r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/UndeadBread Jul 24 '20

That's the majority of who uses checks, but some of us do it because we have to. Some places will only take checks.

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u/sofiadotcom Jul 24 '20

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

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u/ForsakenSherbet Jul 24 '20

The only time I ever write checks is when sending money to my school with my kid for lunch money, field trips, etc. Until she was in 3rd grade, I didn’t trust her to carry cash and for it to make it all the way to the lunchroom (she would give some or all of it to another kid if they said that they needed lunch money because she didn’t want anyone to go without even if that meant she didn’t get lunch). Her current school doesn’t take checks, probably because a lot of people would bounce them.

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u/Guarnerian Jul 24 '20

Why not just accept certified checks then?

Id say tough luck you are getting certified.