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Posted by Zilla on December 2, 2006, 8:18 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Zilla wrote:
> > Any pros/cons using this service? Can one cancel
> > anytime if not satisfied?
> >
> I have been using Quicken Bill Pay (and before that Checkfree)
> for over 10 years with few problems. The only problems I have
> had is when an account holder showed I did not make a payment when
> in fact I had and Quicken showed it had been made. A call to bill
> pay support alerted them to the problem and they called the account
> holder and cleared the problem up. This only happened half dozen or
> so times in all the years I have used this service.
>
> If you have accounts at multiple banks a side benefit is that
> you can transfer funds between these banks without a fee and
> without writing a check on one bank to deposit in the second.
>
> I recently relocated across the country and Chase bank did not
> have presence in the new state. I opened a checking account
> in the new state and used Quicken Bill Pay to transfer money from
> Chase to the new bank. This made it a painless way to move my bill pay
> payments to the new bank. All I needed to do was set up the new
> bank to be associated with Quicken Bill Pay.
>
> I believe Quicken Bill Pay has a 30 trial period and you can cancel
> at any time after that.
>
> There is a monthly fee for a set number of transactions
> per month but if you mail in payments this saves the hassle and cost
> of postage, envelopes and time.
>
> Marty
I currently have online banking with my bank, and they
pay my bills for me once I send them through Quicken.
However, I'll be out of the country for 4 weeks, so I'm
looking for ways to pay bills during that time. I may just
opt to pay them before I leave.
- Zilla
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