I do this once a month. First I sort the month long pile of envelopes into two piles, real bills that I gotta pay, and begs, dear party member please send money letters. At this point the pile of begs is always taller than the pile of bills.
This month was a triumph for the window envelope bills. The idea behind the window envelope, which gives you 8 different ways to insert the check and the payment stub, only one of which results in the Post Office actually delivering your payment. The other idea is that the company can change their billing address without reprinting a whole bunch of envelopes with the old billing address printed on them. This month my phone company joined my TV cable provider and my electric company in changing their company name (Fairpoint Communications got bought up) in changing their company name as billing address. Lotta churn for just one year.
The new idea in begging this year is the survey. Big fat envelope with a survey form inviting you to express your opinions and enclose a check. I don't bother with them.
And the bill people are trying to get everyone to pay by web. They no longer print "Make checks payable to" on the bill stubs. I don't trust the web enough to want to put my money on it, or over it. I like checks that I hand sign.
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