Check reordering
George Grapman
that my credit union gave me when I opened my account.
I called the number on the reorder form and when the quoted price
seemed high I asked for a breakdown and was told it included things I
did not want such as two day delivery and a leather check book. Getting
longer delivery and vinyl saved about $15.
George Grapman
> George Grapman <sfge...@paccbell.net> wrote:
>
>> Getting longer delivery and vinyl saved about $15.
> tier or premium service which puts extra money in their pockets for
> essentially nothing? They must have learned it from the telephone
> companies.
A few times I have asked companies to detail the charges before I
order and have found that the shipping charges far exceed their actual
cost. The following conversation ensues:
"That Fedex charge is way out of line. I have a Fedex account and
and I am sure that you get a better rate than I do"
"I am just going by our listed rates"
"I understand, so how about if if I give you my Fedex account
number and you can use that to ship it"
"I don't think I can do that"
"Fine,can I speak to a supervisor?"
Usually after the supervisor understands that they will lose the
sale they recalculate the charges.
George Grapman
> tier or premium service which puts extra money in their pockets for
> essentially nothing? They must have learned it from the telephone
> companies.
A friend recently moved and AT&T tried to include all the added
features. They were shocked that someone could survive without call
waiting and three way because all she wanted was Caller ID.
Lou
"Derald" <der...@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> George Grapman <sfge...@paccbell.net> wrote:
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> >Getting longer delivery and vinyl saved about $15.
> tier or premium service which puts extra money in their pockets for
> essentially nothing? They must have learned it from the telephone
> companies.
Well, they probably shouldn't assume, but that's a bit harsh. I bet a lot
of people wait until they're out of checks before they order, and if they're
going to pay the bills they need a new batch as soon as possible. And it's
obvious that some people prefer gen-u-wine leather to vinyl. So the extra
price isn't for "essentially nothing".
What I don't understand is why you'd need another "book". When a pad of
checks is used up, you slip the backing from the old pad out of the book and
put in a new pad. You can continue this process with a new batch of checks,
there's no need for a new book unless the old one has worn out. Come to
think of it, that might be a reason to get leather - it would probably last
longer than vinyl and end up costing less in the long run.
Lou
"George Grapman" <sfge...@paccbell.net> wrote in message
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I'd gone my whole life without any of those new fangled service - no call
waiting, no caller id, etc. - though I did upgrade to touch tone a couple of
decades ago. Recently we switched to FiOS and got, among other things,
caller id. I'm surprised at how much I like it. Maybe call waiting and
three way would be the same.
The Real Bev
> "Lou" <lpo...@verizon.net> wrote:
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>>Come to
>>think of it, that might be a reason to get leather - it would probably last
>>longer than vinyl and end up costing less in the long run.
>
> True enough. I'm still using a Tandy Leather checkbook cover kit
> that I assembled in 1971! For one account, I typically run out of
> deposit slips; bank nails me $10.00 for 50 of those so I use the generic
> counter deposit forms as often as possible.
Xerox copies work. 3 or 4 or 5 per page depending on how much you're
willing to reduce them.
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Cheers,
Bev
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> "Lou" <lpo...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>Come to
>>think of it, that might be a reason to get leather - it would probably
>>last
>>longer than vinyl and end up costing less in the long run.
> that I assembled in 1971! For one account, I typically run out of
> deposit slips; bank nails me $10.00 for 50 of those so I use the generic
> counter deposit forms as often as possible.
Wow, that's high. I'm still working on the same box of 200 checks I got when
I opened the account 8 years ago since I do 99% of transactions
electronically. However, I've ordered at least two boxes of just deposit
slips, and they come 200 to a box for $8.50.
George Grapman
My credit union does not require deposit slips for ATMs and the few
times I make a deposit in a branch I simply give the teller my account
number.
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