# Surcharges for Online Payments **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 30, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surcharges-for-online-payments/607831 "2011-12-30T14:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surcharges-for-online-payments/607831/41 "2012-01-05T02:18:59Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Not-so-coincidentally, I just ordered my first box of checks in 7 years. > > Wouldn’t it be kind of funny if these surcharges inadvertently end up saving the Post Office? The boss of the USPS told “them” how to save the post office. I’ll try to find a link later, after supper. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surcharges-for-online-payments/607831/42 "2012-01-06T01:26:07Z")
I only have one bill automatically debited, and thanks to the biweekly pay schedule and the fact that I pretty much live check to check (thanks to the CCs that led to said debited bill), it can be a bitch to make sure I have the money in there on that day. There’s no way I’m going through that hassle for all my other bills. I also don’t want the bank to be a third party involved in payments, I trust me way more than I do them. And here I thought the $2.50 my power company charges was kind of high. It does go through a third party, so I understand having to pay _them_ something, but why they don’t just include that in the bill is beyond me, it seems so petty! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surcharges-for-online-payments/607831.md?page=2)