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Originally Posted by gmku
So you walk to your utility company's branch and hand them cash every month?! How nice for you.
I'm sorry but I live in the real world where most of my transactions take place through my checking account by debit card or online banking.
And you know what? I bet my utility company is making a fairly hefty profit. I don't think credit card/debit card transaction fees are going to break their bank.
I'm surprised. I hadn't taken you for a money-loving Republican.
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No I write a check and put a stamp on the envelope and drop it in the mail. (hmm, that stamp is its own 1% "surcharge" now that I think about it). I used to pay in cash at the supermarket when I lived in VT to save the postage cost. Money was that tight.
What I do think is cheesey in your situation is they did a bait and switch on you - got you onboard and then hit you with the fees. I don't know what utility company serves your area, and I'm sure we could look up their financial statement, but again, why should I subsidize the credit card fees you incur?
I've always maintained I am a free thinker...after being in the workforce for a few decades I have more respect for the challenges of business than I ever expected and I'd be lying if I said I didn't like money. Or finding it on the ground. But I don't 'love' it, it is a means to an end.
But you know, your tone conveys that paying online is the norm. Online payments are a new feature in the universe, they aren't normal anymore than growing ears on the back of genetically engineered mice is normal. Paying in cash has a many thousand year history.
utility is the only bill I pay each month. No phone, no cable, no internet, no credit accts, I've followed Jello Biafra's plan of REDUCE and REMOVE your investment in the System. Take less and give little.