https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 17:51:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573368 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:21:09 +0000 BSB 1573368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: Yeah. The water bill and electric bill are setup through the biller's website so that that always gets paid in full. Like for my bank's auto pay, I have student loans, car payment, and a credit card.</p> <p>My brother's bank sends me a check each month to pay for his portion of our shared cell phone plan.</p> <p>Also, some billers have ebills and those can get sent to my bank account and it can show up when I log into my bank account. Then I don't have to track it down. </p> <p>Though, this is for my bank, which is a fairly large bank (not huge like Bank of America). I guess it would depend on your bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573351 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:16:05 +0000 swurlygurl 1573351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: So bills that change monthly (ie water bills) you have to manage each bill? But a phone bill would be easy since it's the same every month? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573345 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:14:08 +0000 BSB 1573345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: Through the bank, it's not so bad. Pros- You can manage a lot of billers in one screen online and adjust them pretty easily. Cons- Since it's not attached to the actual account, you'll have to keep track of when payments go up and down.</p> <p>I use Manilla app, which is essentially an online file folder for bills. Most of my ebills are there and reduces paper mail, since i can get it electronically now. </p> <p>As for the taking pics of check to have them deposited. That one confuses me, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573328 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:09:24 +0000 dc yoga bee 1573328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is an auditor so he has that stuff on lock. I think managing the finances is relaxing for him, until he sees my random lululemon expenses :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573257 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:49:54 +0000 Bookish 1573257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. We budget out three months in advance, including writing down when every single thing is due on my calendar, and I can't use autopay because of the budget structure we have, but I am proud to say I haven't forgotten a bill in years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573197 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:34:41 +0000 PurplePumps 1573197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup,.... cause every single bill is on auto pay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573188 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:30:44 +0000 swurlygurl 1573188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I've seen that at our bank, but the concept seems so weird to me, so I haven't tried it yet... maybe I should just do it. Same with bank apps and sending a picture of your checks... how does that even work?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573171 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:27:43 +0000 Mae 1573171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have everything we can on autopay because honestly I am not that good at paying bills. For some reason writing a check/finding a stamp/mailing something is one of those life tasks I just haaaaate and procrastinate on. So when we do get the random odd bill for something not on autopay I'd say there is a 50/50 shot it will be late lol. Although I do care/pay attention to what sort of bill it is. Like medical bills don't have late fees when you pay late so I always feel very "meh" about getting that paid right away. Whereas if I use a store credit card (which is rare so I don't have set to autopay) and get that bill I make sure I'm on time because they do have late fees and also report on your credit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573168 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:26:21 +0000 .twist. 1573168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Most of our stuff is on auto pay. Although, even the stuff that isn't I'm kind of a nazi about. Our budget makes it REALLY easy not to forget bills, so I find that really helpful. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573163 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:25:28 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1573163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No! I'm terrible about this stuff, which is why I auto-pay just about everything.</p> <p>For things that can't be auto-paid, I have to practically duct tape the durn thing to my forehead to get it done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573160 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:25:12 +0000 BSB 1573160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: I hate the ones that don't have autopay. The worst are the ones that don't have the ability to check accounts online. Hello! It's 2014! Get with the program!</p> <p>Speaking of autopay, you can setup autopay through your bank. They send check to your billers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573155 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:23:32 +0000 mrsjyw 1573155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep auto pay, excel spreadsheet. 15th and last day of the month pay days, make it pretty easy to pay bills early/on time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573148 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:22:09 +0000 swurlygurl 1573148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>NOPE! So so so so SO bad. We have as many bills as possible on autopay for that reason. One of our bills is every other month, won't let us sign up for auto pay, and I forget it EVERY month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573144 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:21:27 +0000 noodlebug 1573144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed! Autopay is the way to go. Also, I have an alert in my Google calendar so I know exactly when it's going out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573132 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:19:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1573132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>most of our stuff is on autopay as a result of this! I could never remember the due dates on every single bill so it was easier to set it up to come out automatically. We have less than 5 monthly bills we have to pay manually, so they're not ever late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573104 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:15:08 +0000 Smurfette 1573104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I pay as soon as we get them. I did forget the water bill last month, opps! </p> <p>DH is horrible so I had to take over the bills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1573097 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:12:39 +0000 HLK208 1573097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on time with all of them except the freaking sewer. I wish there was an auto pay. The county doesn't have anyway to pay except in person/mail and I must always stash the bill away like it's unimportant. Oops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570675 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:22:17 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1570675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have mostly everything on autopay so we're never late! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570638 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:05:10 +0000 twodoghouse 1570638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband takes care of most of our bills (mostly with auto pay online!) and he's never late with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570631 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:01:18 +0000 artsyfartsy 1570631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570629 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:01:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1570629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Auto pay is nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570614 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:56:57 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1570614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always on top of them. I had my first ever late fee on one of my student loans a few months back, oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570612 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:56:04 +0000 Dandelion 1570612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep...they're on auto pay or we pay as soon as they arrive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570596 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:52:35 +0000 BSB 1570596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of my bills are on auto pay, which helps. It's those medical bills that come once in a while that get us. I would rather give them a credit card at the time of visit then get a bill for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570584 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:50:11 +0000 blackbird 1570584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, thanks to auto pay :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570573 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:49:04 +0000 snowjewelz 1570573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually never late! I generally try to pay it as soon as I see it, if it's not already set up for auto payment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570568 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:47:12 +0000 pui 1570568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we're never late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-good-about-paying-bills-on-time#post-1570567 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:46:36 +0000 chopsuey 1570567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually am, but I guess last month's electric/water bill got lost or something, because it was never paid! :P </p> <p>I called and they waived the late fee since this is our first late payment in almost 2 years. </p>