Where do you get your checks from?

[Ralphie ★]

I was aboot ready to order from Designer until they added the shipping and handling, 50% of the price.  Maybe jsharrt's router vendor, to get Amazon prime free shipping?

[donkpow]

I get my money for nothing and my checks for free.

[jsharr ★]

I order full page voucher checks with a copy and envelopes from Intuit for work.

Order through whoever the bank uses at home.  Could not tell you last time I wrote a check.

[Kirby]

I order them from the bank .  That's definitely not the cheapest way to go, but I like that they track what numbers I need.  And I use so few that the cost doesn't really matter (plus sometimes the bank will randomly waive the charges).

[maddmaxx ★]

9 minutes ago, donkpow said:

I get my money for nothing and my checks for free.

That's the way you do it.

[jsharr ★]

right side knee drawer, first file folder.

[Ralphie ★]

We use maybe 50 a year or so, so it is an infrequent thing to order them.  I guess I should account for the fact that an order will last aboot 5 years or so,

[Scrapr ★]

Costco. 

[BR46]

I don't know because I'm not allowed to tuch the check book. 

 

[Ralphie ★]

33 minutes ago, Scrapr said:

Costco. 

Wallymart was half the price of Designer.  

[bikeman564™]

I order them from the bank (bank of america). No charge.

[Wilbur ★]

1 hour ago, jsharr said:

right side knee drawer, first file folder.

Thank you and what kind of balance can I anticipate?

[Kzoo]

From WoKzoo.  She usually has them in her purse right next to my nads.

[maddmaxx ★]

Mine come from you guys.  Thanks and could you please work a bit more.

[jdc2000]

I used to get them from my bank, however, they don't actually print them, and when the switched providers and refused to print checks with 5 digit check numbers and were charging a ridiculous price for them, I switched to Carousel Checks.

 

[Bikeguy]

Like @Kirby, I just order checks from the bank.  They were free for a while. They switched providers, and now they charge for them.   That said... the last order should be more than enough checks for the next few years (or more).   

[jsharr ★]

5 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Thank you and what kind of balance can I anticipate?

Large to me, tiny to you. 

[Rattlecan ★]

You guys are spelling cheque incorrectly, you know that, right?

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

15 hours ago, Philander Seabury said:

We use maybe 50 a year or so

Here's a year's supply, and for free, too:

                                                 

                                                 

[Ralphie ★]

Well thanks, Thermocouple Krawdaddy!

[Longjohn ★]

I bought the last bunch from a flier that came in the junk mail. They were about 1/10th of what the bank charges.

[Ralphie ★]

On 8/11/2021 at 7:40 PM, maddmaxx said:

Mine come from you guys.  Thanks and could you please work a bit more.

Marked as solved. Checks for free was o so close though. Actually Costco was the best answer, so sorry scrapr. 

[shotgun]

We order ours from Sam's Club, and use very few these days.

[goldendesign]

In the last few years checks have become so infrequent that when I need one I go to Amscot and get a money order. My bank charges for bank checks and money orders while Amscot is free for any amount.

[jsharr ★]

On 8/11/2021 at 5:16 PM, BR46 said:

I don't know because I'm not allowed to tuch the check book. 

 

so the correct answer for you would have been

From my wife.

[MickinMD ★]

On 8/11/2021 at 5:24 PM, Philander Seabury said:

I was aboot ready to order from Designer until they added the shipping and handling, 50% of the price.  Maybe jsharrt's router vendor, to get Amazon prime free shipping?

I use a couple checks/year - mainly when I'm sending money to an out of state relative who's graduating or a poor relative to help out. I do every normal payment through auto withdrawal from my checking account, my credit union's bill pay feature, or by credit card.  When I need checks, my credit union provides them for free.

[Ralphie ★]

2 hours ago, MickinMD said:

I use a couple checks/year - mainly when I'm sending money to an out of state relative who's graduating or a poor relative to help out. I do every normal payment through auto withdrawal from my checking account, my credit union's bill pay feature, or by credit card.  When I need checks, my credit union provides them for free.

Yeah, you would think a credit union would, but mine never has.  They have basically become a bank. 

There are 8 payments a year that for taxes and sewer to the township can't be paid online or with a CC without a fee.  Might he the same for NJDMV, not really sure.  So I stay above the norm for check writing. 

[Razors Edge ★]

4 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said:

Yeah, you would think a credit union would, but mine never has.  They have basically become a bank. 

There are 8 payments a year that for taxes and sewer to the township can't be paid online or with a CC without a fee.  Might he the same for NJDMV, not really sure.  So I stay above the norm for check writing. 

Bank of America give us free ones too.  They last a long time (years!) but when I get low, I can order them online and choose from like a dozen basic designs. They do charge for the NFL theme or the Mickey Mouse theme or the other fancy ones, but I'm fine with basic blue, green, or yellow ones.

[MickinMD ★]

1 hour ago, Philander Seabury said:

Yeah, you would think a credit union would, but mine never has.  They have basically become a bank. 

There are 8 payments a year that for taxes and sewer to the township can't be paid online or with a CC without a fee.  Might he the same for NJDMV, not really sure.  So I stay above the norm for check writing. 

When I retired from teaching in 2006, I lost certain freebies at M&T Bank that came with county teacher direct paycheck deposits. I was amazed at the difference when I joined SECU of MD, a federally insured credit union: no charges for: swiping the Visa debit card - even overseas, no charges for using one of 70,000 available ATM's nationwide, no charges for online banking including bill payment, no charges for checks, 3 month interest penalty for early CD redemption, double the interest rates of banks savings accounts, CDs. and checking accounts, etc. etc.  I have some $2500 5-year CD's there from just before the pandemic that pay 2.1% to 2.85% annual interest.  New ones are paying only 0.65%, but the avg. bank is paying 0.31%.

My sister pointed out around 2012 that most Credit Unions are not limited to people whose occupations match their name and recommended SECU of Maryland (State Employees Credit Union) because it has branches all over the state.  It turns out that there are lots of ways to qualify to open an account including being related to someone who has an account or, my ticket in, having graduated from a public college in the state.

[shootingstar]

I guess I better hoard my cheques unless I really need them...  mine are from times, where they have printed designs.  Mine have some aboriginal designs. I recently sent a cheque because a major national company asked me to. (they are listed on the stock market.) No other choice. That's ok. It confirms with address on cheque that I'm CAnadian living in Canada right now, plus a pile of other govn't identification I had to give.