Finding the Best Way to Pay

The companies you owe money to are very helpful when it's time to pay them; most provide a number of ways to give them money, whether by mail, phone, their Web site, your bank's Web site, or in person, and most will take various forms of money as well: paper check, one-time or recurring automatic transfer from checking, credit card, money order, cash, chickens. (Chickens are the least common.)

With such a dazzling array of fabulous ways to separate yourself from your funds, how can you choose which is best? Consider these questions:

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