Comments on: How to steal a checkbook

By: IraqVet1999

IraqVet1999 — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:06:53 +0000

Not only do I not bother locking my doors when I go in the da are I leave my trick run and my wallet on the dash. You know its just terrible to live on small town Minnesota, us backwater folk don’t have to worry about crime much.

By: gwen

gwen — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:40:19 +0000

Although it has been about 30 years, I was too paranoid to leave my purse in the car when taking my children in to childcare or school…and I locked the (manual) doors.

By: Glenn Davey

Glenn Davey — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:26:28 +0000

Cheque books?? WTF is that?? Is it the bronze age in the mid-west, where people still use slips of paper with little IOU’s from their bank on them? That is so backwards!!

Here in Melbourne, Australian, we have chips in our brains, all the shops are fitted with scanners, it automatically deducts the transaction from your account.

Life couldn’t be worse. I want to die…

By: grumpyoldfart

grumpyoldfart — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:54:56 +0000

Put on a white lab coat (it looks official) and stand at the entrance of the lot, selling parking tickets.

By: Drivebyposter

Drivebyposter — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:47:00 +0000

and lack proper human deceny*

By: Drivebyposter

Drivebyposter — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:41:16 +0000

Also, now that technology is becoming more and more prevalent, you’ll likely be able to score some decent stuff from time to time. Ipod, maybe an Ipad/tablet, a laptop, a puppy, an e-reader It’s all out there for the taking if you’re bold enough.

By: RW Ahrens

RW Ahrens — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:47:44 +0000

Yep. I live in MD. Haven’t used a check in over two years. I think the last checks I have are from my previous address, I never bothered to replace them, and couldn’t put my hands on that checkbook now if you held a gun to my head!

Debit card for everything. Stays in my pocket, on my person, always.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:19:38 +0000

Even better: take only one or two checks from the back of the checkbook. The theft likely won’t be detected for weeks!

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:05:33 +0000

Yeah. I can see how this would be effective. I remember when I would pick my daughter up from daycare and I don’t think I took my purse in with me and probably didn’t lock the car, either. I would have made it entirely too easy for thieves.

Just a note: I live in the northeast and we don’t really use checks much anymore. I use my debit card for practically everything now.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:23:19 +0000

Dunc: Actually, it may be an upper midwest thing; People here still use checks a lot (though it is decreasing) and generally, a check will be trusted (though that is decreasing too). Anyway, the above method will work for credit cards and small amounts of pharmaceuticals as well.

WilloNyx: that’s what I do, too.