@Latito: most of my bills I get am email (except the cc's, normally pay it off weekly) and I move it out of the inbox when I pay it. only thing on auto is the mortgage as I forgot it once and dont want that to happen again. a google sheet might be a good idea for other bills, might be better than Mint for me too. Mint takes to much work with the travel I do, "yes I spent 2k on hotels last month, and 0k this month. No that is not savings... " just f's up the trend charts. Mint just does not quite work for the active work traveler - edit: rather it takes to much work.
@daverobev: yes have learned that there are lots of stupid people out there and I am not the first to do something dumb. Just need to make the call.
@Cheddar Stacker: I normally over pay my home gas bill by 100$ in the summer so I dont have to deal with it till fall, works well having a credit :-)
I remember back in the day a credit card company asking for my home phone when I was cell only. That happened only once; when there is a profit motive large companies can learn very quickly.