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Skriven 2010-11-15 05:47:00 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av BJÖRN FELTEN
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On 11-14-10, BJöRN FELTEN said to TIM RICHARDSON:

TR> It made me do things a little differently when I pay monthly bills. I
TR> deliver
TR> my outgoing mail to the post office, or hand it to a mailman if I run
TR> into one nearby.


BF>Yeezzz. We here in Europe knew that you US guys were backwards by one or
BF>even two decades when it comes to using the internet or other modern
BF>communication technologies, but this...?


BF>Holy smoke!


BF>It's about 15 years now since last I wrote a check. And I don't think that
BF>there is a single check to be found anywhere in Sweden today.


BF>Welcome to the 21st century... :)


If you are talking about monthly payments being automatically deducted from
your bank account, we already have that here. That has its own built-in
problems.


You have to cede a certain amount of access to your accounts to some entity.


Supposedly......they take their payment and *only* their payment out of your
account each month on a certain date.


I've been down that road before. It isn't long before you find they are taking
a little more each month, and there is rarely any explanation on the statement
they send you. Plus.....if you finally ever succeed in pinning them down for
an over-charge, it is months (if ever) that you get a refund.


There are several entities who allow payment by automatic deduction, whom I do
business with. But I will stick to the system I use right now. I have more
control over my money.


With the right numbers for your bank accounts, money can be removed from your
accounts and it will be many days before you are aware of it.


Also, I never buy merchandise over the InterNet with a credit card. Thats a
bad decision on anybody's part.


I always look for a mailing address to send a check for what I want to buy. I
never buy from companies I never heard of, or can't find any information on by
just checking them out.


When I want something I see on the InterNet, I always pay by a check and never
use a card.


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