▲ 482 ▼ Every payment option has a fee (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] glasratz@feddit.org 1 point 3 days ago (1 child) Also, never, under any circumstances, allow a company to automatically withdraw funds directly from your bank account. What? And pay your utilities manually every month? At some point you have to ask yourself what the monetary value of your lifetime is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (1 child) Correct. I submit a payment manually through my bank. Every month. Paying all of my bills this way takes about 5 minutes, once a month. At some point you have to ask yourself how much you've given up for the illusion of convenience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glasratz@feddit.org -1 points 2 days ago What you gain throug these "5 minutes" is the illusion of control. You repeat a manual task over and over just to tell yourself that this changes something. You don't have the choice not to pay. You don't have more control over what you pay. I check my account movements every months. It really only takes five minutes. If there was a mistake, I'll have the bank to check it or call the company myself. You have to do that too, in addition to doing the bills yourself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (1 child) Correct. I submit a payment manually through my bank. Every month. Paying all of my bills this way takes about 5 minutes, once a month. At some point you have to ask yourself how much you've given up for the illusion of convenience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glasratz@feddit.org -1 points 2 days ago What you gain throug these "5 minutes" is the illusion of control. You repeat a manual task over and over just to tell yourself that this changes something. You don't have the choice not to pay. You don't have more control over what you pay. I check my account movements every months. It really only takes five minutes. If there was a mistake, I'll have the bank to check it or call the company myself. You have to do that too, in addition to doing the bills yourself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glasratz@feddit.org -1 points 2 days ago What you gain throug these "5 minutes" is the illusion of control. You repeat a manual task over and over just to tell yourself that this changes something. You don't have the choice not to pay. You don't have more control over what you pay. I check my account movements every months. It really only takes five minutes. If there was a mistake, I'll have the bank to check it or call the company myself. You have to do that too, in addition to doing the bills yourself. permalink fedilink source parent
