paying your bills? Online or postal mail?
@beutfulmama6701 (1718)
United States
November 28, 2007 3:14pm CST
Do you pay your bills online over the phone at a payment center or via postal mail? with everything being simply just a click away i find myself paying more of my monthly bills online. at first i was a bit sjketechy with the whole idea because i didnt want my personal info exposed over the net, but as long as the site has a secure code and meets my security stantdards i have no problem on MOST Of the sites to do so... its easier in case i forget to mail a payment or cant make it into the office i dont have to go out all i gotta do is log on type in amount and hit submit!
what about you? do you still mail out your bills? do you prefer it that way? if so is there a particuluar reason?
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@MsMakeItHappen (13)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I recently started paying my bills online. It is so convenient. I also look to make sure that it is secure. And be sure to change your passwords online often.
MsMakeItHappen
http://tinyurl.com/2wyq44
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@beutfulmama6701 (1718)
• United States
29 Nov 07
yes i do that as well. my passwords too i am constabntly changeing those as well.
thank you
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
28 Nov 07
I pay most of my bills online. The only ones I pay by mail are the ones that don't have the option to pay online. That and one of my morgage companies because they charge a $20 fee just to pay online. The only time I pay by phone is when I don't pay and they call to get a payment lol.
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@beutfulmama6701 (1718)
• United States
28 Nov 07
usually when they call for a paymetn is when i tend to avoid the telephone.. lol yea my mothers mortage company charges a ridiclous fee as well to pay online or even over the phone... some companies i tell you are just out to earn some extra moola...
thank you for your response
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@armywifey (882)
• United States
28 Nov 07
I haven't wrote a check or paid a bill through the mail in so long I can't even remember the last time. I use the online bill pay offered through my bank and most of them are already schedule so I don't have to do a thing.
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@beutfulmama6701 (1718)
• United States
28 Nov 07
thats how i feel lol i write checks out to stores while im shopping and thats about it! i dont use the automatic bill pay though sometimes i just cant make the money in the account on time so to avoid extra feees and charges i dont do that..
thanks for your response!
@Monkeyrose (2840)
• Canada
29 Nov 07
Ack I've never, and will never pay a bill by mail. I pay most of mine online. Sometimes I'll go into the bank and pay when I'm depositing cheques or cash. Sometimes I'll pay by phone like when its a parking ticket.
@smellydurian (16)
• Singapore
29 Nov 07
We have AXS machines in our country to paid majority of the bills
www.axs.com.sg
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@eyewitness (1575)
• Netherlands
29 Nov 07
I pay every bill online.For me it's faster easier and it saves me 25 cents banking costs.
So also alot of things i pay automatically so i don't have any problems with forgetting and getting reminders.
Also i don't have to go to the post office or the mailbox.
I think this invention is one of the greatest,but not that i'm lazy i'm just saving out.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I pay bills online and through the mail. I also bring the payment in myself while I am out.
For our cell phone, there is a machine in the store and you insert the cash like you would a vending machine or self-checkout.
Most of our bills are local though so it is easy to take the money in and be done with it.
Oh, a couple of bills we have set up as an allotment. Meaning they are automatically taken out of my husband's check on the 1st and 15th of every month. That of course is the easiest route because we don't have to do anything once the initial set-up is completed.
@wing215656 (219)
• China
29 Nov 07
I often pay my billsways overnet.and i always choose some companies with good reputation.Iam busy everyday execpt weekends,so there is little time to post mail.and i think it is very convient for me to pay online.though there are some problems of security,but i have said i always choose companies with good reputation.anymore,it is a trend to pay online in the future.donot you think so?
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@garnet80 (349)
• Australia
29 Nov 07
I used to pay all my bills at the post office. I remember when my sister first started using the internet to pay her bills and thought that it was a great idea. Now I try to pay most of my bills online. It's easier and quicker and best of all saves fuel. And yes I find that I am paying them more often and paying more so that when the bill comes in I don't owe so much.
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@UnselfishShellfish (1306)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I get paid on the 15th and the 30th. 90% of my bills are due either on the 16th or the 1st, so I can't pay by check. Those bills that are due on those two dates always clear my bank electronically and as a result, 2 or 3 days afer I mail the check, they clear whether the money is there or not. I can't afford to pay 4 or 5 over draft charges every month, so I generally pay some of my bills online. I can't pay all my bills online though. Not every company I do business with accepts online payments.
