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What service is there that takes care of bill paying?
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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 553593" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>I would caution against the auto pay (meaning the company comes to get the money on the due date) option at first. It is very hard to remember what dates all these transactions are going to happen and to make sure you have money in there on that date. If there is no savings account to transfer from....this can get very expensive in fees from the banks. </p><p></p><p>I have created an Excel calendar for difficult child. Each month has its own tab. It shows each payday and the date each bill is due. It is an actual calendar, with blocks for each day. It helps her to see what is due before she gets paid next. I had fun with it and put in colors and !!! points for pay day and make some bills bigger in font size than others (rent)! I also made some notes like (you must pay rent out of this check) for worrisome situations. ex: May 25th was pay day for her, rent was due on June 1st, and she would not get paid again until June 8th. So, in the May calendar...I made it clear she had to pay rent out of that May 25th check, even though it was not June yet. It takes time. </p><p></p><p>She has 1 auto pay she can not stop...the gym for $20 per month. It is on the 19th each month, but she gets paid every other Friday, so some months it is the day before a payday and once she did not even have $20 in her account. It cost her $37 in bank fees! YIKES!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 553593, member: 391"] I would caution against the auto pay (meaning the company comes to get the money on the due date) option at first. It is very hard to remember what dates all these transactions are going to happen and to make sure you have money in there on that date. If there is no savings account to transfer from....this can get very expensive in fees from the banks. I have created an Excel calendar for difficult child. Each month has its own tab. It shows each payday and the date each bill is due. It is an actual calendar, with blocks for each day. It helps her to see what is due before she gets paid next. I had fun with it and put in colors and !!! points for pay day and make some bills bigger in font size than others (rent)! I also made some notes like (you must pay rent out of this check) for worrisome situations. ex: May 25th was pay day for her, rent was due on June 1st, and she would not get paid again until June 8th. So, in the May calendar...I made it clear she had to pay rent out of that May 25th check, even though it was not June yet. It takes time. She has 1 auto pay she can not stop...the gym for $20 per month. It is on the 19th each month, but she gets paid every other Friday, so some months it is the day before a payday and once she did not even have $20 in her account. It cost her $37 in bank fees! YIKES! [/QUOTE]
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