I love them. I think most readers know that I run my own business. These days electronic transactions are popular. Paying bills by remote control is just so easy. Going through my accounts for the last month I found about $700 in cheques from businesses for various reasons – mostly refunds for varuious purposes although in one case it was for an item that a client had ordered but was not yet in stock. <\/p>\n
I love credit cards. People can ring me up and pay bils, or go to the Post Office and pay though PostBillPay, or BPay me. It is so easy. I never need to see an actual Credit Card. Though my accounting software, I get a 1-300 number which people can ring to pay bills anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day. Then the next day I get an email that I click on, and the email automatically tells the software that the clients have paid, and that the money is in the account. This is too easy. <\/p>\n
My Superanuation is paid the same way. I just log into the software, say how little I have paid myself, and the money is transferred automatically. I also write some software that is fairly non-commercial. There are two pieces of software – one for US$20 and the other for US$5. I get paid through PayPal for these. I normally offset the income with software I get others to write which I also pay with PayPal. <\/p>\n
Basically the world is changing. When I went to the USA in 1992, I took a Visa card, and it was great. Most things were pre-paid so I didn’t use much money. 1997 I took some traveler’s cheques but that was for hotels, and I used my card for everything else. 2000 in the USA I used my Credit Card until the company I was working for paid me, which would have been find if the hotel had not placed a hold on US$500 of my funds when I checked in. <\/p>\n
My world trip last year was booked through a travel agency, mostly, and I just used my card for spending money…<\/p>\n
When I went to New Zealand a few weeks ago I just booked the flight one way on my Visa card. Over there I went to the bank after a few days to get some spending money which was mostly used to buy some presents at the airport when I left. And when I was ready to come home I booked a flight. <\/p>\n
With electronic money, the world really has changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love them. I think most readers know that I run my own business. These days electronic transactions are popular. Paying bills by remote control is just so easy. Going through my accounts for the last month I found about …<\/p>\n