Today, I discovered our AOL billing information. Turns out we've been paying for dial-up via automatic bill paying that we thought we cancelled in 2000. $1,800 later, we called to cancel. Customer service congratulated us on being loyal members for over 13 years. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I received an almost $400 bill for Internet services I don't even have. When I called and talk to them they told me I still owe them $77 because I didn't catch it within 3 months. FML
Today, I got a call from my cable company in regards to a bill I didn't pay. I paid the bill two weeks ago in full, but they never told me the account changed when my name was put on the account. So now I owe $170 more, and my ex-roommate is getting a $140 refund in the mail. FML
Today, my parents were surprised when I told them that changing the internet and cable service would also cut themselves off from the internet service's email. Which they have everything connected too. I thought about this when they told me they were saving $200 on switching. They apparently did not. FML
Today, I found out the electric bill I have been paying was on my old house. I found this out when they shut off the power to my house. FML
Today, I cancelled all my streaming subscriptions and signed up for a “bundle deal” to save money. Turns out the deal was just all my old subscriptions repackaged under a new name. I’m still paying the same price, but now with ads. FML
Today, the city shut off our water, because they said we didn't pay the bill. Turns out, it was sitting on their desk the whole time. I guess sending someone out to turn off our water was easier than checking to see if we'd actually paid the bill. FML
Today, I was entered into an online contest where they announce your name on the radio and if you call in within an hour they pay your bills for you. I'm unemployed, so I got really excited when they announced my name. My call wouldn't go through - I hadn't paid my phone bill and the line was disconnected. FML
Today, I realized while paying bills on my phone I fat-fingered which credit card I was paying and sent 299 to a paid-off card instead of 200 to another one. Now I'm going to have overdraft fees too. FML
Today, I've been receiving a lot of calls from my telephone company, offering combo packages with internet, Netflix, Disney+ and whatever the fuck. We had previously resigned from their services, because the company never had the intention of fixing an outage that was caused BY THE SAME COMPANY. FML
Today, I realized that 6 months ago I signed up for a 3 day trial for a porn website that turns into a $30 membership after 3 days. I completely forgot the day after and never viewed it. I've spent $180 so far. And I can't remember my password. FML
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Top comments
FailVader 0
Wow, fail. AOL should be changed to "LOL"
rexcanis 10
#1 How would you not notice the monthly billing deduction from your bank account? #2 Why do you even have AOL on your computer still?
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Comments (90)
boredinjp 17
Too much money, not enough time to check your bill = YDI.
bugmenotmofo 34
I hate that. When high speed internet came into my area AOL begged me to stay with them.
raeofsunshinexox 0
Honestly, who reads through EVERY transaction on their bank statement? I'm not rich by any means, but I still don't notice every charge to my account--especially if it is something small. And while no one uses AOL anymore, they did 10 years ago.
Freeze_fml 17
Up yours. AOL has always been an evil POS. I'd get teased for using AOL.
spartan_girl 0
I read through every line of my bank statement every month, as well as every line on my credit card bill. I used to read my bank statement more frequently, but now I don't take the time... I have a close family member that was the victim of someone using his credit card number to make a lot of little purchases, and it wasn't noticed until the thief used the card for a bigger purchase. By then, he couldn't get money back for the hundreds of dollars in small purchases that had built up over a year or two. It's not like that bankrupted him or anything, but still. I don't live paycheck to paycheck anymore, but I certainly don't want anyone except my husband and I to have access to our credit card, and I don't want any companies that we authorize to withdraw money monthly to add fees without us noticing.
LadyRoc99 0
lol you are their only paying customer!
cowgrrrrl 0
Not one part of this FML made sense... I call bullshit.
cowgrrrrl 0
Dude, why was that comment moderated? The language was clean, I just meant that it didn't make sense... how can you not notice $1,800 missing over 10 years? Even if you are well off, you should check your bank statement every month. It shouldn't be easy to miss even $15 a month.
bugmenotmofo 34
If you didn't miss the money, you probably don't deserve to have it anyway. Not that I'm happy about it going into AOL's hands, but you're an idiot and got what you deserve.
angelhorse11 0
OH **** THAT SHIT SUCKS BALLS
Bboy_DiSpirit 24
that happened to me with netzero
ArmaNarma 0
This is the funniest FML I've ever read, holy crap. AOL... blast from the past.
KiddNYC1O 22
I still get a kick from what 34 said lol