Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
Being partially self employed, I've noticed quite a drop in the number of people who use cheques nowadays. 5 years ago I reckon half of my work was paid by cheque. Everyone pays by bank transfer or by cash now. Banks don't routinely send out cheque books any more, either.
When I opened a joint account about 7 years ago I had to ask for a cheque book as thought it would have its uses. We have never used it though.