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While many people are turning to credit cards, EFTs, and electronic checks to pay their bills, there’s usually cause to write at least a couple of checks each month. Come January, lots of those checks will accidentally say “2007″ on them.
Keep your checks error-free in 2008! Grab your checkbook and fill out just the year on the first 10 or so checks.
Ch-whats? Cutting them through online banking keeps them date-error free. It also saves you from this evening’s amusement of having bruises on my palm. Why? Why, you ask? It’s because I found an old checkbook with the wrong address and had to chop it up into strips with kitchen shears. It’s harder than you would expect
Comment by kit — December 31, 2007 @ 3:18 am
Great idea! I can pay all my bills online except one. I have to write a check for it (grumble). This will take care of that problem.
Thanks for your comment on Clutter Control Freak, BTW!
Comment by Eva Wallace — January 1, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Great tip! Also made me realize I need to order new checks, too. Moving in 10 days. Ugh. Another task on the ever-growing moving project list.
Comment by Lillian — January 1, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
What a great idea, Marina! Simple yet this’ll be oh-so-effective!
Comment by Jummy — January 2, 2008 @ 11:27 am
This is one useful tip! It’s also applicable to bank deposit and withdrawal slips - which I still use so much because I still haven’t found the best online bank for me.
Comment by Alfa — January 5, 2008 @ 12:02 am