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Put away your checkbook
By adamg on Sat, 06/23/2018 - 12:06pm
Robert Orthman spotted this yard-sale sign today. Wait, are there kids out there going "What's a checkbook?"
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Robert Orthman spotted this yard-sale sign today. Wait, are there kids out there going "What's a checkbook?"
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sign of the times
And yes I know what a checkbook is.. which reminds me, I need to order some more. The box my bank gave me umteem years ago is finally empty.. LOL
But yeah a sign of a time.. venmo. Quick, instant payments.
Hey, at least they still take cash.
"Fifty cents for this shelf? Great! Can we do Apple Pay?"
fees
I am sure who ever negotiated the fee for apple pay is rolling their eyes right now.
Most fees are a percentage of the charge + charge fee. So a 50 cent charge.. costs more to send it electronically than it did in fees it collected.
I never heard of Venmo until now
But I'd never accept a check at a yard sale from anyone I don't know and trust - been burned by depositing a check that bounced and left me with a fee that was more than the check was for, from people who had just moved away to parts unknown.
I have a small apt. No place
I have a small apt. No place to put a yard. On sale or not.
YARD SALE -- 50% OFF!
Now 18 inches.
I USED to be hip
Why in my day we used somethin' called Paypal. We liked it and it was good.
PayPal owns Venmo. Venmo is
PayPal owns Venmo. Venmo is just PayPal for youths, (It's also much better, faster, and with no fees if you do it right.)
No we didn't.
And no it wasn't.
Eh, the phasing out of checks
Eh, the phasing out of checks"books doesn't concern me. What does however is that cursive is no longer being taught in some schools. The dumbing down of public education should be a crime.
Why would they still teach cursive?
Most handwriting is useless, especially cursive
Not just writin', but also readin'
Learning cursive also teaches you how to read cursive... in case you want to read that old letter from your great-grandma, or do historical research.
Yeah, school curriculum
Yeah, school curriculum should be the same it was when our first public school opened in 1635. Kids these days don't learn how to churn butter or how to refill a typewriter ribbon.