I want to have to look for bogus charges before paying; especially DishNetwork, since they often like to periodically add a charge for an extra reciever that we have never had.
It is much easier to dispute & pay a corrected amount, than to get a correction in a timely fashion after payment is made.
Our power & phone co-ops will send someone out if they suddenly cease getting payments, too.
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That's good to know that the utilities will come out if they haven't heard from you. I'm by myself and worry a little about being found in front of the tv after a year myself.
I didn't mean to say that seniors don't use alternate means of bill paying or technology, tho it has been my experience that many don't. On the other hand, I often have to tell my students that seniors (which for college kids seems to include people in their 50s) are not as naive about technology as they may think.
I worked with elderly blacks in Philly. Trying to get them to use direct deposit was as much to protect them from the scum that preyed on them as they went to the store or bank as it was to simplify their lives.