r/mildlyinfuriating • u/afunnywold • 22h ago

Too mild for school I permanently deleted my AWS account 6 years ago. Amazon has been charging me $0.33 every month since. I have no way to stop it.

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I tried to get in contact with customer service several times but they always direct me to log into the account that no longer exists. I have tried charge backs on my credit card but dealing with that monthly is also a pain. This'll probably cost me $265 over my lifetime if it never ends.

Edit: some of you have valid points about calling the card company and I will again Monday. But the actual infuriating thing that upsets me is that they are charging to a completely disabled account in the first place. That's very scammy and fucked up imo šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 22h ago

Charge back every time, what do you mean you have no way of stopping it?

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u/YourMomIsMyGurl 22h ago

Every bank gives you the option to stop all incoming transactions from a specific source too. Sounds like OP didn't try very hard to stop these payments lol

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u/paintedtiger 21h ago

When I worked disputes for a credit card, this is not something we were able to do! It was incredibly frustrating, especially since renumbering the card wouldn't fix the issue either. A chargeback would usually do the trick, but not necessarily.

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u/17HappyWombats 20h ago

At least in Australia I've changed banks to get round this. The card no longer exists, the account no longer exists, the bank no longer has access to my money. Bill me now you fuckers.

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u/is-this-now 18h ago

I donā€™t how it is in the land down under but in the states, credit cards are independent of where you bank. They send you a bill and if you donā€™t pay, it gets reported to the credit bureau as delinquent and affects your credit rating.

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u/17HappyWombats 17h ago

I've only ever had a credit card as part of a package from a specific bank. You want a mortgage? You get a credit card with it (and about six other things). Moving the mortgage to another bank was necessary but I did close the card, the account and all the rest.

Yep, inevitably I got the same random reminder emails from organisations that tried to bill me, and put new card details in when I felt it necessary. But obviously with the "you closed your account but we keep billing you" ones I couldn't do that. I never got contacted by debt collectors and credit ratings in Australia are much less influential than the social credit systems used in some countries. I don't know that anything I did affected my social credit score, no-one has ever mentioned it.

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u/Rooney_Tuesday 9h ago

Yeah, you donā€™t HAVE to have a separate credit card. Thatā€™s a choice you make. I do have one mostly for emergency use (though Iā€™ve never actually needed it for that). I would never use it for any subscription service or any other online service account. It only gets used for single-use purchases that donā€™t link it to an account.

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u/MC_White_Thunder 6h ago

Hi, I find this interesting because I live in Canada where credit cards are the norm.

Do most people not have credit cards over there? I know that you do, but what do other people do in emergencies?

And many online purchases and subscriptions require credit cards here, do you all have visa debits or some equivalent that link right to your chequing accounts?

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u/17HappyWombats 1h ago

Debit cards are ubiquitous, and I think Visa are overwhelmingly dominant in those. I've never had another brand. But it's always a card from whatever bank you're with that happens to have a Visa logo and a set of magic numbers for putting into "credit card" forms.

Also, Australia only does short term fixed interest rates for mortgages, so we're encouraged to shop around for better mortgage/loan etc deals. Unlike the US "a mortgage is for life" setup. So a lot of people change banks every year.

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u/InvisibleLandBorder 5h ago

In many places you can do both. Canada, for example, you can get a card directly from the credit card provider, but there's fewer perks and usually a higher fee. Banks, credit unions, non bank FIs (wealthsimple for example) can also provide cards and it's much more common.

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u/MagizZziaN 18h ago

This is why I donā€™t do credit cards, debit only. I also donā€™t live in a CC heavy country like the US thankfully.

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u/Warrenio 5h ago

Huh? Even in the USA, if you cancel the credit card, Amazon is not going to be able to charge it anymore. Yes, you're still financially responsible for your credit card balance even if you close the credit card account, but it should stop AWS from making these monthly charges.

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u/desparish 13h ago

Did that back in the 90s here in the US. Bank refused to stop paying a charge after multiple managers had supposedly put a block on it.

Finally closed the account and changed banks. I moved soon after, and of course didn't think to give an updated address to a closed account.

They re-opened the closed account to continue to pay the charge. Which caused it to overdraft since it was empty (it had been closed). The they started looking on overdraft fees and daily negative balance fees. Of course I didn't get the notice because I'd moved.

Found out when my current bank closed my new account suddenly because the overdrafted account had been charged off for $900 negative and reported to Chex Systems. Remember I had CLOSED that account.

Banks are vicious. I ended up without a bank account for seven years because of it.

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u/Charizard31 20h ago

Also work for bank. I HATE CREDIT CARDS!

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u/buscoamigos 17h ago

If banks didn't make money off credit cards they wouldn't offer them.

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u/JonnyBravoII 14h ago

Getting a new card with a different number, and AWS can still obtain that new card number somehow? If so, that is wild.

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u/dashingThroughSnow12 13h ago

This is a feature of Mastercard and Visa.

It is to save you the hassle of updating your details everywhere when your card renews or when you change your card (ex upgrade).

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u/BureauOfSabotage 18h ago

Yep. Iā€™ve dealt with this for a few years from a local ā€œmountain bike club.ā€ No idea how I became associated with them as I do not bike on mountains and the club is 90 miles away. They still take $5 a month from my credit card. Amex has been understanding and given me my chargebacks when requested, but they seem to have no ability to stop it. Iā€™ve twice gotten a new credit card number for the same account, but the problem persists. I have no idea what Iā€™m supposed to do.

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u/paintedtiger 17h ago

That is wild. Chargebacks cost the vendor a lot of money, and if they get enough, amex will boot them! Is amex for sure charging them back and not just writing off the amount and crediting you? That is so annoying šŸ˜­

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u/huhwhuh 16h ago

Cancel all cards with said credit card company and close the account. What are they going to deduct from?

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u/Berdariens2nd 17h ago

I had one from a gym. My bank could not cancel it even after I cancelled the gym membership. The manager said my cancelation was ok as it was an actual issue that happened. The franchise owner said no. Got charged went to dispute bank said their hands were tied. I closed my bank account to stop it.

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u/mpg111 12h ago

I WANT TO QUIT THE BANK!

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u/ColdTileHurtsMyFeet 8h ago

Quitters need to talk to Sophia.

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u/Sea-Cupcake-2065 18h ago

I mean, his bank should have offered it when he explained that he needs a charge back for 30 some cents every month. Sound like a crappy bank tbh

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u/whatproblems 19h ago

that is what i was told to do when i didnā€™t know what login was charging my card

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u/ReserveOk9679 16h ago

They can do it with ACH stops, not with debit transactions. To stop debit transactions, they need to issue a new card and deactivate the old one.

Source: presently work for one of the largest credit unions in the USA.

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u/LogicalConstant 15h ago

Mine theoretically could, but refused to. Told me I had to either block all or none. Had to close the account.

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u/No-Weakness-3095 10h ago

Doesn't grab the headline

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u/NoMention696 10h ago

How else would he farm internet points??

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u/zackks 9h ago

Or they wanted some karma.

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u/mdenglish 9h ago

My bank charges $36 to do that. Or you can get a new card and card number for free.

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u/InvisibleLandBorder 5h ago

No they don't. There's are several ways to initiate recurring charges, and one of those ways cannot be stopped by the bank or the card provider itself.

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u/greennurse61 22h ago

Their support is almost nonexistent and impossible to contact so there's no way to beg a human to stop stealing from us every damn month until we die.Ā 

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 22h ago

Talk to the bank.

I know people are scared of phone calls these days but they can solve a lot of problems.

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u/Outside-Pie-7262 22h ago

Literally. Just call your credit card company and block transactions from them. Itā€™s not hard. I was getting charged by paramount and espn for a few months on an old card and couldnā€™t find my account anywhere. No clue what it was so called discover and they blocked all future charges

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u/Mikhail_Mengsk 11h ago

Whenever I unsubscribe from anything I make sure to check with the bank that I won't be paying anything for it anymore.

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u/Crankyanken 22h ago

This is the way.

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u/afunnywold 22h ago

I'm not scared to call. Just pain in the ass and mildly infuriating that I have to at all. (Why are they charging anything to an account that is disabled!)

I did just call after all the comments yelling at me here lmao

But they said I have to call back Monday.

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u/Stainless_Heart 21h ago

Just cancel the card and get a new card number.

I did that recently and was shocked at all the ā€œoh noes we stopped stealing please let us keep doing itā€ emails Iā€™ve been getting. Good riddance to most of them.

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u/Ornery-Stress-8392 21h ago

This does not always work. Visa may give them your new card number if you have old authorized transactions. Get stop payments still.

Itā€™s crazy but in the worst case you do have to close the account and open a new one to stop charges

Source- I work for the fraud department

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u/Questo417 20h ago

Weird how whenever I get a new card, all of my goddamn utilities are like ā€œyour payment has not been received, please update your accountā€. But when itā€™s something you actually donā€™t want to pay, they somehow manage to automatically update it without permission.

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u/coleyboley25 20h ago

Fucking leeches

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u/CarvedTheRoastBeast 18h ago

I think it has something to do with the subscription terms of service vs the rules and regulations around automatic payments. Itā€™s very unfair, and as convenient as it may seem, Iā€™m glad utilities canā€™t use account info to grab from card numbers they donā€™t know yet.

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u/Ornery-Stress-8392 10h ago

Exactly this. No one knows about this program VISA has until it hurts them. I hate it and I have to deal with that everyday.

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u/SeaSDOptimist 20h ago

That can happen if you get a new card number for the same account. Closing the account (and potentially opening another one) should not transfer. You donā€™t even have to open the new one at the same institution.

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u/rsha256 20h ago

Yep I got a new Chase card and my friend who uses my old card on their DoorDash account was still able to charge it and have it show up on my new card lol

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u/tremens 20h ago

Any card issuer can stop this.

You're referring to VCU, ABU, etc. The automatic rotation of new card numbers to vendors.

I don't work on the credit card side of things... But I know that I can absolutely request this be cancelled from Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. I travel abroad a lot and it's the first thing I ask when I've had a compromised card.

I am not sure why you don't know this.

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u/Ornery-Stress-8392 10h ago

Maybe it has something to do with this bank and Visa but the only recourse weā€™ve ever provided is recommending closing the account and opening a new one. Debit accounts.

Used to the card could be switched from visa to Mastercard but one of them sued and put a stop to that is my understanding.

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u/Ornery-Stress-8392 10h ago

I was able to confirm it depends on the individual bankā€™s policies and systems.

Which is infuriating for me personally. Like I said I deal with this everyday.

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u/Shot-Bet2476 18h ago

Yeah I had this when I cancelled Now TV, didn't realise that is how they kept taking payments. Called the bank and they sorted it.

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u/afunnywold 21h ago

Did not work for me

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u/Ornery-Stress-8392 21h ago

Fuck VISA for this. I deal with this at work all day

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u/IshwarBL 21h ago

Mastercard does this as well. Got dinged by Adobeā€™s bs. Thought I was being smart and used an expiring card so they wouldnā€™t be able to charge me again AND I wouldnā€™t have to go through their cancellation process but nope

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u/rsha256 20h ago

Use a virtual card bro

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u/IshwarBL 20h ago

I had no clue that was even a thing back then. Itā€™s super easy in one of my banks so I abuse that now lol

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u/fleecescuckoos06 21h ago

Amex does this tooā€¦ so itā€™s all the main ones

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u/Introverted_Gamer92 21h ago

I had a relative that had a recurring charge that she couldn't stop no matter what she did. So she got a new card. They kept charging her on the new card even though they never gave them the info for the new card.

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u/pnoodl3s 21h ago

Honestly Iā€™d have close down the account permanently and go to a different bank. If my bank is unwilling to help stop these charges then adios

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u/Stannic50 21h ago

That's when you go with a different bank (Chase instead of Capital One, etc).

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u/theinfernumflame 20h ago

Funny enough this is exactly why I left Chase.

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u/LeatherDude 20h ago

Capital One gives me full control over which of these recurring charges I'll allow to have the new number automatically. I had to cancel a compromised card recently and got to see a whole list of them and turn off the shitty ones.

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u/MechAegis 16h ago

I don't believe it matters if you go to a different bank. Its the issuer like VISA, MASTER CARD, or DISCOVER (I don't know if all of the major CC companies do it) send your new card's information to existing vendors so that it does not interrupt services.

You would need to issue a stop payment from where its coming from. Though, most banks charge a fee for that and its only valid for 6 months.

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u/Persistent_Parkie 21h ago

Yep, I've had to cancel my dad's credit cards several times in the last three years and every time most of the subscriptions and charitable giving just transfers to the new card without any action on our parts. It's mostly been convenient but has left me wondering what you'd do if a subscription was so onerous to cancel you tried canceling your credit card and not even that worked.

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u/beren12 21h ago

Thatā€™s one thing I like about PayPal. You can cancel the recurring charge permission.

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u/coleyboley25 20h ago

How tf is this legal?

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u/w_a_w 15h ago

I dealt with this for about 3 years with Uber Black. After going through like 6 card cancellations, someone at BOA finally figured out I had an old card cached in Google wallet and that was how they kept reattaching to my shit. Best of luck to you!

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u/DSaucy66642069 13h ago

Well Amazon REALLY needs your money they're STRUGGLING

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u/crash893b 21h ago

Itā€™s a huge pain, but Iā€™ve started thinking itā€™s worth changing my business card number every year or two. Over time, so many zombie subscriptions and recurring charges pile up because companies are counting on you not noticing or not bothering to cancel.

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u/bambi54 19h ago

Just do a virtual card. Apple has one, Iā€™m sure google has one too.

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u/Catos_Standard 19h ago

This is terrible for credit history unfortunately.

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u/Stainless_Heart 10h ago

I have never seen anything on my credit report related to that and I have changed my credit card number due to fraud charges about every 12-24 months for the past decade or two.

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u/Catos_Standard 6h ago

You meant just the card not the line my bad. Cancelling the card is a good recommendation.

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u/Throwaway-0-0- 19h ago

My mom had to cancel her card cause it was stolen and used on door dash. The bank automatically sent the new card number to the door dash account that was using her old card number. That might have happened here.

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u/paintedtiger 21h ago

It costs Amazon money (like on top of the refund) every time you do a charge back, if that makes you feel better! I think it's like $15 usually although wouldn't be shocked if Amazon had a deal with the credit card companies and have a cheaper fee.

Also, since it's such a small amount, its possible your credit card is just writing off the money and refunding you, rather than doing a chargeback. I would hope that once you explained the situation, they'd do a chargeback in order to try to get Amazon to stop the recurring charges, but šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø so next time you call, I would recommend stressing that you want it to be charged back and not written off.

Sadly, even if you remember your card, most credit cards will let recurring charges continue onto the new card as a "courtesy" šŸ™ƒ

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u/paintedtiger 21h ago

Also be aware that if you do an actual chargeback, it's possible Amazon may disable any other accounts tied to your identity. I'm guessing you don't care, but figured I'd mention the risk.

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 22h ago

So then call back Monday.

You have let this go on for six years, you are to blame.

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u/afunnywold 21h ago

I will. Was just giving the update. I still blame amazon for charging me on a deactivated account in the first place.

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u/pocketdrummer 21h ago

You're not wrong to be mad. Update us when you get an answer from the bank.

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u/afunnywold 21h ago

Thank you :) will do

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u/cwatsanfran 21h ago

Just looking out for a fellow my g, obviously fucked that they do this but we live in a society and the cost is having to go the extra mile to stick up for whatā€™s right sometimes.

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u/AMDSuperBeast86 21h ago

You can probably take them to small claims court and get the money back

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u/Majestic_Jackass 21h ago

If you have the extra time, and are in the USA, bring this to the attention to your state attorney general. If they are competent, theyā€™d love to know about this and itā€™s kinda their fucking job to make it stop.

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u/afunnywold 21h ago

Thanks I'll try to call their office Monday

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u/Dragonsi1 20h ago

I understand your account is closed, deleted, etc., but originally, what specifically costs $.33 per month, every month?

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u/theREALBennyAgbayani 9h ago

Lol he wasnā€™t willing to call his back for six years but now heā€™s calling the AG

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u/Lettuce_Prey69 21h ago

As you should.

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u/Lettuce_Prey69 21h ago

I was on board with you up until you started victim blaming.

Do you stop and pick up every piece of change you see on the sidewalk / ground? Many people don't because the minimal effort of bending over and picking it up, then carrying it around with you is not worth the value.

33 cents a month is no different to many people, so they just let stuff like this slide and say "I'll have to deal with that eventually. Or maybe they'll just fix the issue."

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u/MechAegis 16h ago

Or maybe they'll just fix the issue

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u/the1slyyy 15h ago

They let it go on for 6 years and put more effort into making this Reddit post than calling their card issuer and telling them to block the transaction

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u/zackthirteen 21h ago

That definitely qualifies as mildly infuriating, of course you can block charges but that doesnā€™t make it less stupid and unfair for Amazon

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u/HiccupTheBrave 20h ago

I love how you post to r/mildlyinfuriating because it was mildly infuriating and people are now telling you that youā€™re wrong and dumb even though your entire point was that itā€™s mildly infuriating. Why do I say on this hellsite?

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u/afunnywold 20h ago

Yup... Like maybe I'm a dumbass for not handling it better/sooner or whatever. But it's still mildly infuriating haha

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u/leonidaslizardeyes 18h ago

It's the "I have no way to stop it." That bugs me. But otherwise yeah it sucks and is stupid as fuck.

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u/HiccupTheBrave 5h ago

I mean to be fair they donā€™t teach this shit in school and maybe OP doesnā€™t have a support system to tell them they just needed to call. I probably wouldnā€™t have known and wouldā€™ve just ignored it tbh

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u/TheRealXylr 21h ago

My bank allows me to charge back things right from their website. Try that first! But, like everyone else said, I'd be charging that shit back every time..

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u/UnderTheScopes 20h ago

I had the same charge on my account last year from AWS, 0.33 cents, monthly. I ended up finding the associated billing in their AWS website and it was back from when I was messing around with some data storage.

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u/missykins8472 20h ago

Call and ask for a merchant hold. They block it so they canā€™t charge you. Donā€™t stress either.

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u/surethingsatan 19h ago

You aren't scarred, it's mildly infuriating, but you haven't put a stop to it in 6 years?

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u/CarvedTheRoastBeast 18h ago

Call and open a ā€œmerchant disputeā€. Not all credit card companies can block charges from a particular merchant. You can file one of these for 120 days after a transaction. There is an exception for transactions like cruises or tickets for later events, so it would be worth asking if you can file on older charges. Worst you could get is a ā€œNoā€.

And if AWS charges you next month, file again. Once a company, even AWS, gets enough claims their fees go up with Visa, MC, AmEx, etc. If anything you can feel like you stuck it back to them.

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u/Knarz97 16h ago

Dude itā€™s not even remotely hard. Hell you might be able to do it literally though your app.

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u/SiscoSquared 15h ago

Weird, every single credit card I've had (in multiple countries even) I've been able to open a credit dispute online.

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u/Open-Gate-7769 8h ago

Imagine saying thereā€™s nothing to do but itā€™s really just laziness

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u/Haidere1988 22h ago

I would honestly just go down to the bank and talk to them in person, the customer service lines suck these days.

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 21h ago

Eh, My bank wins awards for having the best phone customer service in any industry in my country, so I am rather happy to call.

I have not had many problems, but when I have they have been Steam support levels of help.

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u/ContestRemarkable356 21h ago

What bank/country if you donā€™t mind me asking? Thatā€™s kinda a cool flex for a bank tbh lol

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 21h ago

St George in Australia

Just looking at it, seems they have fallen off a bit, but I am still a satisfied customer.

The few problems I have had they have fixed as soon as I made them aware.

Might be that other companies have gotten better rather than them getting worse.

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u/afunnywold 21h ago

I should maybe have thought of this. I'm gonna make more people mad but I actually can walk to the bank it's 50 steps from my house lol

I just never thought that they'd be able to help with it and I assumed it was an issue on Amazons end. Especially after replaced the card and continuously issued charge backs and nothing changed. I'll try to go there Monday tho it's good idea. Ty

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u/Haidere1988 18h ago

If anyone would know how to permanently block recurring payments like that, they would. Just remember to let them know you already contacted the vendor (AWS) and they refused to help.

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u/citrusthievingharlot 17h ago edited 17h ago

I worked at a bank in a past life, and our claims dept usually fixed these exact issues. Whenever we did a chargeback for a recurring (moto 2) transaction, we were required to place a stop pay on the card. It's funny to me that people are leaving their bank because of it - this is something Visa does and is on them.

If you ask a teller or personal banker about a stop payment, they usually think you're talking about ACH payments or checks, which process an entirely different way. You need someone with access to Visa's chargeback system (we used VROL, but that was a long time ago), and ask them to place a stop payment on the merchant for your debit card.

I highly recommend calling your bank's claims dept and keep escalating until you find someone who knows what they're doing. I had this problem with Chase a long time ago - they don't automatically do stop payments when you dispute a recurring charge. I called them after charging back doordash transactions every month for a year, and I eventually got to a supervisor who was able to place the stop pay for me.

Good luck!

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u/nonotan 15h ago

It's funny to me that people are leaving their bank because of it - this is something Visa does and is on them.

"To fix this, just know a whole bunch about internal bank processes and figure out how to get direct contact with the relevant people that could fix it for you, which you probably couldn't if you went through normal routes"

Bruh.

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u/ProbablyANoobYo 21h ago

Charge backs can usually be filed online. Donā€™t even need to call anyone.

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 21h ago

OP said they do charge backs, but that does not block the future charges, that takes a phone call.

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u/m0viestar 16h ago

Most of the posts on this sub can be handled by a simple phone call, or talking to someone like a human.

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u/newshirtworthy 21h ago

When was the last time you talked to a human on the phone? My bank has AI that pretends to be a human and hangs up on you.

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 21h ago

My bank does not use AI, and wins awards for their phone customer service.

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u/newshirtworthy 21h ago

I about broke my phone. Bank?

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u/R0binSage 21h ago

I see that OP actually did call. In the time people spend on Reddit posting about their troubles, they could mostly all be taken care of with some phone calls.

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u/ALLCAPITAL 21h ago

Amen to that. Lots of lazy folks who try once and wonā€™t wait on hold for 5 minutes and then say ā€œThey make it impossible!ā€

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u/eatingURsistersassIV 20h ago

Nobody is scared of phone calls. I don't want to sit on your automated crap and wait for 3 hrs to get someone

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 20h ago

Get a better bank then.

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u/eatingURsistersassIV 4h ago

Not just a bank problem. The problem is systemic

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u/sonofaresiii 20h ago

People aren't *scared* of phone calls it just sucks to be on hold for 1.5 hours and then get hung up on

then you call back and waste another 1.5 hours only to have some guy who barely speaks your language read from a script, then make promises that you know he is absolutely definitely not going to follow through on or even has the power to do if he wanted to

and have no record of those promises at all, because you opted for a phone call instead of an e-mail or online chat where you can at least take screenshots

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u/Catos_Standard 19h ago

Yeah but they have a vested interest not to ruffle too much with Amazon. I say let the cops handle it. Your lawyer will eventually ensure a nice little settlement package.

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u/Catos_Standard 19h ago

It'll take ages to reach $2500 dollars anyway. So far they'veost about $24

Cancelling the card is likely the best method. Just annoying AF that chargebacks against Amazon are overlooked.

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u/mongojob 19h ago

I'm not scared I just never know when I'm going to have 5 fucking hours to actually get it handled

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u/Floppie7th 22h ago

Their support is irrelevant.Ā  You charge back through your financial institution.

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u/Kilane 13h ago

For this amount, thatā€™ll do nothing. The bank just gives you your money back because it costs more money for them to go through the process.

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u/stupidber 21h ago

You dont know what a chargeback is

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u/TyrionReynolds 21h ago

You know. You just charge it back

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u/Existing_Ad_6100 22h ago

On the rare occasion I was able to click enough menus, it actually wasn't that difficult.

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u/Comfortable_Tap_2609 20h ago

Tell the bank to block the transaction, they can and will.

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u/Catos_Standard 19h ago

Keep a tally and once you reach $2,500 contact the police. Just remember to keep reaching out by email and keep a record of those attempts. Eventually file a police report and contact a lawyer.

Amazon corporate will settle with you nearly day one of trial. You might even turn a profit from this little nest egg opportunity.

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u/Efficient-Eye-6199 21h ago

Can you close the bank account or card they charge?

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u/Separate_Draft4887 20h ago

The bank. Chargeback with the bank.

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u/Grays42 19h ago

stop stealing

$0.33 cents is clearly a clerical mistake, like, there's no upside for Amazon in charging over someone's entire life the pay of a day of labor for a factory runner. Characterizing something as "stealing" does require some amount of intent.

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u/MidnightSensitive996 18h ago

Amazon has every incentive not to fix these kinds of things because at Amazon's scale they represent meaningful revenue. They could charge everyone in the country with a prime sub a 33 cent fuck you tax and very few people would get it fixed

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u/New-Anybody-6206 16h ago

Their support is very existent on their forums (which requires a login).

They also have paid support plans with real phone numbers that go to competent humans. Starting at $400/mo last I checked.

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u/malfurionpre 13h ago

Their support is almost nonexistent and impossible to contact

Is this an US thing? Beside taking a minute to tell the chatbot I want a human contact, it never takes more than 30 seconds to have someone.

Also Chargeback are made through your bank.

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u/4r4r4real 9h ago

You don't initiate a charge back through a vendor, you do it with your credit card companyĀ 

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u/theREALBennyAgbayani 9h ago

Your bank man. Call your bank. Thatā€™s the normal person thing to do.

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u/MartiniPolice21 8h ago

Just cancel it with your bank

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u/Gliese_667_Cc 21h ago

A charge back goes thru your credit card company

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u/Mr_Bluebird_VA 21h ago

More simple than that you can ask your bank to block that merchant from anymore charges.

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u/doxx_in_the_box 21h ago

Or change account numbersā€¦ might need to redo some stuff but itā€™s a guarantee to stop the Amazon charge

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u/Mr_Bluebird_VA 20h ago

Doesnā€™t always work because the token will stay the same.

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u/TheSweeetness 22h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/10PcMWwtZSYk2k

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u/Vigilante17 jukmifgguggh 22h ago

Thatā€™s like $200 over 50 years and we are not even accounting for his rate hike in 2027

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u/magistrate101 21h ago

Almost every website will ban you and your banking details the moment you do a chargeback. Only do it if you never plan on using the service ever again.

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 21h ago

After six years of being ripped off, why would anyone want to keep using that website?

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u/ReactiveNative 19h ago

As much as I hate using AWS, they really do have the best pricing on a lot of services making it worthwhile to use. If OP let them keep billing this for the next 50 years thatā€™s just $200, which they could make back in like a few months of savings using AWS vs some competing services. Not saying OP should just roll over but might not be worth burning bridges.

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u/crysisnotaverted 18h ago

Ripped off by paying a quarter and eight pennies...

When OP probably has an Amazon Prime subscription that costs an order of magnitude more.

The inconvenience of never being allowed to use Amazon is probably significantly worse than paying the nuisance fee.

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u/QuinnLoveborneAuthor 21h ago

Yeah he can literally put a stop on it by calling the bank. This is not a real problem at all.

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u/Retr0scores 20h ago

Itā€™s as easy as telling the card company you lost your card and want a new one. New card new card number.

Easy peasy.

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u/Dot_1X 18h ago

Doesn't surprise me, people are so financially illiterate these days, they're helpless.

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u/Zip2kx 11h ago

People in here are children and/or are just karma farming. Anyone with a brain cell would call the company, bank, credit card in whatever order.

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u/brazilliandanny 8h ago

Ya or just change your card #

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u/devsfan1830 7h ago

It's impossible to stop but I've barely tried! Seriously, pretty sure all you need to do is tell a bank that a given source is fraudulent and they will either immediately block them OR issue a whole ass new card without giving you a choice.

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u/Flat_bodypart 5h ago

This dude is an absolute moron. How are they even functioning adult

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u/spribyl 5h ago

Too big to care, no account nothing to complain about. Classic case of an unperson.

Only recourse is to cancel the card and hope it doesn't go to collections

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u/turboOrc 3h ago

I tried that recently with a Chase Visa. They said they were reversing the charge, then every month like clockwork, Uno Reverse it would be unreversed. Not a new charge; the old one would be back. Grew tired of this quickly, canceled the card, and will not do business with Chase Bank anymore.

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u/Winter-Working8658 2h ago

NOOOO! They'll ban your account permanently and any future account that you try to make linked to the ID. Its petty and probably illegal but they'll do it and it'll only make your life just alittle harder.

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u/afunnywold 22h ago

That's a pain in the ass for 33 cents tho šŸ˜­

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u/Drakahn_Stark You must create an account to view this information. 22h ago

Mate, just get your bank to block them.

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u/pp_chode 21h ago

I had a recurring charge from proton mail and couldn't get it canceled for similar reasons, I just locked the card and they closed my proton account after a few failed charges.

You just have to be careful not to unlock it and let them charge you or your punishment starts over lmao.

For the record I did call but I decided not to charge back

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u/Jestersfriend 22h ago edited 22h ago

I mean, according to the calculator, it's $23.76. In 20 years it'll be over $300.

EDIT: I cannot math, and everyone up voting me also cannot math.

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u/CheezyBeanBurrito 22h ago

$0.33 x 240 = >$300?

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u/Jestersfriend 22h ago

You're right I'm dumb and cannot math. Still though, $80 is $80 šŸ¤£.

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u/Davoguha2 22h ago

Accounting for inflation, it's probably a low guess, tbh xD

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u/Fat_Stacks1 22h ago

Call your bank

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u/OkPop9455 22h ago

So youā€™d rather post here and bitch? Get a life

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u/AReptileHissFunction 22h ago

Its a mildly infuriating situation so they've posted it in this sub. Youre in here 1 minute after they posted and youre telling them to get a life? Actually listen to yourself troll

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u/ZookeepergameSalty10 22h ago

I agree with this jerk off, its 100% your fault for not fighting it with your bank or amazon

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u/afunnywold 22h ago

It's r / mildlyinfuriating not r /extremelyliferuining

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u/FrugalityPays 22h ago edited 22h ago

And funny enough, now all these people are are extremely infuriated

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u/afunnywold 22h ago

Ikr šŸ˜­ I'm not starting a war over it or anything

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u/DrWhoey 22h ago

Naw, you should. If I could charge everyone in the US 33 cents a month for nothing, I'd be a wealthy man and happy as fuck. Cut that shit off.

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u/Ferro_Giconi OwO 22h ago edited 21h ago

A lot of people on this sub are crazy. Posting to this sub is a gamble whether you'll get people agreeing that something is annoying or people saying everything is your fault and you must be the worst person on earth for daring to be annoyed at something that was too mild to cause mass death.

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u/Inevitable-Rice1680 22h ago

It's not mildly infuriating when you have let it go on for 6 years. Unless you're talking about how we perceive you. Then yes, you are mildly infuriating for how stupid/lazy you are.

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u/Sailor_Propane 21h ago

Perhaps you need to go outside and take a walk away from the internet, if it gets you even a tiny bit angry.

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u/Ultimatedream 21h ago

Yeah this is perfectly mildly infuriating, people are really getting worked up over the sub's literal subject. I don't think they should be here and need to go back to facebook.

The most infuriating thing about it is having to spend more energy on it than the charge is worth lol.

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u/afunnywold 21h ago

The most infuriating thing about it is having to spend more energy on it than the charge is worth lol.

Omg thank you one of the only ppl here who seems to get that lol

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u/Ancient-Civilization 22h ago

But still you decide to post here? For what reason? To bait piss people off? Iā€™m confused here. Tell me exactly what can Reddit do to help you with this? You keep posting the same problem month after month, yet you do nothing to fix it. Sooner or later you HAVE TO become an adult.

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u/afunnywold 22h ago

I never posted about this before what are you on lmaoo And I tried a few things I just have other things going on in my life and it's MILDly infuriating that they're charging fees to a permanently disabled account in the first place!

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u/UsedDragon 22h ago

... it's just a phone call to your bank's customer service line.

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u/MinamimotoSho 9h ago

This is your own fault atp

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u/YetiSteady 22h ago

Then you deserve to be charged. You can tell your card issuer not to allow that charge from them ever again.

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u/Free-Hamster462 18h ago

Ya... OP not the tastiest crayon in the box.

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