I think credit unions are more customer friendly that the big guys:) I "may" have the automatic thing worked out w/ the bank, but geeze what a project:) While waiting for them to call back, I also checked into my AMEX (they advertise of course you can pay bills using the card, but that's just it....more electric companies, other utilities, different credit cards....you can't set up your own payee.) OTOH, just like the bank, you can set up an automatic withdrawal, but that involves the party on the other side receiving your account info and actually doing the billing once a month. For instance, my EZ Pass, Stamps.com, the pest control company, Yahoo etc. all tap my AMEX monthly. I wanted easy, lol.... Sooooooo....I "think" I have it all worked out w/ Citizens bank. Time will tell. I really, really like the automatic idea. I've been going to paypal when Dawn posts something about a specific case or when I need to buy a sympathy card for a friend's dog who has passed, but it's hit-or- miss. From the business side of things it would be so much better if enough folks did something, however small, automatically so that there was a base of donations they could count on each month. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds In a message dated 11/8/2008 12:19:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, tiggrjw@xxxxxxxxx writes: My credit union will send a check, unless they get a response from the payee saying that there is an electronic account they can transfer the money to. For example, when I set up my insurance bill originally, they sent a check, but it became electronic after they contacted the insurance company and got the info. They (the Credit Union) use a service for bill payment that a LOT of other institutions use (same behind the scenes company as CheckFREE)… so, they work to do it all electronically to save the money. jw From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx [mailto:Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:10 AM To: tiggrjw@xxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: paypal update for LHSH since Nov. 1 That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about...so did your bank allow you to set it up directly w/ PayPal to the LHSH account or does the bank send a check directly to LHSH? I do all of my banking on line, but the stuff you can select for automatic payment seems to be on a list of credit cards, utilities etc. For instance, I can pay my landscapers on line, but I can't set up a monthly reoccurring payment to them.... Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds In a message dated 11/6/2008 10:00:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tiggrjw@xxxxxxxxx writes: FYI, I set up automatic payments from my credit union's home banking system... $25/month so I don't have to think about it, and so I don't miss it so much :) Dawn, I love the Thank You cards, but would be good with you saving the money - I feel good every time I see you helping another GSD get out of a kill shelter. john **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================