As for cheques for school stuff - tell them to move to a software called Permission Click. Sign permission form and pay the fee online.
Sears Canada closed their last door after Christmas and I miss them already. There is nothing left in Canada for department store chains except WalMart (fine, but not always quite the quality I'm looking for) and The Bay (practically always more expensive than I want to pay). Some cities (like the one I live in) have higher-end places like Holt Renfrew, Nordstrom and I notice a Saks Fifth Avenue about to open. Great - another expensive store for me to not shop at.Sears and K-Mart. I am shocked they are still in business.
Sears and K-Mart. I am shocked they are still in business.
Sears Canada closed their last door after Christmas and I miss them already. There is nothing left in Canada for department store chains except WalMart (fine, but not always quite the quality I'm looking for) and The Bay (practically always more expensive than I want to pay). Some cities (like the one I live in) have higher-end places like Holt Renfrew, Nordstrom and I notice a Saks Fifth Avenue about to open. Great - another expensive store for me to not shop at.
As for cheques for school stuff - tell them to move to a software called Permission Click. Sign permission form and pay the fee online.
Sears and K-Mart. I am shocked they are still in business.
Our school has that but we have to pay a fee everytime we pay on line. No thanks, I'll send a check
Sears and K-Mart. I am shocked they are still in business.
CDs
The Postal System
DVD/Movie theatre red boxes. I think everything will go to streaming
I remember when I was younger, my mother and her sister used to talk about how the post office used to deliver twice a day, a morning and afternoon run. Was that something that was common everywhere, or maybe just in higher population areas? Not sure when it ended. As a kid I didn’t really pay attention to mail deliveries so it may have been happening in my lifetime and I just never knew it.
All the people I send cards to every month. I still send letters and cards. I will say, it’s mostly to elderly people we know and as they pass on...... eventually I’ll just be sending birthday cards to Family.Who gets mail anymore?
That's interesting. I wonder if what carrier they use is regional because I have never had anything come Fed Ex from Amazon. Mine all come USPS or UPS.
We still get a phone book dropped on our porch, they go straight to the recycle bin. Selling ad space in the Yellow Pages used to be a huge cash cow, I wonder if they had any idea of the sea change that was coming to their industry until it was too late.
Yes, our local paper had a morning and after noon, and it went to once a day. They also eliminated Saturday's.I was born in 1961 and lived in a fairly small (then) part of northern California- I remember the mail man coming in the morning and the afternoon until I was in maybe 3rd or 4th grade, I also remember morning and afternoon editions of the newspaper (and when the local paper upped the cost my dad opting for just the evening edition b/c he didn't have time to read the morning before he left for work anyway). when I was REALY young I remember the 'milk man' (but not in glass bottles).
anyone remember those big mobile photo trucks that would come once or twice a year to neighborhoods and parents could have photos taken (kind of like jc penny or olan mills on wheels)?
I used to have a paper route when I was in middle school...didn't mind it except on holidays (when you wanted to sleep in and couldn't) and wet weather. That was my first "job" making money. I also remember the insulated metal milk box and the order form my mother filled out each week. I wonder what ever happened to that box...would be a nice addition around the house.Yes, our local paper had a morning and after noon, and it went to once a day. They also eliminated Saturday's. We always had a milk man, and I think my parents still have their steal box the milk man pit the milk in.
Saw some people said checks... funny... I just re-ordered checks this morning, because my daughter's school still collects field trip funds this way, and there is the occasional donation that we still make by check. Last time I ordered checks?? 2010!!
....I mail my Disney checks everywhere....I'm 'old school'.....No thanks, I'll send a check