Comments on: Buying Checks Online

By: Wolf Tinker

Wolf Tinker — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:07:32 +0000

I would stay away from Checks Unlimited as well. I just received my checks and the design is so faint that on some checks it’s almost invisible. I only paid $5.95 because of a promotion, but it took the checks a month to get here and now who knows how long now to fix the problem? I am counting this as a not so costly lesson learned and am going elsewhere.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:19:16 +0000

I would stay away from Checks Unlimited. They bait and switch the price. They are slow to deliver and make too many mistakes. The quality level of the checks is the worst I have ever seen.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:59:38 +0000

This article was really helpful (even over a year later!). I used checks unlimited and I googled a promotion code (v374), so I purchased 2 boxes of duplicate checks for $13.00. Although shipping was free, it was untracked through USPS and trackable UPS shipping was $7.95, so I decided to with free USPS shipping and added the EZ Shield protection for fraud and theft for only $1.95 a box… essentially covering any potential doom that may occur in delivering them as well as any problems in the future with use… This seemed like the best option. Can’t wait to get my brand new checks!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:10:34 +0000

These are great ideas, Jenni! Please post links if you have them.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:36:29 +0000

I have purchased my checks online from Promise Checks. Never had any problems and their checks are as low as $3.95 per box.

By: eric

eric — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:23:23 +0000

I knew I bookmarked this for a reason…I have my once-in-a-lifetime need to order checks right now.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:48:35 +0000

I get them from a stationary company, that I have done for years. I haven’t had any problems.
Thanks for the information on buying online, I haven’t done much of it, since I hear the not so good experiences that people have had. And I found a place from one of the thrift blogs I subscribe my email to, and they have recycled paper ones. Since I am striving to live to leave the earth a better place for the future generations, I plan to take that route.

By: TStrump

TStrump — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:17:20 +0000

I rarely use cheques these days.
But, when I need them, I go to my bank and ask for temporary cheques.
You can get them free or for a small charge.
Email money transfer are also a great option, but for my bank they cost $1.00 – so not the cheapest way to pay.

By: SarahJane

SarahJane — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:27:53 +0000

Thanks for figuring this out for me. I’m getting to the bottom of my box. I’m a Costco executive member living in Alaska (shipping costs!) so I’m definitely going with them!

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:39:58 +0000

We won’t be getting free checks from WAMU, now that Chase has taken them over… sad to say.

I’ve ordered checks online for years, as it’s much cheaper than getting them through the bank. I’ve used Checks Unlimited, and several others.

They will typically give you a special deal for 1st time orders, so I’ve switched companies to get the best deal.

I now only use a few checks a month. My local water company charges a fee to pay online, so I send them a check and certain fees, picture orders, team orders, etc. at my son’s school require checks. Other than that, I pay everything online or use my debit or credit card (which is paid off every month).

Checks are mostly a thing of the past – just wish the school would get onboard with debit or credit transactions.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:40:37 +0000

I write maybe 4 checks a year but agreed those prices are outrageous.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:03:54 +0000

Thanks Jimmy, I fixed the link.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:31:37 +0000

The Walmart link doesn’t seem to be working. FYI

By: Nate @ Debt-free Scholar

Nate @ Debt-free Scholar — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:17:06 +0000

Some banks, such as WaMu, offer free checks. You might want to check it out.

Thanks,
Nate

By: Anthony Nguyen

Anthony Nguyen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:29:30 +0000

It seems like ordering online is a must (or at the least, one of a very few options) when dealing with online banking.

One of the things I have under my belt is free checks from my off-line bank. I opened an account with about 7 years ago, and they sent me 500 checks. I’ve only gone through about 150 of those checks in 7 years.

I’m at a point now where I write out 1 check a month, and I wouldn’t do that if I didn’t need to.