Scary moments: Ripping up the wrong bill

Every now and then I rip up the wrong bill and this often happens whenever I have a lapse in my organizing or housekeeping functions.

If I place my bills in an ordered manner, so that I know which is which, then the chance of ripping up the wrong one is minimized. But if I forget where I have placed them or how or in what order I have placed them, then look out!

Grocery bills are usually ripped up as soon as I return home from the supermarket and after I have checked my list to make sure that I have bought what I wanted to buy.

All credit card bills that I wish to keep are kept separately and then there are those less important bills for me to either rip up or put in a place for disposal at a later date.

Of course, I could always scan my bills to double check but I have to admit that I am often a bit too tired or lazy to do this.

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Techniques of banking

I can only speak for myself when it comes to how I do my banking and I encourage you to talk to other blind persons to see how they do it. The first thing for me as a blind person is to ensure that at all times, my confidentiality and privacy are protected.

So, I pay my bills using the phone system of my banking institution. I also check my account balances and transfer funds if I need to. It is a great phone system and affords me total privacy. If I run into any difficulty then I can get immediate help from a customer service rep on the phone and I have never had any difficulty with this service.

If I need to have any banking forms completed, then I go to my bank branch and they are always ready and willing to help me. For everything else, I go to them as well. The trick of the trade for me is to retain and maintain my confidentiality and privacy. I do not engage in any sort of online banking because I am not comfortable. Nor do I do any online purchasing because of not being comfortable entering my credit card information.

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Paying My Bills

While many of us pay bills online, I choose to do it mainly through telephone banking.  I absolutely love this way of doing my banking.  I can pay bills, transfer funds, check on my account balances, plus much more.  It is private, confidential, and I have access to a customer service rep on a 7/24 hour basis.

 

I am not that comfortable with online banking because I am not too willing to enter my details online and I do not think that it has anything to do with being blind.  Many sighted folks feel the same way.  Telephone banking is a God Send to me and if I am unable to carry out a transaction using this method, then I make a trip to my nearest bank branch and there I interact with a live teller.  I do not use a banking machine.  If you would like to know more about how blind persons do their banking then you can visit www.nfb.org. 

 

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