Made a big mistake
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52201)
Staten Island, New York
December 3, 2021 2:07pm CST
I pay all my mom's bills for her through her bank's bill pay option that I set up for her. I logged on today to pay her cell phone bill and noticed that my last payment for the water bill for their house has been made in August when I paid it in mid-November.
I went to the online DEP account to check and turns out that I accidentally made this payment for the house where we live (her old house). Good thing I caught that because the water bill for her house was due December 10th.
I quickly made a payment for her house's water bill so all should be well. The water account for our house now has a negative balance of about $116. I know that it will be used toward our next water bill and we'll just have to pay the difference, however, it was about $116 spent for no reason.
Now I wonder if I made any other mistakes like this for other bills. Having to deal with two houses worth of bills, plus other bills, is a lot to keep up with...
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5 responses
@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec 21
I can understand that. I am sure the mistake, while costly, will benifit you in the long run, because you'll be paying less.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Dec 21
That's true. Next bill my mom won't have to pay much once that payment is deducted. But the frustrating thing is that I double checked to see if I was paying the correct bill and didn't catch the mistake.
@LadyDuck (502628)
• Italy
5 Dec 21
@lovebuglena I am very careful when I pay, it never happened to me, but it was stressful to double check everything, also considering that our apartment was in one country and the house in another country, with two different currencies.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Dec 21
I never really make mistakes like this. I may have done it once before but I caught it right away.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
6 Dec 21
@LadyDuck I’m very careful too but sometimes mistakes happen.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
3 Dec 21
Oh dear that is quite a big amount to pay for no reason..still good you could fix it.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Dec 21
I wonder if they could've transferred that payment to the other account...
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Dec 21
I'm sure you are super happy that you caught the mistake and was able to correct it.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Dec 21
I am, and that I caught it before the due date. However, I am not happy that my mom’s bank account was deducted $116 because of my mistake. I haven’t even told her about it.
@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
4 Dec 21
We no longer have to worry about the other house; and I'm glad that stress and financial burden are gone! I hope you paid the rest of the bills OK.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Dec 21
Seems everything else was okay.
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