When was the last time you wrote a cheque and how much was it for?

I found my chequebook recently, and it's been a long long time since I used it.

January 2003, £3.99

Last month, £1000, to myself (I get paid in £, pay UK cheques into US bank account, up to two per month without charges)

Last week. I still have to pay my electricity bills by cheque because stupid EDF can't seem to sort out their online payment system to take my money.

last non-rent check i wrote was for my share of a ski trip but i put "possum feed" on the memo line.

This past Thursday, paid some bills, four checks, $500 total. I'm down to about a dozen a month.

Ballet teacher for Beeps. she really needs one of these things.

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Also about to mail a $50 fantasy football check to my commissioner.

$21 for a dozen oatmeal cookies? Do they have cocaine in them or something?

I write cheques for a living. So, last friday, I think the last one was for about £1500.

last month, 3p as a gift to a friend. coz i am hilarious. then five minutes before that for a conference fee, £55. i have now used nine cheques from the chequebook i got seven years ago.

rent check! $750 USD for my half. other than that, around $362 for my out-of-pocket health insurance premium.

As ilx's geriatric wonder, I confess I still pay the majority of my bills by cheque/check. The most recent was, ironically, the billing for my high speed internet connection.

probably do 5-6 a month. i like "pay by phone" too

This thread has reminded me to (i) send a cheque to my cousin and (ii) pay an EDF bill. Thanks ILX. Thilx.

I don't think I've written a check in the 2000's. Maybe one or two, but I can't remember.

I can tell you when I wrote my first cheque: Dec 4 1986. It was in Dixons in Liverpool and it was £29.95 for a Walkman. Kinda nervewracking. That's from memory; my house is cluttered but I stop short of keeping 24yo chequebooks.

i saw someone write a check at the grocery store the other day, first time i've seen that in at least 10 years. it was an 80 year old woman.

i write a rent check once a month. that's all.

^^^

August 4, 2011 for $825.00 USD for rent.

Normally I hate paying rent by regular checks b/c they sometimes hold them for a week or two, but I didn't get paid in time to have my bank send a check through on-line bill pay, and I didn't get to the bank to buy a cashier's check.

This thread has reminded me to (i) send a cheque to my cousin and (ii) pay an EDF bill. Thanks ILX. Thilx.

This will never stop being funny.

Thilx!! Brilliant.

I ordered a chequebook that I will never use again at the beginning of the year cos I wanted to send my sister birthday money and can't do bank transfers. It was for £80.

I use a company cheque to pay for stuff. Barclays business accounts are old fashioned like that. LOL at EDF not having an online paying facility, I left them last week as I had enough cos they weren't even putting their account details on their bills so I could transfer the money. No more 45 min hold times! EDF are just useless.

I write a check for rent every month. Not very many beyond that, though.

Having finally dug out a chequebook from the very bottom of an overstuffed drawer, I see that the previous cheque I wrote was... Feb 23 2009 for £30.66 to Dairy Crest Ltd. Then they switched their milk delivery thing to online and insisted on direct debits and they made a mess of our first month and we cancelled and now we've gone back to buying milk from the supermarket. And that's my milky cheque story.

After two weeks of idling, I ordered new checks. The rate at which I write them has decreased since 2008: I last put a new stack of checks in my book in October.

These days I write checks for my condo fees and dat's dat.

$135 for someone very close to me who was broke.

uh i feel a uncomfortable having posted that. eh.

$15, to replace stolen WA state driver's license.

I've written four checks this year. Three were to The most recent was to the cat sitters because I forgot to get cash in time. The sitter forgot to pick up the check so I ended up calling and paying over the phone with a debit card.

Jesus. Three were to businesses that don't take cards but did accept checks.

last week, $40 to silent auction thing i was supposed to have paid for like 6 mo ago

Rent check, piano teacher, and check to the IRS every month (at least until the IRS finally sorts out the direct debit form I sent them ages ago).

last week, $3500

(stupid furnace)

Don't think I've ever even seen a check.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hhoTJO1QnTg/TYuGmmTXh7I/AAAAAAAABnI/sOzYvj1T364/s1600/check.jpg

That's not a pipe

Y'see, the cheque that I've written (and that ILX reminded me to write) is still just sitting here. I actually have to look up my cousin's address, write it on an envelope along with a covering note that I'll need to write with a pen, find or buy a stamp and take it to a postbox.

How on earth did we cope?

I mean, can't I just set up a shared folder on my laptop and drag £60 into it and let Dropbox do the rest?

Checks have the advantage of still requiring a few days to clear.

Advantage/disadvantage. Yes, I need a few days before my cousin takes sixty quid off me but, c'mon Music Magpie, quando quando quando am I going to have my £116 for all those CDs I sent you?

I still pay my rent by cheque because my landlord is wary of standing orders for some unknown reason. That's it though.