So the company's PR department gave everyone with DD an option to retrieve their paystubs online. I've opted not to take advantage of this, because I would still print it out and save a hard copy of it. I am so old-school.
The idea of moving more of my documentation towards a paperless system has been on my mind for years with me constantly debating it. Most of the debate is because I keep all records and bills for at least 7 years and sometimes longer. I've sued collection agents over false claims before, and it was more convenient to have documents readily at hand rather to have to order them from financial institutions. Last year, when the IRS decided to return some medieval phone tax, I received 3 folds of what the average taxpayer received because I had my past phone bills and was able to itemized the overpayment and receive more than the standard rebate.
So many financial services are migrating towards a paperless system, but I still prefer to receive my cancelled checks back. To take advantage of a better WAMU rate, I signed up for a online savings account and closed my old savings account, so now instead of getting combined statements, I receive one for my checking account and have to retrieve my savings account online. Today I moved some funds from my ING account (I thought I would always be transferring funds to ING for better rates), but as I always do, I make a pdf file of the transfer request.
To move to a paperless system would mean I would have to find a backup harddrive and find an effecient way to scan hard paper documents I still receive. I still give this system some thought, but until I can make it more convenient, it is just a thought. A tree killer I will continue to be.
Anyone have any recommendations on going paperless?
On a side note, maybe the penthouse is not always the best because from looking at streaming video of the Monte Carlo Casino fire, it looks like the blaze started at the top.
Not going paperless!!!
January 25th, 2008 at 08:03 pm
January 25th, 2008 at 08:28 pm 1201292905
The back up harddrive for easy access and the burned CD in case of fire. Any printer nowadays has a scanner attached, even the really cheap ones, so scanning is a breeze and downloading even easier. Your current system is vulnerable to fire which this would eliminate.
I haven't kept paper files in awhile since they can get lost or damaged very easily but my harddrives tend to be where I left them last.
January 25th, 2008 at 08:37 pm 1201293424
January 25th, 2008 at 09:45 pm 1201297552
have you tested the CD's after they were in the freezer for a long period?
clubneary:
yeah, I noticed that saw my doctor carrying a laptop and accessing my files over a wireless network.
January 26th, 2008 at 02:25 am 1201314356
January 26th, 2008 at 05:13 am 1201324393
Having a pay stub and W2s online is nice for "just in case". Lose the paper ones and you have backups.
January 26th, 2008 at 02:35 pm 1201358129
I am not quite so concerned about keeping copies because everything that I have is available online in an instant anyways.