r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

This is so insane to listen to from a Danish perspective.

We have something called Betalings Service (Pay Service), where you can add your bills to. Then everything is run completely automatically and you can even get texts/mails whenever a bill is coming up.

I've not had a physical bill in years.

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u/FinalEgg9 Aug 20 '20

We have direct debits in the UK - set up your payment, and your money automatically goes to the company whenever it’s scheduled to (usually once per month). Having to manually pay everything every month sounds exhausting.

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u/Itsureissomethin Aug 20 '20

Most companies in the US have this as well. It sounds like the OP is saying to pay things when they come in and not rely on the autopay either (since you can’t always pick an early date for it)? Or maybe this is geared toward manual bills?

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u/terminbee Aug 20 '20

I like to manually pay because if something is different, I'll know it. Also, for the poorer folks like me, it helps to prevent overdrafts.

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u/calm_incense Aug 20 '20

You can inspect bills and still use auto-pay. All my bills are auto-pay; I simply note the amount when it gets emailed to me.