Little things matter

I’m a huge fan of auto-paying my bills.

First, I want to protect my credit report.

Second, I’m lazy. If I can automate a task, that’s a win.

Here’s a great story about one of my utilities.

I signed up to pay them automatically each month from my checking account.  But there was a rub.

Each month, they would send me an email saying a payment was due. But I never could remember if I was on autopayment, so I’d have to dig into the account to confirm. That almost defeated the purpose.

 

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