do you pay your bills on-line?

@djmarion (4898)
Philippines
December 21, 2007 7:23am CST
how do you settle your bills? do you still go into the tiring and time consuming process of waiting in long lines just to pay your bills such as water bills, electric, phone and credit cards?have you tried using your phone or the internet to pay your bills? well you can try using them at your convenience, technology nowadays are getting better and better so we can use it to our full advantage. i am currently logged-on my account at bpiexpressonline and just finished paying my credit card bills at the comfort of my own room here at home. i love paying bills online because it saves my the hassle of going to any payment center and falling in line just to settle bills. how about you? do you also pay bill online or still wait for the long lines?
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25 responses
@makatas (1098)
• Greece
21 Dec 07
I pay each and every bill in the nearby postal office.Good is there isnt queue most of the times, so it is relatively fast.Online payment isnt reliable here, many things have been heard about this issue, and i doubt if it can be safe to perform payments online here.
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@dvschic (1795)
• United States
21 Dec 07
i pay all my bills online, but i do so only at their websites. i dont use thridparty, like a bank or a bill pay service) to do so.. i feel more secure and plus its saving paper!! i dont receive paper statemetns any more, i'd just end up shredding them anyways so now i'm paperless and helping the enviroment at the same time!
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
1 Feb 08
its been 6 months that i switch to online statement for my credit card bills, i used to receive paper ever month and it makes my room a bit messy with them so i decided to subscribe to e-statement.
• Canada
21 Dec 07
Hi I have payed bills by phone and now I pay all my bills online. I log into my bank website and spend maybe 10 min. Then I am done and can do more with my day. I hate going into the bank and waiting inline. I find paying online is quicker for me and the people I am paying. Payments used to take a week or more and now its 3 or 4 max.
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@isaiah12 (416)
• United States
21 Dec 07
I do pay one of my bills online. Some of my bills don't offer that yet. It makes it easier. Don't have to get to the post office and get a stamp. Saves time and money. It seems like I do enough running around as it is. Anything that saves time for me is a good thing.
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
28 Jan 08
yep, time is essential, in this busy days we need to find a way to get to do things things easier.
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
21 Dec 07
I pay just about all of my bills online. I pay all of my credit card bills online, my cable, internet, gas, cell phone and house phone, my electric bill can't be paid online so I just stick it in their drop box outside.
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
12 Jan 08
here in our country, some bills are still not available to pay online. in my case i still cant pay my water bill online and so i still go to the payment center to pay for it.
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
21 Dec 07
It makes paying so much easier. I'd pay my rent the same way if I could.
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
23 Jan 08
congratulations to your brother and also to your family, you can choose a name that you think his father would agree, like a junoir. lol :)
@steney (1418)
• Philippines
14 Jan 08
Call me old fashioned and conservative, but I have yet to teach myself to be comfortable and confident in paying bills online. I know how greatly convenient and easy it is not having to line up and waste time in this busy age. But I don't know why paying the conventional way, with a real person accepting my payment and handing a receipt, still feels secure for me than having a machine do the job. Anyways, maybe I just need a little time to get used to this wonderful technology. It's such a good thing to waste! =)
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
14 Jan 08
most of them we pay on line, there are a couple that do not offer this method of payment. I really did not want to switch over to online payments but the mail system has become unreliable and the fees for payments not making it on time can become astronomical especially with raised interest rates... it just was not worth the risk to keep mailing payments in when online is easy and instant notification that payment was received.
@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
21 Dec 07
We pay many of our bills on-line now. It is so convenient and saves on stamp expenses!
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
2 Jan 08
yeah, conveniece is the key word that makes paying online likable,
• New Zealand
14 Jan 08
I do my bills online ..its just so convinient ..just pay it electrnically and it just saves lots of time . Some time i also go to counter and pay my bills there .. online bill i give thumsup ..cheers
@anetteh (3590)
• Sweden
13 Jan 08
I have my bank online, and pay my bills there every month. It has proven to me be a great way. And the bills always get paid on time. The security are great in my bank and I always get warned when something bad happening.
@zhwbeast (326)
• China
21 Dec 07
Although I have learned the internet about 4 or 5 years,but I never settle my bills online.I think it must also be a long time for me to accept the new style of payment.Now I trust the traditional payment because it could be more safety.
• Egypt
22 Dec 07
I have neverpay on line because these service not allowed for me but i think it make paying easy
@nickel13 (19)
• United States
21 Dec 07
I never actually go into a store to pay a bill. Never have. I pay mostly by check but there are a few that I pay online. I think it is so easy but it does mean that I have to manage our account more stringently so that we don't have an automatic payment coming out without checking the balance.
@liore_ (14)
• Singapore
2 Jan 08
paying bills online is much easier and less time consuming but at times the system error is really a pain in the neck.. the company keep trying me i haven't pay their bill and keep sending me reminder
@jwfarrimond (4473)
22 Dec 07
I do all of my bill paying and banking online now. It's much better as I can keep a tight control over my finances at all times. I can view my bank account details at any time and move money to meet a shortfall there and then. Bills are paid either by automatic debit if it's for a fixed amount or by myself online it takes just a few minutes of my time.
• Malaysia
22 Dec 07
i paid my bill using online service.i am from malaysia.in my country the government workers are very fussy and slow in doing working.so i hate it to line up and wait until 30 people before me to finally get to the counter and pay the bills. it always happen especially in the bank during lunch time.even to transfer money also i use online banking.it is very troublesome to get ready,drive and search parking for that.so doing this online technology is more simple,advanced and less time consuming. i hope more and more people will start using this technology in the future.but there is still a lot of people out there who are afraid to use it.as these days there are a lot of fraud online cases.but everything has a pros n cons right.you just need to be cautious.simple as that
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
23 Dec 07
Yeah your right Jo it is very convinient and hazzle free paying online. But for me I don't have credit card to be paid online lolz. But maybe if I decide to have one I will do the same thing.
@larskie23 (866)
• Philippines
22 Dec 07
Yes, its very convenient to pay bills online. Its safe and easy to do.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
23 Dec 07
Hello dear djmarion. I have never paid my bills online as the fee that I need to pay will be taken out of my salary by my school like electirc fee and housing fee, which is the main fee that I have to pay. So it is still convenient for me. Thanks for your discussion, dear friend.
• Philippines
22 Dec 07
ya.It is easier, no hassle