Impossible to pay the bill

Ugh, that sucks!

I'm curious why you were going to an ATM to get cash for that, though. Why aren't you paying by check or automatic transfer to their bank account?

 

You can go to the bank and as long as you have valid ID you should be able to withdraw the money in person. I know some ATMs have withdrawal limits so maybe the amount you were trying to take out was too high and that was the issue as opposed to your pin.

 

Is that how you pay your bill? I thought checks are now pretty outdated. Over here automatic transfers to a bank account to pay your bill is not common as well. Cash is still the preferred method, and you go to that certain company to pay your bill.

 

Cash is even more outdated than checks with companies a lot of times actually. I know it might sound weird, but there are even places that don't accept cash at all for security reasons. They don't want to keep cash on hand because they could be robbed...or the cashiers may accept the cash without counting it correctly or pocket it themselves even. So they may require money orders if someone isn't able to pay with credit card, direct deposit, or checks.

 

I thought you meant that the bill was too high at first,lol! I do know of a couple of houses that are so pretty but so energy inefficiant that the people who move into these houses don't tend to stay long. Or maybe they are haunted,cause they are both old houses,lol!

 

Ok I'll be honest and this will probably give my age away but um...I did not even know that paying bills by ATM was possible! We pay rent with checks because that is our only option but everything else is done over the phone or online. We don't usually print confirmations though. We may write down a confirmation number and then we add it to our spreadsheet of bills. Anyway, I hope you don't have that problem again!

 

It's alright dustysmommy, I'm only twenty three-I assume I'm younger than you just because I don't have a husband and kid, but then again my friend does, so you know-and I never knew you could pay bills via ATM either.

Personally I just set up direct debits and then don't worry about it.

 

I'm 23 as well, Livvy, and I have a husband and a child
I know around where I live you can pay all of your bills at the local companies or even the grocery store. I prefer online or by check, though. I have the debit coming from my account as proof and I also save the page to my computer that is the "receipt". I also get an email to my linked account saying that I've paid. Also, Gelsemium, you can usually look at a breakdown of your bill on their site and check it's validity. I can see my electric bill broken down by day and even time of day.

 

I've only got a year on you. People take all sorts of paths. But for the record, I think we could be great friends!

I personally don't like to do automatic debits. Sometimes the money isn't in my account the day its supposed to come out. Sometimes there are months, god forbid, when I just have to be late on a payment. I much prefer to pay bills when I know the money is there. I don't want to stress about whether or not it will be in my account on time.