2007-03-13 09:23:34 · 11 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
yes
2007-03-13 09:24:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO they are far safer than credit cards despite what you hear to the contrary
A signature is still harder to copy than a series of normally predictable numbers plus for the thief the credit card offers better easier and remote theft so is preferable
I have a debit card but still retain a cheque book and look on ebay to see how many sellers still except a personal cheque
2007-03-13 16:32:33 · answer #2 · answered by Roger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet, I am amazed by the number of people that do not "trust" on line banking though. I use about 3 or 4 checks a year. There are situations where credit cards are not taken, and debit cards can be charged as fraud (I only use my banks ATM machine) or when I want a payment record. With credit cards you dispute the charge and don't pay anything until the dispute is finished. With a debit card, the money comes out of your account, and you don't get it back until the withdrawal is found to be fraud. I also purchase my postage stamps by mail and they charge an extra fee to use a credit card, so I use a check. When I run out of my current check stash, I will probably buy my stamps at the post office, and my bank will mail a check to any person or business (no fee for the check or the stamp).
2007-03-13 16:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mike M. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are becoming to. Unless you write checks to people like your landlord or share bills with others like utilities and other things, that is when the cheque books are still good.
2007-03-13 16:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it appears a few places are removing them as payment options because of the time it takes to write and clear them.
but its still a while away as not all places acept direct debits as payment options
however everybody seems to be on card & cash.
prepaid credit cards/ payment cards also seem to be increasing
i used to be all about cheques then found the convinience of automated payments
2007-03-13 16:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by babyonlyne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only people who use checks anymore are the older people, ages 40 and above. I took a survey of this when I used to work at a bank.
2007-03-13 16:31:06 · answer #6 · answered by lovin' life... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as far as I'm concerned. I pay for most things by credit card, but my card payments are all made by cheque. (Or "check," as I spell it - I'm an American, and you know we can't spell properly.)
2007-03-13 16:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by Peter E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bank online and never use cheques from one month to the next
2007-03-13 16:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by frogg135 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but you can still find uses for them, such as paper aeroplanes
2007-03-13 16:31:10 · answer #9 · answered by *YAWN* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure hope not! What will I keep my checks in?!
2007-03-13 20:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by worldinspector 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋