https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:29:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1588005 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:27:00 +0000 MrsTiz 1588005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I paid my internet bill twice in one month, and the next month I just paid the last amount that I paid them again (which is double my bill) without noticing how high it was..sooo now I don't have to pay my internet bill until July :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587996 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:22:19 +0000 mediagirl 1587996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done it before but they fixed it immediately. I love my bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587955 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:51:11 +0000 Rocker2014 1587955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: nope, shes filled in both parts, he was that hungover! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587746 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:28:50 +0000 sunny 1587746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rocker2014: I just realized that your friend must have been really drunk to fill in both parts of the check incorrectly! Or maybe she left the word part of the amount empty and the church filled it in for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587741 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:21:21 +0000 pinkcupcake 1587741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluemasonjar: oh my goodness! That sucks :( I'm glad you'll be getting everything back, but it's sorta ridiculous they're taking so long (and that they didn't notice it!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587656 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:25:29 +0000 mrsrain 1587656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no! That sucks, I'm sorry you're dealing with this.</p> <p>You may be able to get the bank to reimburse any fees they have charged you, especially if this is the first time you have had something like this happen. I would either go in to the bank in person or give them a call.</p> <p>Good luck!</p> <p>ETA: just saw that you already arranged to get the fees reimbursed. So glad! Hopefully the money will go back to your account ASAP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587596 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:52:07 +0000 Bao 1587596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh man, what a bummer! Hopefully it gets back to you quicker than what they are estimating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1587587 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:45:56 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1587587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alohaorchid I feel better knowing I'm not the only one! My DH joked about never having to pay the water bill again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586960 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:19:33 +0000 swurlygurl 1586960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stine_ciro: Oh man, I would be pissed!!!</p> <p>I had a friend who had her mortgage on auto-pay, but then didn't notice when it hadn't gone through in 4 months (??? I don't know about you, but I would notice 4 months of extra mortgage pay in my bank account!) and then had a TON of extra fees to deal with. She still doesn't know how that happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586900 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:57:31 +0000 alohaorchid 1586900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stine_ciro: This has also happened to me! Although I've never had a service disconnected thankfully </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586898 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:56:45 +0000 alohaorchid 1586898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have definitely done this before. I paid $2,300 for our utilities bill instead of $230. I called to get it refunded and they said it would take up to 6 weeks so I ended up just keeping a negative balance on that account for months instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586875 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:47:11 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1586875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ouch, that stinks! We had the opposite happen to us one time. We paid a bill for the correct amount, but the water company entered it incorrectly as only 10% of what the check was for and shut off our water because "we hadn't paid in full". It was a major PITA to convince the water company that they had made the mistake and it took several days to get our water back on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586869 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:45:30 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1586869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have double paid our car payment ... two months in a row. The first month, I said whatever. Second time it happened, I called my credit union, who also hold our car loan, and they kindly reversed the transaction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586852 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:40:43 +0000 sunny 1586852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh that sucks! At least you are getting your money back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586828 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:28:45 +0000 HLK208 1586828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg! That completely stinks :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586822 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:26:10 +0000 Bookish 1586822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes! I double paid on my mortgage one month by accident, so an extra 1200$ came out! I had to call around to the bank, stop the check, etc. It was such a pain!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586818 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:25:14 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1586818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@temperancebrennan I am already working on getting the late fees refunded and transferred money so that we don't have any more overdrafts. </p> <p>@Rocker2014 Oh no, at least I am getting a refund! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586816 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:24:17 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1586816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had this happen before! It was 100% our fault. </p> <p>My husband paid our car payment then texted me from his work one day and said "I can't remember if I paid our auto loan. Can you check and pay if necessary?"</p> <p>So I checked and it didn't show in our scheduled or recently paid bills, so I paid. </p> <p>It turns out he had paid from HIS checking account (we have two checking accts with the same back, one of us is primary on each) and even though our accts are linked (we can see each other's checking accounts when we log in) HIS scheduled bills do not appear on my end -- but HE can see MY scheduled bills.</p> <p>Sooo, we paid our car payment twice in one month. Nothing we could do about it, two separate and legitimate payments. </p> <p>Now we know to log in under both accts to check payments before we do anything else! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586805 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:21:10 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1586805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rocker2014: hahaha omg!!! I could never ask for the money back either!</p> <p>@Bluemasonjar: yeah that's just bizarre to me. I'm so sorry they cleared it!! I hope it takes less than 2-3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586797 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:17:53 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1586797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, what a headache! Is the bank going to refund your fees? I once paid the mortgage out of the wrong account (we didn't use anymore, but kept a $100 balance in it). I've found that if I call promptly and explain what happened, they will usually refund any fees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586788 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:14:52 +0000 Rocker2014 1586788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but years ago a good friend of mine gave up drinking for a year after accidentally writing a $800 check to her church instead of a $80 check during a particularly hung over Sunday morning service. She was too embarrassed to ask for the money back and it threw off her finances for months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586787 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:14:10 +0000 psw27 1586787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oof. What a pain... I've definitely messed up here and there but luckily I've caught it most of the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586776 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:08:42 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1586776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen Right?!?! I was surprised that no one flagged it since it was for such a high amount. All I said was that I was calling about a payment and the service rep immediately recognized what had happened when she saw the amount. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586750 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:57:04 +0000 keiki_mama 1586750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had this happen before! DH was trying to pay a credit card bill and sent the payment to the wrong credit card. It took 30 days to get our money back. Pain in the butt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586749 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:56:51 +0000 cheert16 1586749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just paid a bill the other day on my phone and used the wrong account to pay it from.... idiot.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586745 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:54:55 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1586745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh my gosh!! I hate that feeling - it's the worst! So, the county water office actually <i>cleared</i> a check for that much higher than your bill? that doesn't seem right... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586740 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:52:58 +0000 mrswin 1586740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh goodness. I'm sorry that it will take so long. I wasn't paying attention when I did our bills last month and I scheduled the same bill to be paid twice but that was only $150 extra so not the same at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586739 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:52:39 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1586739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awful! I paid a Visa bill twice once from my bank's phone app. It took awhile to be refunded too- but as soon as you underpay, they notice right away! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586734 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:46:06 +0000 MamaMoose 1586734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-3 WEEKS?!?!? That seems crazy!! I'm sorry! That's such a pain in the butt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/online-bill-pay-disaster#post-1586724 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:42:01 +0000 Bluemasonjar 1586724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use my bank's online bill pay service to pay most of our household utilities because it is so convenient . . . well until today. I apparently wasn't paying close enough attention when I entered our $16 water bill a couple of weeks ago because a check to the county water office just cleared for $1,600 putting our account in a negative balance and incurring late fees from the bank!!! My DH just called in a panic. Luckily as soon as I called customer service the lady immediately recognized the issue and told me that it would take 2-3 weeks for my refund to be processed. </p> <p>Thankful we have some money in savings to cover but now i feel like a complete idiot. I can't be the only one that has done something like this before, right? </p>