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Title: Depositing checks without going to the bank
Post by: Paddy on February 07, 2008, 12:32:39 PM
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080207/D8ULFPVG0.html

Too bad you can't get the bank to send you cash via the internet too! tongue.gif (but of course, cash may eventually become obsolete...)


Title: Depositing checks without going to the bank
Post by: Mayo on February 07, 2008, 01:13:07 PM
Wow! Depositing checks without going to the bank!

I've been doing it for years via the U.S. Mail...
Title: Depositing checks without going to the bank
Post by: kimmer on February 07, 2008, 05:04:52 PM
Deposit what checks? tongue.gif

We've had direct deposit for several years. We use either a credit or debit card for 99% of our transactions.

Cash is only spendable at the local coffee shop. biggrin.gif
Title: Depositing checks without going to the bank
Post by: Paddy on February 07, 2008, 07:25:29 PM
rolleyes.gif

Some of us still get checks...one doesn't tend to have direct deposit for consulting work, unfortunately! Since I only live 4 short blocks from my bank, by the time I scanned both sides of the check and sent it in, I could probably have gone and been halfway back and gotten some exercise too, but for some this may be very useful. Faster than the US mail too. wink.gif

I don't use cash for much either - I get airmiles on my credit card and we always pay the bills in full, so it's been a good deal; we've averaged at least two tickets every couple of years for quite some time now.
Title: Depositing checks without going to the bank
Post by: kimmer on February 07, 2008, 08:40:54 PM
No consulting work, but I do get a yearly birthday check. I tuck that in my purse and when we get near the credit union I ask Sneakers to park the car and I go in and cash my check -- and then the green foldy stuff is mine, mine, MINE ... precioussssssss. biggrin.gif

If I were to scan and deposit, it would wind up as "ours" -- and that's no fun at all.  Devilish2.gif

We use our Amazon visa and then get refunds to spend at Amazon ... which amazingly, I also consider mine, mine, MINE.

ROFL!
Title: Depositing checks without going to the bank
Post by: Gregg on February 07, 2008, 09:17:27 PM
I don't like going to the bank. They never have enough tellers on duty. My bank used to have a "5 star service guarantee". What a joke. If you weren't helped in 5 minutes, you get 5 bucks.  I called it the "5 dollar guarantee". They stopped doing it. I guess it cost too much.

Our payroll checks are direct deposit, but I get various checks on a regular basis. Since I work within walking distance of two branches, I cash my checks on my lunch break. I take a walk most every day after lunch anyway, so it's more convenient than driving to a bank on Saturday before noon.

I used to do the bank by mail thing too. But, I don't have a scanner. Maybe a fax would do.