I just ran out of paper checks!
Oh dear. I still write paper checks for my HOA fee. I like to have an imaged copy of it, but I suppose I can get away from paper checks now primarily because of my sheer laziness outweighs the check writing. I have no impetus for ordering new checks. I don’t need to express myself with angels, butterflies, or Garfield.
I can’t believe my sloth will be the final undoing of paper checks in my life.
As I peruse the payees in my paper register, (Only to keep track of what I wrote, otherwise, it’s Quicken all the way) I see that I paid off my back taxes, my student loans, my car loan. I see the escrow money for my condo, the check for my motorcycle. All of it logged in my checkbook for the last four years.
Not being able to send a check whenever I want will make me nuts.
My solution? Get rid of my Wachovia checking account and open one somewhere else and get some new checks. Crazy. I know. The link is to an older post when I first thought of doing this.
Fundamentally, I’m really ticked off at Wachovia for charging me for my Quicken download. I was very certain over the last month NOT to do a Quicken download, but they charged me anyway! So screw them! I’m closing that account.
I went into a bank this afternoon after a dental appointment. I am happy to report a new checking account. I will have to get it ready with Direct Deposit, etc, but it will be worth it to get away from Wachovia. I decided to go with a box of checks anyway for the peace of mind I will have. At least the bank officer was kind enough to let me request what will go on the check. First initial last name only, no phone number and no apartment number.
There is still much that needs to be done before I can terminate my relationship with Wachovia completely, but let that be a lesson to Wachovia, don’t be stupid and just eat the cost of doing business!
Dave wrote:
I also went into my Money software and reconfigured it to not pull down transactions before the deadline and a month later I saw the fee. I called up customer service and had them actually turn the option off on their end which is something you apparently can’t do from your software and I haven’t had a problem since.
Posted on 13-Jul-07 at 8:08 am | Permalink