[marssaxman]

Well, it's because it's because checks are super common in the US! They can't understand the trouble you have with them because paying via check is normal business practice in the US; nobody in the US has trouble cashing them.

Electronic bank transfers are not common. Most people would probably have to look up instructions for how to do it, and most people's banks would charge a fee for the service.

[usuallybaffled]

Is that a cultural thing? Getting a piece of paper, driving to the bank to cash it? Or accepting a cheque from an account with no funds?

If that's the case, then I can let it go. However, it's puzzling that the mecca of capitalism is living on antiquated methods like that.