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phoebe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 10:42 AM Original message |
`Floaters' of checks are sunk (Diebold, checks + paper trails) |
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Akbar (264 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. What Will Be Interesting to See... |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. five days, of course! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. What's more |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Who still uses checks? I pay all my bills online & debit/credit |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Debit cards? With little or no paper trail? Kind of like touch screen |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I have a paper trail with my debit card- almost too much. |
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fdr_hst_fan (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I worked in a bank for 30 years- |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. In this case, it was the grocery store's fault. They said so... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. i don't know about you |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Poor people float checks. The working poor, who live from paycheck |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. LOL! |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. it ranks right up there with counting out money |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-19-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. yes! |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Be careful and check your bank statements religiously EVERY month. |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. you should get a debit card - |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. We do this every now and then |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Don't wait until Oct to stop floating checks |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. bouncy-check fees are thru the roof too- |
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fdr_hst_fan (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. IF they |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Nope... |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. No, in that case, you are using the card as a credit card. |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Debit card can be used as a Credit Card but ultimately the $ |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Not at the gas station, for one- |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I lost my wallet a few months ago |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I had my purse pickpocketed in 1998 |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That is an ugly feeling to have things stolen |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. actually, you can overdraw your debit card |
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fdr_hst_fan (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. And if banks paid a decent wage, |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I have one small objection |
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belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I guess you could always post-date it, no? |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. A lot of banks won't honor the post-date |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. In Florida, a post date is not any protection. If you write the check, |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. You are right. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Great..... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. I have checking & savings accounts at a local credit union. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. but for the people living paycheck to paycheck |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Well--yeah. |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. cheers all around |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. Bank where your Accounts Payable department banks. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-18-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. This should be a boom for the "payday loans" businesses. |
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