Comments on: Bread Came Sliced

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:58:07 +0000

I was just in the States and was shocked to see a sign on a small-town restaurant saying that they only accept cash and personal checks. I think that businesses get charged a fee to process credit-card transactions, so some of them just opt out.

When I lived in the U.S., I always paid my rent by check. And working as a freelancer, a lot of American publications still want to pay me by check too.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:58:00 +0000

When I lived in the U.S., I always paid my rent by check. And working as a freelancer, a lot of American publications still want to pay me by check too.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:06:22 +0000

Yup checks are still very common here. I sure wish they would go away!! They are so annoying. And they have implemented so many security processes when you write a check at the store that if the person in front of you busts out the check book be prepared to wait.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:06:00 +0000

By: Donny

Donny — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:23:06 +0000

Yeah… the porn store (today is my last day – YAY!) only takes cash, credit, or debit. No checks. I’ve actually only had maybe four people try to pay with checks. I have to write checks for rent, but that’s it.

My ’76 Toronado was the only car I had with an 8-Track, which I thought was awesome… but I’m totally irritated that my ’90 Cadillac has a tape deck and not a CD player, especially since they were available.

By: Donny

Donny — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:23:00 +0000

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:42:51 +0000

Well no, if you’re paying for something remote you’d just do it on the company’s web site (like bills or whatever), but if you’re paying for groceries or something at a shop, you just touch the chip on your card to the sensor on the remote number pad at the cash register (or swipe the card if the machine isn’t chip-enabled), approve the amount, type in your pin, and boom, done, on with your day.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:42:00 +0000

By: anne

anne — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:16:59 +0000

The store where I work (department store) only accepts payments for the store charge when paid by check or cash, debit is not an option and we get in trouble if we allow it.

I know very few people who use on-line banking or automatic payment methods, everyone uses checks. I assume when you say chip-and-PIN that you’re referring to a debit card, not sure how that works. You have to go to where you owe money and swipe your card? You certainly couldn’t/wouldn’t want to mail your PIN number I would imagine.

By: anne

anne — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:16:00 +0000

The store where I work (department store) only accepts payments for the store charge when paid by check or cash, debit is not an option and we get in trouble if we allow it.

By: Andy Via

Andy Via — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:48:26 +0000

There is one food store and one restaurant I go to that only take cash or check, no cards accepted. Also my rent has to be check or cash.
I have a 2003 VW Jetta that came with a CD/cassette player.
Back to the checks. If I pay my gas or water bill by a card there is a “convenience fee” added on, so I write checks. Some items, like concert tickets, can only be purchased with a card, and there is a fee for using a card added to each ticket !
Still wonder why the flags are upside down here in the land of freedom ?

By: Andy Via

Andy Via — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:48:00 +0000

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:48:47 +0000

Shaun writes checks for the tag agency because they don’t take cards, I believe, he’s had the same box of checks for a decade or something. I never ordered checks for my account.

In line at the grocery store it is exclusively elderly women whipping out their checkbooks at the last second. At wal-mart they have a device where you don’t have to do anything but date & sign the check, they feed it through and it fills in everything else.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Shaun writes checks for the tag agency because they don’t take cards, I believe, he’s had the same box of checks for a decade or something. I never ordered checks for my account.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:16:28 +0000

Wow, so it’s TRUE! I wouldn’t have been more surprised if you’d told me that horse-drawn carriages are all the rage there.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:16:00 +0000

Wow, so it’s TRUE! I wouldn’t have been more surprised if you’d told me that horse-drawn carriages are all the rage there.

By: Darren Abate

Darren Abate — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:44:54 +0000

Of all my clients, the Associated Press is the only one who pays me via ACH. All others still send me checks.

I still write checks for certain things, like the mortgage payment, because GMAC actually charges me a fee to pay with a bank card. Bullshit.

By: Darren Abate

Darren Abate — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:44:00 +0000

Of all my clients, the Associated Press is the only one who pays me via ACH. All others still send me checks.

I still write checks for certain things, like the mortgage payment, because GMAC actually charges me a fee to pay with a bank card. Bullshit.