• The_v@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Medical company sends me a bill after insurance for $5.34.

    They first send me 7 e-mails telling me to pay it online. Every single day for a week.

    In order to pay it online, the first screen is to log in make an account that fails to load in firefox.

    So I try the webpage in chromium, an account setup requires 2Fa and submitting an ID to pay a bill.

    I say fuck that block their e-mails and wait until they send me a paper bill.

    Paper bill arrives and I dust off the old checkbook. The last check was written in 2017 for some school pictures for my kid who just graduated college.

    Takes me 10 seconds to write the check and $0.82 for the stamp. It got mailed the next time I took the dog for a walk and checked the mail.

    I just looked up the cost of ordering new duplex checks that I prefer. Looks like around $0.25 each.

    Now if I want too I can get laser printer checks for around $0.15 each. I might just go that route. I bet I can find a Linux program that will print them easily.

    The Internet was nice while it lasted but it looks like I am back to writing checks for everything.