[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT paying bills

[minh ha]

Hi Joyce,

I still live at home with my mom when I'm not at school so I'm sure I
don't have as many bills as you do, but for the ones that I do have, I
never get a paper bill. A lot of services now have an option for you
to get your bill through eail. You could also just call into the
company and get your amount through an automated system and pay
through the phone with your bank account or credit card or whatever.
This is how I usually pay my bills. Another option you could look into
is automatic withdrawal, which is basically you authorizing a service
to take money from your bank account automatically every month at a
certain time. If you don't already have an online account with your
bank, you should definitely do this. I keep track of all my accounts
this way so I'm sure where my money is going and ho wmuch. Hope this
helps!

Minh

On 6/8/14, Shelbi Hindel via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I sometimes call in and get my amount and due date from an automated
> system.
> Here in Columbus the utilities are all set up for this. Then I pay through
> online banking as it does not charge and the phone version that most have
> as
> an option does charge a fee.
> Shelbi
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of David Andrews via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: June 8, 2014 8:00 PM
> To: Blindhands at aol.com; List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT paying bills
>
> I use a human reader, to go through mail, then pay bills via my banks bill
> pay service.  With reader all I have to write down is name of payee,
> amount,
> and due date, so it doesn't take long.  And ... some of them will send
> e-bills, so don't even need reader.
>
> I wouldn't trust a scanner and ocr program with bills, a small error could
> have disasterous results.
>
> Dave
>
> At 06:52 PM 6/8/2014, you wrote:
>>I am looking to learn how to keep track and pay my bills.  I know they
>>are doing paperless bills and have contacted my utilities.  I use JAWS
>>and using the newest version of it.  I got the updated version of Open
>>Book and  I got a new printer with scanner and need to get those things
>>hooked up and installed.  Is there any programs or ways that you can
>>suggest and do you know if and where you might be able to get some
>>training to do these  thinghs.
>>
>>I took care of all our bills the first 25 years of our married lives
>>and then went blind.  I told John he gets the next 25 years of handling
>>the money.  Well I will be getting a lot less, but need to figure out
>>how to  hang on to the house.  In 4 years it will be paid for and then
>>the mortgage  will be cut in half then what it is now as I will have
>>the taxes to pay.
>>
>>Any suggestions regarding how you keep track and pay your bills would
>>very much be appreciated.
>>
>>Joyce
>
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