"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 11:29:56 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 1/3/2016 2:51 PM, graham wrote:
>> > On 03/01/2016 12:47 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> >> On 1/1/2016 11:50 AM, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>> >>> Nancy Young wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>> You too, Leo, best wishes for 2016.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Got to start practicing writing the new year on checks, not that
>> >>>> I write many any more thanks to online banking.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Was in the grocery line the other day, and someone was actually
>> >>> writing a *check*!
>> >> > They were middle - aged, not "old" ;-) Something I hadn't seen for
>> >> ages,
>> >>
>> >> Just once in a while, you see that check come out. For some reason
>> >> it's
>> >> usually when there's been some other holdup that makes you even
>> >> take note how someone's paying.
>> >>
>> > I've noticed that a large % of the elderly now pay by card.
>>
>> I generally don't notice, so odds are they're paying by card here,
>> too. It took me a while, but I finally convinced my mother to
>> carry a credit card in case she gets into a jam. She still doesn't
>> use it. I haven't asked her how she pays for groceries.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I was surprised to see a small notice on the door of a local market chain
> saying they would no longer accept checks in 2016. OTOH, I don't see any
> horse and buggy's in their parking lot either so I guess it shouldn't be
> too surprising.
>
> Personally, I like payments in check because I don't have to pay the
> processing fees. Then again, I don't have lines of people in a hurry to
> fork over some dough and get the hell out.

The supermarkets I use don't take checks either. I can't remember the last
one I wrote out. I always use my debit card.

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