[pavel_lishin]

Really depends. I think we have to write one maybe every other month? We own a house, and a lot of contractors (plumbers, electricians, etc) will accept cash or check - and while paying $300 cash for a plumbing job is easy, it's more difficult to get $7500 in cash out of the bank to pay for a heavier renovation project.

If you rent, you'll often have to send a check off monthly.

I don't remember the last time I've mailed a check, however.

[ryandrake]

> and while paying $300 cash for a plumbing job is easy, it's more difficult to get $7500 in cash out of the bank to pay for a heavier renovation project.

Inflation makes this worse, too. I used to keep a handful of $100s in my wallet to pay for little odds and ends like a plumber or someone hauling trash to the dump. If I wanted to keep doing that, my wallet would have to fit a whole stack of them. The highest denomination bill printed by the US no longer even covers a night out at a mid-tier restaurant.

[aidenn0]

On top of that, $100s are useless at the many stores who refuse to take them, despite being worth only a little more than a $20 was the year I was born.