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vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• weariedfae@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Man, that’s some hyperbole. Ain’t nobody believing you haven’t seen a check in 40 years. It’s not for every day use but there’s always something that needs a check for some dumb reason, like setting up direct deposit or paying the emergency plumber. Stuff comes up.

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  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Man, that’s some hyperbole. Ain’t nobody believing you haven’t seen a check in 40 years.

    Late 80s is only 35 years ago, but other than that believe it. It’s true.

    The cheques only really disappeared in 2002 when the bank guarantees stopped, but I haven’t seen one in the wild since I was a little little lad.

    More info on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocheque

    It’s not for every day use but there’s always something that needs a check for some dumb reason, like setting up direct deposit or paying the emergency plumber.

    Mt last emergency plumber was a kid in his twenties. I don’t think he even knows what a check is. But he definitely knows what a debit card is, and has a portable terminal.

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  • wandermind@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not an American, but

    I’ve literally never seen a check in my life, and I’ve been around since the late 80s.

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  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I got paid by check for a gig on Christmas Eve.

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  • kakes@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Other than getting paid for a few labor jobs out of high school, I haven’t seen a cheque used ever, so I can believe it. Banks give sheets with direct deposit info, and any tradespeople I’ve hired have taken various other forms of payment.

    For reference, this is in Canada though, so not the default.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Believe it, bub. In backwater places like Brazil people have on from credit and debit cards to fully digital systems like Pix. Meanwhile my town in Tennessee will take only cash or cheque for taxes.

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    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, fully digital isnt a massive flex. “Cash is king” is a saying for a reason

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• Monkeyhog@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I work at a bank, I see thousands of checks a day. They’re still out there.

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  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My condolences.

    On the other hand, we don’t have bank offices here anymore either. And getting someone on the phone is a nightmare.

    But it’s cheaper, so that’s why they raised prices. Wait, what?

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  • psud@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In America?

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    • Monkeyhog@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, checks are used a lot by charities and churches, plus migrant workers are often paid by checks, and there’s market that will cash all of their checks for them, and that market is a customer of my bank, so when they bring in their deposit, it’s a stack of checks at least 6 inches tall every day. And that’s honestly not even half of the checks we see a day.

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• I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re still somewhat common in the US. I use checks to pay the cleaners, and my bank sends checks for bill pay.

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