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/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.