Finally decided that after yet another utility bill came almost too late to pay it that it was one too many with the U.S. Post Office slowdowns caused by none other than the Postmaster General (thank you Louis Dejoy, not). Not sure why that guy seems to want to keep the job to be honest, since he certainly does not seem happy to be there.
So I finally broke down and went and made 8 of my monthly/quarterly bills auto pay (Gas, Sewer, Water, Electric, Internet, Phone, Mortgage, and Garbage). I tried to make one other auto pay (my Storm Water, which is separate from Water/Sewer), however, they do not offer an auto pay option.
I had always held off doing all this as I'm the type whom does not particularly want 3rd parties having access to my accounts, but this thing with the mail the last few months was getting ridiculous.
I may go back and also make them all paperless, which except for my Electric on most of my billing sites was an entirely separate option.
I also started looking into switching my gas and electric account managers to get lower rates... Ohio allows for switching account managers but not suppliers (for me that is Dominion Energy and Ohio Electric), as it lets consumers find more competitive rates... not something I bother with most of the time, but since doing all this other switching might as well do that too.
Also may go into the payroll system for my company and request my pay be deposited a bit differently to cover the changes better...
EDIT:
That leaves a few left unchanged... but those are all the annual and semi-annual bills, most of those I know are not offered an auto pay option. Of them...
- Auto Insurance (Semi-Annual), not sure if they have an auto pay option, can either pay online manually, or by mail.
- Home Insurance (Annual), not sure if they have an auto pay option, can either pay online manually, or by mail.
- Property Taxes (Semi-Annual), no auto pay option, can either mail, or go one of a few approved banks to pay
- DMV Registration Fee* (Annual), no auto pay option, can either mail, or go in person.
- Club Card membership (Annual), no auto pay option, can either pay on line manually, mail, or go in person,
Note I discovered looking into it that the DMV Registration Fee can in theory be paid on-line in OH, but it is run by a 3rd party for profit administration. That sounds all sorts of not good.