Lay-Buy here has never really gone away, Target, Kmart, Big W etc all still have it and always have, most people I know use it for Birthdays and Christmas, they do all their shopping early and then have a few months to pay for it.
Whirlcool, what your Mastercard company is doing is the exact opposite in Australia. Over here, unless you're over 50, the Cheque is basically dead. We have a service called Bpay (Bill Pay) that lets you pay almost any bill electronically, via the phone or internet and if it's a plumber or the such, they provide their BSB and Account number and you electronically transfer the money straight into their bank account.
One would think that it's more expensive to process a cheque than to process an electronic transaction.
I guess thats the joy of being a small country, it's easier to get things standardised and streamlined.
Whirlcool, what your Mastercard company is doing is the exact opposite in Australia. Over here, unless you're over 50, the Cheque is basically dead. We have a service called Bpay (Bill Pay) that lets you pay almost any bill electronically, via the phone or internet and if it's a plumber or the such, they provide their BSB and Account number and you electronically transfer the money straight into their bank account.
One would think that it's more expensive to process a cheque than to process an electronic transaction.
I guess thats the joy of being a small country, it's easier to get things standardised and streamlined.