Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 10506
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2003/10/7-8 [Finance/Banking] UID:10506 Activity:moderate
10/7    Can I use Bill Pay (Yahoo, Etrade, BofA, WellsFargo, etc) to make
        payments to say, my landlord? Would they just mail a check? Or
        is it not possible?
        \_ yes. i've used bill pay to write a check to a friend, so should be
           entirely possible to write one to a landlord
        \_ sheesh why would you ask here instead of getting the real answer
           straight from these services' sites? gah.
           \_ the motd is the fount of advice. esp. political.
              \_ you confuse advice with editorial.
        \_ I pay my rent via BofA billpay. No problems. If a check gets
           lost they track it down, reissue, etc. Good success so far.
           The only caveat is that BofA takes the money out of your acct
           _when the check is issued_ not when it is cashed. This annoys me,
           but not so much I'd give it up. The whole service is pretty darn
           good.
        \_ banks earns interest, LOTS OF INTEREST in this manner. wonder if
           this is legal.
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