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Huh, never would have thought of that. Thanks!


Might want to price MICR printers and ink before you go that way.

-Rob

I've been printing my own on blank check stock (three to a page) for decades, although I rarely need one anymore. I've never used anything but a standard laser printer. The magnetic ink might make it easier for your processor, but it's not required and your checks will go though just fine.




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Posts: 17944 | Location: Virginia | Registered: June 02, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I set up online bill pay through my bank as per V Tail suggestion some time back. Some tweaking was necessary{speaking with a confused millenial via phone} when one of the checks was not received. It is free and they pay for the postage and the check.

I still pay my lawn guy by check, but that is about all.

It depends on how you want to do business. I still pay plenty of folks in cash.
 
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Huh, never would have thought of that. Thanks!


Might want to price MICR printers and ink before you go that way.

-Rob


I may be wrong but I think he's talking about preprinted checks that you run through a printer. comes to 3 per page. But when I last bought mine about 12 years ago, the price at volume was 10 cents each. I ordered 5,000. Two years after that i was using free Bill Pay. I ended up shredding the checks as I also changed addresses.

I would just go with the bank. How much lower in price can you get? And how long will the checks last? And if the checks come back wrong?



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Is there such a thing as a credit-card sized check? Putting a book of ~10 of those in your wallet could be handy.
 
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If you bank with a credit union, the checks are FREE! Smile


Really? No one told ours! We shelled out like 35 bucks for the cheapest box of them. Confused


 
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Who actually writes paper checks any more? I pay the vast majority of my bills through my bank's online bill pay. No checks, no stamps, no paper involved. And most that can't get done that way, I cna throw on the credit card, which I pay online (and, no, I don't run a CC balance.)


This.

I've had the same bundle of checks for the last 15ish years, and will likely continue to hang onto them for another 15 or more years.

There's only been one time in my life that I've ever really needed my checkbook. That was ~10 years ago when I slid off the road and got the front end of my car stuck in a ditch in a very rural area. The only nearby tow truck was a one-man local operation, and he only took cash or check. Luckily, I had a dusty old checkbook stashed in my car.

Gotta agree with this. Billpay with my credit union is the way to go. We use them, or EFTs for bills, for 99% of all our transactions.


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We've used Designer Checks with no issues. Cost is a fraction of what the bank charges.
 
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Who actually writes paper checks any more?

I do, rarely (like once a month. Our exterminator is old fashioned and cannot accept electronic payments. I found that paying him a year in advance resulted in sporadic service, so the the best way is to give him a check once a month. Also our landcape service likes to have a check. So, like 4 checks every quarter. Otherwise, I do electronic bill pay.
 
 
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I rarely used checks until I moved here. My lawn guy charges an odd amount and I rarely have that combo of bills so I write a check.



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Posts: 23816 | Location: Northern Suburbs of Houston | Registered: November 14, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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https://www.artisticchecks.com

I've had good luck with these. About 30 percent of what the bank charges.


I've used them as well as styles checks and another brand that usually has advertising in the junk mail.....all 3 were good.
 
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I get a check every week, when I get paid.
 
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