Weird But True: Paying Bills Online Can Make A Lot Of Sense.

You could take the time to mail your payments and hope the payments make it there on time.

Or you can pay them online and know they are credited quickly.

• If you're careful, paying online makes sense, as we said in the main module.
• But here's tip number one: Don't set up "automatic payments" for payments that can vary—like your phone bill, or a credit card bill!

Why not?