Of course, they only do this with your permission. But sometimes it's difficult to change or cancel it because you need to call customer service. Often the customer service representative drags out your phone call and tries to up-sell you to keep you from cancelling. It's the job, but it annoys me.
Most bills drive me crazy with the incessant marketing to go on auto-pay. I'm picky about what I put on auto-pay. And budget billing for the gas/electric company? No way will I enroll in that. They don't refund you even when you request a refund. You could have overpaid for a year and have a nice big credit, but forget trying to get your own money back in your own pocket. I live in Upstate New York. My electric bill could be $200 one month and $500 the next. There is no way I will just let auto-pay take the money out of my bank account. LOL.
I used to belong to a number of companies that I thought I could make a little extra money in my spare time. They want you to buy a minimum amount of product on auto-ship to qualify you for commissions. I tried it. I've tried to explain how it is such a good idea to potential customers. I'm tired of that. Really, if I don't like it, how do I expect prospective customers to like it? But that is how a commission is manufactured. It's part of the direct selling formula. I am burned out on it and I don't do it anymore. That leaves me out of most online business opportunities.
If I want to pay a bill, I will sign in to my account and click on what bank account to withdraw the funds from myself. That's it.
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