About a month ago or so I got on the ball and got my defensive driving certificate number from the place I took it at and called it into Geico for the 10% discount.
I'd already paid the 6-month premium upfront, so on my account it showed as a credit. I figured that they would just take it off my next six-month premium. Nope.
Last night I got in the mail SEVEN of those fold and tear envelopes from Geico.
All of them contained a check.
Each envelope cost them $3.12 to mail - or a total of $21.84.
5 of the checks were for $3.17, 1 check for $3.15, and one for $49.00 (a total of $68.)
I really wish I knew what their reasoning was for doing it this way!
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I made a mistake this week that cost me $3.00. A few weeks ago I opened up a Chase checking account (mainly for the opening bonus.) I had deposited a number of checks into it, as well as taking out enough cash to pay the remainder of my PT session.
Somehow though, I ended up making TWO transfer requests via ING from this checking account. I made one I think on Friday, and the second on Sunday. My big mistake was not writing down the one I did on Friday.
Both transfers went through on Tuesday and overdrew my account. I saw what had happened Monday night and had written an email to Chase about it. But when I saw it had gone through on Tuesday, I spent a frustrating 25 minutes going through voicemail hockey sticks before getting through to a live person.
I was told that if I could deposit enough cash into my account to cover the overage, that there would be no fees. So I went to the nearest ATM and drew out enough to cover the fees, and deposited it.
The ATM fee was $3.00. If I wouldn't have gotten the overage taken care of that day, it would have been at least a $35 fee.
*Mantra* MUST WRITE DOWN ALL TRANSFERS!
Um . . . Wow! Waste much?
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I'm thinking about maybe calling them tomorrow and asking them about it.
Boo,
You made me totally laugh out loud!
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