[reaperducer]

I wish I could live a simple life like you.

Want to buy some land? Get ready to write a check to some person or government agency along the way.

Want to transfer money from your account in bank to another with zero fees? Write a check.

Want to start a business? Expect to write a check along the way.

Want to stay in a hotel in some of the world's most interesting places? Cash or travelers checks. Credit card, if you're lucky, but then with a big fee, and they might not have internet.

The real world isn't all online. It isn't all electronic. It isn't Star Trek.

[frogger23124]

Cheques are being phased out in New Zealand this year. Almost no one uses them here anymore. It's all electronic, online. Zero fees for bank transfers.

[deith]

I must live in Star Trek because I can assure you I do all of that electronically and with no fees. If you give someone here a cheque chances are they won't even know what it is. I'd say literally nobody under 30 here has seen a cheque in their entire life. (Spain)