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Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by halfmatthalfcat on Saturday December 10, 2022 @07:22AM (#33931979)
I'm not sure if it's an age thing but I live in the US and am mid-30s. I rarely, if ever, write checks. The only time I interact with checks is as a gift and I'm cashing it. Writing checks is a smell - if I can't use Zelle/Venmo/etc, it's an issue.
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Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by jjav on Saturday December 10, 2022 @07:03PM (#33938430)
> if I can't use Zelle/Venmo/etc, it's an issue.

But by doing that you're imposing the risk to the seller that they may lose their money when paypal/zelle/venmo/etc freeze their account and steal their money (see frequent recurring threads right here on HN of this happening over and over).

I realize as a payer it's not your problem but something to think about.

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