Will you switch to paying bills online?
The post office recently issued a press release announcing that they’ve approved a rate increase effective May 14th, 2007. (And along with that rate increase comes the advent of the new Forever Stamp.)
Is a two cent hike enough to convince you to make the switch to paying bills online? We began doing this not all that long ago, for the simple reason that we were spending about $7 per month in postage more than we needed to be.
I have to say that I love getting mail delivery at home — I’ve always enjoyed getting the mail, even if it only contains junk mail, so on the one hand I can understand the need for an increase. (Increased gas prices, for example.) But I don’t have to like it :)
What about you, will you be making the switch?
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March 21st, 2007 at 6:55 am
I pay almost all of my bills online now and will continue to do so. It’s quick, easy and free! What more could a frugal woman want?
March 21st, 2007 at 7:02 am
I am fully online. I discovered something with my free on-line bill pay: if the company I am paying does not accept payments online, the bill pay service will send a check in an envelope to that company. All I have to do is enter their mailing information and the amount of the check into the bill-pay website. They take care of the rest.
March 21st, 2007 at 7:05 am
I was pretty lax in trying to get all my bills paid online, but now I’m pretty darn close. There’s only a few out there (like the city’s water/sewer bill) that need the attached paperwork, but they might even have an online payment option.
I was just thinking yesterday of how I could work in a post about mail because I thought about how excited I always was, and sort of still am, to get mail. I think it’s just the surprise factor. However, now I just get junk mail. No letters from long lost friends, not checks I wasn’t expecting. Just junk and subscriptions.
I’m still always the first to check the mail though!
March 21st, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I think it’s the surprise factor for me too in checking the mail. Although I have gotten unexpected checks before, so that may have something to do with it :)