On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:42:03 +0100, MM wrote:



Now this is a very interesting comment. Are you happy with the service
you're getting? Can you pay by cheque? (I never use any form of
credit, direct debit or standing order unless absolutely unavoidable.)

MM

Is your concern about a company direct debitting too much? The bank
covers you for that. Standing orders are not a lot of use unless
payments are level over a long period anyway.

There can be advantages (although probably not in this case) of paying
by credit card or other credit mechanism, because it provides
additional consumer protection - I'm not suggesting running a credit
balance, BTW.

For other payments that are one-offs, I tend to ask the payee for
their bank details and then simply pay them via an online transaction.
It goes through as a BACS transfer (we talked about those a few days
ago)
This gives complete control and is far quicker and easier than messing
around with cheques. I don;t remember writing a cheque for over a
year.....






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..andy

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