[krisdol]

I’m 29. I and many people I know have used checks several times over the past decade. It always surprises me when I read these stories on hn about how checks are dead, but this is not dissimilar to the mentality that self driving cars will be ready any day now.

Maybe this is how life is like in the Valley, but even so I doubt it’s the experience or thought process of the non-tech worker.

I just used a check this month to pay for my earnest money deposit for a house I’m buying. Before that, I’ve had to use either money order or personal check for the deposit and application fee of every apartment I’ve ever rented. Several landlords only accepted checks for the regular rent as well.

They weren’t slumlords (as some of the other commenters here assume), those who took only checks for rent were individuals who rented out a house or apartment building and took good care of it.

I’ve paid my gas bills with checks back when I lived with college roommates.

Checks aren’t as ubiquitous as they once were, but I remember in my life time, growing up, when they were ubiquitous.

[astura]

I assume the person you are replying to is not American due to their spelling of "cheque."