http://www.stopbuyingcrap.com/how-to/pay-bills-last-minute-grace-periods-float/ Over Five Years of Personal Finance, Consumer Spending, Crazy Products and Boring Blog Posts. Good grief. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.stopbuyingcrap.com/how-to/pay-bills-last-minute-grace-periods-float/comment-page-1/#comment-89 diane from PA Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:19:29 +0000 http://www.stopbuyingcrap.com/?p=24#comment-89 I started doing this in the good old days(?) when interest rates were at 10% or more in money market accounts. If you have the money deducted automatically from your checking account as opposed to paying it yourself online they usually take it out on the last day. You get two more days of interest in there. And you don't need to be near a computer (while on vacation, etc.) when the bills come due. I started doing this in the good old days(?) when interest rates were at 10% or more in money market accounts. If you have the money deducted automatically from your checking account as opposed to paying it yourself online they usually take it out on the last day. You get two more days of interest in there. And you don’t need to be near a computer (while on vacation, etc.) when the bills come due.

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