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One-Click Horking
Jul. 13th, 2005 04:13 pmHi there. I'm going to talk to you today about website programming. You aren't interested, but maybe you should be, because your bank sucks at it.
Today I cancelled a credit account that had been paid off a long time ago and was no longer useful. Before I called them up, I looked at the website for my account to make sure that everything was clear and that no pending or recurring charges would show up.
The account statement looked like this:
Available Credit: [redacted]
Current balance: $0.00
Minimum payment Due: $20.00
Previous Balance: $0.00
Last Payment: $58.97, 3/5/2005
I immediately saw that I had a $20 payment due, but missed seeing that my balance was zero. Oh crap, how long has that been due? At least since March! Better pay that last $20 before I cancel. I clicked on the "Make a payment online" button.
( that's when it got funny )
Then again, after what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
torgo_x told me about Non-Euclidean Math at Banks (make him tell you this story some time), I shouldn't be surprised.
The punchline is that the credit account was a Citibank credit line offered through Amazon.com. LOL INTERNET!
Today I cancelled a credit account that had been paid off a long time ago and was no longer useful. Before I called them up, I looked at the website for my account to make sure that everything was clear and that no pending or recurring charges would show up.
The account statement looked like this:
Available Credit: [redacted]
Current balance: $0.00
Minimum payment Due: $20.00
Previous Balance: $0.00
Last Payment: $58.97, 3/5/2005
I immediately saw that I had a $20 payment due, but missed seeing that my balance was zero. Oh crap, how long has that been due? At least since March! Better pay that last $20 before I cancel. I clicked on the "Make a payment online" button.
( that's when it got funny )
Then again, after what
torgo_x told me about Non-Euclidean Math at Banks (make him tell you this story some time), I shouldn't be surprised. The punchline is that the credit account was a Citibank credit line offered through Amazon.com. LOL INTERNET!
