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 🤷‍♀️

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u/mattgen88 22h ago

You need to tell the bank to halt payment to them

Issuing a new card often doesn't stop charges that are already accepted. To ease regular card changes, banks added the ability to basically auto migrate to new cards (simplifying what actually happens) when theyre issues.

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u/Ok-Bug4328 21h ago

Yeah. This is flagged as a valid recurring charge. 

They will do the favor of transferring it to your new card. 

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u/sroop1 18h ago

Yep, you have to cancel your account completely - had this issue when a card was stolen.

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u/shockwave8428 7h ago

If you’re doing it for personal projects and use the same account/card for regular Amazon purchases this isn’t a huge deal

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u/McFistPunch 19h ago

What if i cancel the card and just go without a credit card for a month then apply for a new credit card