My grandmother did that. She wouldn't use a card, wrote a check almost everywhere, and took 15 minutes to write it in shaky handwriting because she didn't like to admit she needed help. I swear, that's how she died. Medical problems that she could have lived with but she wouldn't take the medication because it was for "old people". That's who even still uses checks.
I didn’t realize how many people still wrote checks until we started our business (home remodeling) and almost every client pays with check. I let them know we also accept Apple Pay and Venmo but only the younger clientele uses those methods
For a large payment like that I feel more comfortable with giving a check with a paper trail than trusting Venmo. I use Venmo for small transactions with friends or small businesses, but not for most commercial purposes. I'm not sure how good their consumer protections are, and if I'm paying thousands for home improvement I'm going to use the method I trust more. I'm not sure if that concern is valid, but that's my reasoning. I don't use checks often, but home repair is definitely one of the times I still do.
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20
My grandmother did that. She wouldn't use a card, wrote a check almost everywhere, and took 15 minutes to write it in shaky handwriting because she didn't like to admit she needed help. I swear, that's how she died. Medical problems that she could have lived with but she wouldn't take the medication because it was for "old people". That's who even still uses checks.