July 25th, 2007 - Sometimes it costs less to pay the fee
Last week, I paid our annual car registration. I started writing the check as usual, when I noticed on the form that I could pay online for a $1 service fee. Usually, I scoff at these fees. Until I realized that I would actually save money by paying the $1! Our registration fee is $70. By paying online, I could use a credit card that gives us 1% back, 70 cents. Stamps are now 41 cents. So paying online saved me 11 cents.
And it was faster than writing a check, finding an envelope and stamps, and addressing it.