isn’t it like a debit card with extra steps? at a store I mean

  • pixelscience@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    They existed before debit cards and mostly before credit cards became popular.

    Anyone paying with a check voluntarily these days is just either extremely stubborn and stuck in their ways, or incredibly ignorant. There isn’t a single reason I know to keep doing it.

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      10 months ago

      Avoiding processing fees for using a credit or debit card is another reason, although those are becoming far less common.

      Currently I only use my checkbook to look up my routing and account number for some online subscriptions so I don’t have to remember to update the payment method when cards expire.