I've written a paper check. Many years at least.

From zero to five a year up to now. This year, I'll write about a dozen to pay for dinner at a monthly group event. Ordinarily, I just withdraw cash once a month but the checks count toward making 15 transactions each month to get 2% interest for my checking account.

I just double-checked.... (pun intended)...

I write more like 8-10 checks per month between the business and personal accounts. I really got to catch up to modern society lol. I don't really mind writing checks, I find it relaxing. ha

Although now I'm thinking of all the time I've wasted in life writing checks, can't get that sh!t back!

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2-3 at max. My bank doesn’t even bother offering the books; you can ask a teller for six checks and they zip them right out on a MIRC encoder at the window.

For my business, a couple hundred. Personally I think I wrote 3 checks.

Couple hundred. I don't carry much cash, try not to use the two credit cards, and a debit card may be too convenient for daily stuff. Doing things old school makes me think a bit before splurging.

We're in the 20-30 camp. Yard guy, gifts to folks, guy who dug up our cabin yard to fix septic tank, David Truong, you know, the important stuff.

I've had the same checkbooks for 20 years or so. Write one or two to the nursery where I bought my veggies and other plants from. They closed this past fall permanently. So going forward, probably zero.

At least 12, plus another 6-10.

I can't pay rent, for whatever reason, via credit card, so that's a month check. The others are to put money on my lunch account at work and maybe a random purchase of something in the Classifieds here. Last year was a little higher because of wedding vendors, etc.

About 10 years ago we paid all of our bills via checks every month. Probably 15 or so each month. Then, some scumbag stole our outgoing mail from our mailbox. He then bought blank check stock and made checks with his and my name on them. I am not sure how he effed up, but he go caught and spent a bunch of time in the state penn for a variety of offenses.

In hindsight, it was a blessing. After that we moved to BillPay through our bank. Life is so much easier now. 1 stop shopping for all of our bills. We probably write 1 - 2 checks a month.

I signed my 2 boys up for weekly woodworking classes from a local retired wood shop teacher a few months ago. He accepts Venmo, checks and I assume cash. I was paying by check every week, but now with the scrutiny the IRS is putting on these side businesses I will probably pay him in cash each week. Screw the IRS.

Personally, about 20.

Business checks, about 45-50.

Maybe 15-20. I'll have to write one when the bill comes for a telemed appt I had right after Christmas as a followup to my physical. A nice foreign gentleman called a few days ago and insisted I give him my credit card info to settle the $5 bill for the appt. I asked that they send a bill and I'd take care of it asap. He was being a dick and told me it would take to long to go through all that. I informed him that the appt was almost a month ago and if the billed in a more timely fashion they'd have been paid already. I also informed him I would not be giving some guy on the other end of the phone my credit card info.

I still cash ’em - them big oil well leases … But I can’t recall the last time I wrote one; maybe in 2018 or ‘19?

I had a very ritualized style for filling out a check. Kind of miss that.

Maybe about thirty to fifty. Birthday and Christmas gifts. Payment to local contractors for services around the house.

Other than that, the rest are electronic transfers. I probably receive less than a half dozen a year.

10-12 per year is all I write.

About five a year or less.