| There are many ways to order bank checks - you | | | | bank to order your checks, but it has a downside: it |
| can go personally to a bank, call a vendor's toll-free | | | | is prone to human error. The customer service |
| number to place your order, or log on to websites | | | | representative on the other line may mishear your |
| and request your checks via a secure connection. | | | | name, address, or account number, for example, so |
| Each of these methods has pros and cons. Read on | | | | you may end up with misspelled or inaccurate checks |
| to find out which one works best for you. | | | | (that are virtually useless). Most check vendors offer |
| Ordering bank checks in the bank is rather | | | | a refund or replacement when this happens, but this |
| troublesome method of ordering checks that is still | | | | can be catastrophic if you need new checks |
| used by many people, especially those whose banks | | | | immediately. |
| are near their places of work or residence. To order | | | | Ordering bank checks over the Internet is by far the |
| checks from a bank, you typically need to visit | | | | most convenient way of ordering checks, especially |
| personally, fill out a form, pay the processing and | | | | now that a lot of check printers have transactional |
| printing costs, and then wait for a week or two so | | | | websites that let you point, click, check out, and buy. |
| you can come back and pick up the checks. This is a | | | | Simply choose from among the hundreds of designs |
| sensible option if you regularly go to the bank to | | | | and price ranges available to you (or have special |
| take care of deposits and transactions. But it is not | | | | checks printed with your photo on them), indicate |
| advisable to go to the bank only to order checks - | | | | the quantity you need, type in your information, pay |
| with the cost of gas and of your lost time, you | | | | using your credit card, and wait for one to two |
| would have already spent double what you would if | | | | weeks for your checks to be delivered right to your |
| you had used another check ordering method. | | | | doorstep This option is perfect for people who are |
| You can order bank checks via the telephone. This is | | | | always on the go. |
| definitely more convenient than having to drive to a | | | | |