In many regards financial reform seems to mean nickel and diming the customer at every possible opportunity. To big banks it must have not been enough to receive billions in government bailouts; they now want to reach their perfectly manicured hands into the pockets of hard working Americans everywhere. One of the banks have devised to shake customers down for few more bucks overall is on designer checks.

When you open a checking account at any major bank you usually get a “free” or “complimentary” book of checks to start off your new responsible banking life. The checks banks issue are for lack of a better word boring. They’re usually a solid, mundane shade of blue or brown and have the banks monogram or logo emblazoned all across the checks themselves. It must not be enough for people to know the name of the bank issuing the funds; apparently it has to be a major marketing opportunity as well. Of course you can opt out of the boring or advertising driven checks if you desire, but if you want buy checks from the bank it’s going to cost you.

The price discrepancy when it comes to bank issued checks is mind boggling to say the least. Thanks to the latest advances in printer technology it doesn’t really cost anything more to print full color images of beautiful landscapes than it does to print a solid page of blue ink. In fact, it probably saves money and ink going to the landscape route. Even personalized checks are easy to create nowadays. There are no set up fees or large run requirements to print on new digital printers and presses. But that’s neither here nor there. The bottom line is big banks see checking as another avenue to take money out of the pockets of the very people they’re supposed to be financially securing.

But there is another way, a way to get designer checks, beat the banker, and avoid hefty check buying price tags. The answer is simple, order checks online. Buying cheap personal checks online is simple, easy, and hassle free. The costs for designer checks online are low, and the options are plentiful. In fact, there are so many choices that if you’re one of those people that spends hours at the grocery store deciding on which box of cereal to buy, you’re likely to be parked in your office chair sifting through images half the night. That is to say, the choices are practical endless.

The process for ordering replacement checks is anything but. Simply enter the information you’ll find on one of your current checks, select a design – or if you don’t find one you like upload one of your own, and checkout. You’re checks are conveniently mailed to your doorstep in a matter of days and work exactly the same as the checks you buy at the bank. The only difference is you get to keep the difference in you’re bank account, not the bankers.

The next time you need to order checks, say no to bland bank provided versions, and say no to expensive bank issued alternatives too. Instead order your personal checks online and save yourself some time and money by purchasing your personalized designer checks online and let the banks find another sucker to feed their overstuffed pockets. Who knows, with the money you save you might even be able to open a new checking account.

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This article is written by Jayson Bailey.