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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:16 AM Original message |
Is there any downside to having bills automatically drafted from your bank account? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've been doing this with my electric bill for a couple of years now |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. You no longer can decide which bill to pay and when. You're also more prone to being... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. If you ever want to stop this, it won't be easy. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Same here. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. I Just Pay My Bills Online The First of the Month |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. I pay everything I can automatically. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. A friend of mine had his mortgage automatically deducted. |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, should the biller make an error your bank account can be drained. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've been doing it for some time... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. Perhaps. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. No downside |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. It is easy to undo. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. The only checks I've written in several months have been to the restaurant |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. credit card is the only bill i pay. the rest go thru auto... i want to see the cr card bill. nt |
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vroomvroom (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Make sure to check once in a while to ensure they are accurately charging. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've done it for years |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Another way to pay, if you have repeating bills |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. I haven't found any downside. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. I do it with my Discover bill, and it's easy to stop or change if needed. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Most of my bills are paid by |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. Many of the auto-debit programs warn you first and you see the statement before it sucks out the $$$ |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. car ins only |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Our CU requires us to post the bill payment amount and date in advance, and then |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. depends on your cash flow. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. I refuse to do it. When a Corporation says that something is good for me.... |
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