Quick Tip: Create A Bill Paying Station
May 3, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Home & Living
I use a little box for all my bill paying stuff. A calculator, checks, pen, stamps, and small budget notebook all go into the box, which sits by my desk on my high use zone bookshelf. My bills (the ones I actually get in paper form) go into my current box.
Keeping all your bill paying items together assures that bill paying is quick and a little less painful. To really beat the clutter, sign up for as many electronic bills as you can. I still have to write some checks, like for rent, and to one weird utility company who won’t join this century with electronic billing, but for the most part, I pay all my bills online.
Do you keep all your bill paying items together? Where?
As soon as a bill arrives, I sent up a delayed payment from our bills bank account. The payment is sent from the account a couple of days before the due date to allow for banking and money transfer delays. I guess we’re pretty lucky in that there isn’t a single bill we get that can’t be paid electronically in one way or another!
@Erin you are lucky, I can’t believe my electric co won’t take electronic – they do take phone, but I still get a bill. In this day and age, it’s obnoxious for companies not to be online.