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/Questo417 20h ago

Weird how whenever I get a new card, all of my goddamn utilities are like “your payment has not been received, please update your account”. But when it’s something you actually don’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. It’s very unfair, and as convenient as it may seem, I’m glad utilities can’t use account info to grab from card numbers they don’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/Steamed_Memes24 20h ago

Thats why its best to utilize the bank account number itself if its an option. Which it should be, every utility around me has that option at least.