We dont even use cheques anymore in Belgium. Not for ordinary peoples use anyway. If you bring a cheque to your bank they look at it as if it is a particularly disgusting fossil (coprolite anyone ?) and it takes at least a week to have them cashed. Companies however can still use them freely and some still do.
I had to go and collect a bank-cheque yesterday to pay the delivery of our new kitchen with, the company wont have it any other way. Stupid really, in this era of credit cards and internetbanking...

(Message edited by Babeth on January 26, 2007)