A lot of folks are old fashioned, but many use checks because they don’t have money in the bank right when they want something.
Many places run check as you would a Debit Card. No Dough no purchase.
Online stores like Amazon and Barnes & Noble haven’t accepted checks for years. It’s aggravating, if you want to give your credit card a rest, not to be able to print out your order and mail it in with a check.
Like an investor friend of mine said, ‘Nobody wants to deal with paper anymore”
“but many use checks because they don’t have money in the bank right when they want something.”
Not a good practice anymore. Most of the large retailers will electronically scan the check and process it within hours after receiving it for payment.
I think Walmart has the money within 30 minutes.
“but many use checks because they don’t have money in the bank right when they want something.”
Most larger companies use electronic checking, meaning the second you hand it to the cashier the second it get goes to the bank for approval.