Choices When You Order Personal Checks
When it comes time to reorder personal checks, you generally have the following choices:
- Call your bank and order personal check refills from them
- Order a new set of checks online or from a catalog
- Print your own checks without another party’s involvement
Let’s look at each of these options and evaluate.
Order Personal Checks From Your Bank
This is probably the easiest and safest option. It doesn’t involve any research on your part. All you have to do is call the bank and let them know you need more checks. They may have a few options for you, and you’re done.
If you don’t want to spend more than 5 minutes thinking about this, then you should simply order personal checks through your financial institution.
Order Personal Checks From A Printer
If you’d like more design choices, you may want to use a printer such as Checks Unlimited. You can find a wealth of them online, or you may receive solicitations in the mail. Private printers will let you use fancy graphics on your checks, or you can personalize your checks with a favorite sports team or other theme.
If you’re finicky about how your checks look, you may want to use a private printer next time you need to order personal checks. All you really need is a piece of paper with your checking information on it, so you can pick and choose who does it for you.
A risk of private printers is that you’ll give your checking account information to yet another party. Most printers are trustworthy and cautious, but you may not want to take the risk.
Print Your Own Checks
You don’t have to order personal checks if you don’t feel like it; you can print your own. This is the best option for control and speed – you can have your checks done today if you want – but you have to be careful.
Our page on how to print your own checks covers the details. You’ll need to invest a little bit of time and money, but you should reap returns over the long run. Plus, you can get really creative with your check designs.
Never Order Personal Checks Again
Imagine if you never had to order personal checks again. You don’t enjoy this do you?
If you set up electronic payments with your creditors and service providers, you probably won’t run out of checks for a very long time. See if you can establish online bill pay to make your life easier.
