Yeah, different countries have drastically different practices for paying bills. In Brazil, for example, you don't post them by mail or at convenience stores -- you pay them at the bank!
But in the US, the normal way was always by check in the mail, until online bill pay took over.
Checks... how quaint. It's utterly amazing that a "first world" country still uses slips of paper with a signature as a way of transferring funds, as if it's still 1700 or something.
But in the US, the normal way was always by check in the mail, until online bill pay took over.