Something that bugs me is how much utilities and such charge for paying online versus mailing it.
For someone with a bunch of forever stamps it seems like the companies would prefer payment online rather than the envelopes and opening them, and handling checks, instead they charge you a lot.
True. Even paying car registration cost an extra $60 in my state. Absurd.
I’ve never seen my bill higher online than mailing.
We pay all of our utilities electronically. Most require direct debit and do not accept credit cards. No fees.
One water company charges a separate fee to pay by credit card.
UTILITY COMPANIES ARE CHARGING FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS-—BUT NOT FOR CHECK PAYMENTS.
I HAVE PAID BILLS BY CHECK SINCE 1957. 69 YEARS. NOT CHANGING.
I HAVE A BANK STATEMENT WITH A COPY OF THE CHECK FOR MY RECORDS.
2 NEIGHBORS HAD THE SAME ISSUE THIS PAST YEAR:
THEY HAVE AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ON THEIR ACCOUNTS ===
PLENTY OF $$$$$$ IN THE ACCOUNTS.
GOT SHUT OFF NOTICES AND HAD TO ARGUE WITH THE UTILITY ABOUT WHOSE ERROR IT WAS.
Louisville Gas & Ekectric will let you pay online but they require you to pay by checking account, not credit card. I use auto-Pay.
I pay all my bills electronically - everything - rent, utilities, car insurance, cellphone, CC; some are auto payments and some with variable amounts, I pay by logging into their secure website.
I either pay it by providing my debit card number or my bank routing and account numbers and I’ve never encountered a fee for doing so.
The only time I had to pay a fee was when I was between jobs and had to pay my rent using a CC (not my bank debit card) and had to pay a 2% fee.
Fortunately ours don’t. No fees.