I could kick myself in the butt for not looking at my bill at little more closely 4 months ago but I guess my mind has just been elsewhere and as long as my monthly bills are being drafted right from my account, I typically just write them in my checkbook ledger and forget about them.
Last night though, after making the 7 hour trip from Michigan to my place, I decided to sit down and pay bills and actually go through and read each of them. Don't ask me why I chose last night to do this, since I was plum tired and really not even in the mood to pay the few bills that absolutely had to go out but I sat down and analyzed all my monthly bills while Red Wings fan watched the Red Wings-Blackhawks game.
Come to find out, since getting my DVRs at the end of January/early February, I've been paying for both DVRs and a Digital Receiver, of which I returned the Receiver to get my DVRs. I'm not sure why this didn't occur to me to check the first month but I was oblivious. I decided that tonight after work I'd call and find out what exactly I was paying for and if I could get a credit for the extra equipment I didn't have but quietly paid for each month. After 15 minutes on the phone with the cable company, they came to the conclusion that I had returned the receiver and have been overcharged since February. Right now I have 5 months of equipment credits they will apply to my next bill...over $30 in fact! Great news for me!!
I just don't get it though...over the years, I've gotten so good at watching other people's money, somehow I've forgotten to monitor my own. Pretty sure, I won't make that mistake again.
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