Automatic payments are convenient, but discovering that a company billed you for unexpected increases can be extremely frustrating.
Manually checking your bills every couple of months ensures your automatic payments don’t catch you off guard.
But I tend to slide on watching bills that get paid automatically, like our phone bill.
This could lead to unpleasant surprises if your bill goes up or fluctuates.
Fight the temptation to ignore the amounts billed, and pore over your statements on occasion.
You might be glad you did.
Every one or two months, check the bills you’ve automated for hidden fees and increases.
One way around this is to do automatic paymentsthrough your bankinstead of through whoever the bill is from.
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