PSA - never order checks from your bank...

[dawgstudent]

I didn't realize this until a few months ago that you could order checks from WalMart or CostCo. My bank - it was costing $25 for 80 checks. Through Costco - I got 500 checks for $15.

 

[patdog]

Good lord, that's highway robbery. Of course, these days 80 checks would last me 2-3 years.

 

[The Peeper]

I used WalMart for years while I was still writing checks. Can't remember the last time I wrote one now though, I just log in and tell the bank to send one now.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

checks? Ahhhh yea I remember those.

 

[Shmuley]

God bless you for this valuable public service. Those MFers associated with the bank may summarily go sexually penetrate themselves, along with the horses they rode in on.

 

[Mobile Bay]

Why are you using a bank? Credit Unions are simply a better experience in every way.

 

[Ralph Cramden]

Yes. I assumed that was well known. I never wrote checks anymore. Probably 5 or 6 years. I have had a couple times that I had to use a check so I do have a few left but it might be one a year. Had to write one of insurance a couple months ago. Luckily he told me in advance.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Yowza...

Was looking the other day and my check register calendar only went to 2012. I haven't gotten new checks in a decade and have moved 3 times.

 

[GloryDawg]

Their biggest profit comes from NSF fees. I write very few checks so 80 would last me several years.

 

[aTotal360]

DS is the guy that handwrites his checks in the Walmark line.

 

[patdog]

He waits till the cashier has rung everything up and given him the total before he even reaches for his checkbook to start writing the check.

 

[kired]

We've always gotten a little M-State logo in the corner of our checks. Last time I re-ordered they sent us a book with Ole Miss in place of the M-State. I assume ESPN must have been involved somehow.

Shredded those bastards.

 

[GloryDawg]

He waits till the cashier has rung everything up and given him the total before he even reaches for his checkbook to start writing the check.

It's probably still in his back pocket and he too cheap to buy carbon copy checks and he stands there writing the check number and amount in the ledger.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I found that out a couple of years ago. I have enough checks to last a lifetime. Thanks Costco.

 

[johnson86-1]

Why are you using a bank? Credit Unions are simply a better experience in every way.

That's going to be pretty specific to which credit union you are using. I have an account with a credit union and they would be great for non-mortgage loans if I needed one, but otherwise it's not much use. Internet banking is low functionality. Poor atm network. Interest on deposits are slightly higher, but I don't keep cash in deposit accounts if I don't need it pretty easily.

Some of the larger credit unions are probably more sophisticated and more like your typical regional bank.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

DS is the guy that handwrites his checks in the Walmark line.

He also can’t read or hear and his hand shakes like he is 3 days into cold turkey.

 

[o_Hot Rock]

I had to be a fiduciary over a VA account for my DAD until he passed away last year. I wrote checks for the sitters since most of them didn't or wouldn't use a cash app. Sitters tend to be retired people themselves and many times are not tech savvy.

Now, I am handling my mom's funds, I still write a few for her. She is 91 and does not get online banking at all. I am also still using sitters for her but luckily most of them now have a cash app.

Thanks for the tip - I hope I never buy any again, since I just got some, but I won't be ordering from the bank if I do.

 

[jxndawg]

I'm the same way. I used to say that the only times I wrote checks anymore were for church and my housekeeper. Now my church lets me contribute online, so my little Regions book of checks lasts me about 2 years now.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I didn't realize this until a few months ago that you could order checks from WalMart or CostCo. My bank - it was costing $25 for 80 checks. Through Costco - I got 500 checks for $15.

As you are this concerned about such a trivial amount of money, I'm assuming you are getting a stimulus check? Just ribbing you!

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Try asking your bank to do them for free

They should anyway, especially if you’ve been a customer a long time.

 

[tatedog]

Add me to this list, but also include "he likes to thumb lick through until he gets to the check he wants to use."

 

[tribaldawg]

We've always gotten a little M-State logo in the corner of our checks. Last time I re-ordered they sent us a book with Ole Miss in place of the M-State. I assume ESPN must have been involved somehow.

Shredded those bastards.

Or possibly somebody in Nashville.

 

[tribaldawg]

Add me to this list, but also include "he likes to thumb lick through until he gets to the check he wants to use."

Oh the fun we use to have before Covid.

 

[GloryDawg]

Add me to this list, but also include "he likes to thumb lick through until he gets to the check he wants to use."

That's funny.

 

[BiscuitEater]

I got 500 checks for $15.

I haven't written 100 checks in the last 10 years and I owned a business for 3+ years! If it wasn't for tax checks, maybe 50 in last 10 years.

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

Usually my wife handles the bills. when she was down for a while, I took over. I find it important to leave creative comments on the "for" line. one day she called to ask a question about a bill. to verify, the nice lady on the phone asked her: "Now, it was for a total of __ dollars, and specified for 'life-size david hasselhoff poster'; does this sound correct?" then I got my access to the checkbook rescinded.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Poor atm network.

USAA Federal Savings Bank has great web services and you can use ANY ATM. They reimburse ATM Charges at the EOM.

 

[HumpDawgy]

How much are bitcoin checks?

 

[patdog]

If you're eligible, USAA FSB is the only choice for checking. Savings and CD rates are only OK though.

 

[RocketDawg]

Didn't know you could order through Costco. Can you get the MSU ones there? 100 MSU ones through Redstone Federal Credit union are $42.

 

[JungRebel]

The only people I know that use checks (outside of their workplace) are using them to buy something other than what the memo says.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

DS - look close, that $25 consist of $8.16 for 80 checks and $16.84 for security shipping (tracking). I chose the first class mail option for $3.00 with no tracking. Unfortunately, with today's snail mail it took almost 2 weeks after shipping to receive the box. Eighty checks will last about a year or so.

 

[Watchdog999]

BankPlus Primeplus club checks are free if you 50 or over

 

[dawgstudent]

DS - look close, that $25 consist of $8.16 for 80 checks and $16.84 for security shipping (tracking). I chose the first class mail option for $3.00 with no tracking. Unfortunately, with today's snail mail it took almost 2 weeks after shipping to receive the box. Eighty checks will last about a year or so.

Nope it's $25 for 80. I can pay $4.50 for "FraudArmor". It would be $39 if I want expedited shipping.

 

[Motodawg]

I casually asked the bank teller to order some checks for my business account a year or so back... I nearly shat when she gave me a price of 300 bucks.