DANIEL JONES said to ROLAND RHODES about QUICKEN IS TIME CONSUMING on 10-
13-96:
DJ>Most "electronic payments," including Intuit's system, really aren't.
DJ>That is, you make an electronic payment to Intuit or some other
DJ>company, but they then send out a paper check to pay your various
DJ>bills.
DJ>I do have true electronic payment of both my mortgage and my
DJ>automobile payment.  I'll happily use electronic payments which don't
DJ>involve a third party.
        Checkfree Corp. (who I've employed for almost 3yrs) pays via 
electronic means or paper, whichever the payee can handle with least 
resistance. IOW; my home mortgage is credited electronically (amongst a 
rapidly growing number of others), but less sophisticated concerns get a 
snail mailed paper check. Obviously some are (what you term) "true" 
electronic payments and others are not.
        AFAIK, one must employ a 3rd party to cover all the bases (so to 
speak). IMHO, $10/mo (about the cost of a delivered pizza, eh?) gives a 
Checkfree subscriber a lot of bang for the buck.
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