No 101. You fail.

YDI for not questioning mystery charges to your account. OH it's a small amount easy to miss! You people say. NO. When the OP was looking at his bank account, did he ever see a charge to AOL? Maybe it doesn't say AOL, but it's not going to say something like the gas station or kroger or whatever. It's not going to blend in with all the other charges unless he only looks at amounts FOR 10 YEARS and never once at where those charges are coming from. The OP is probably one of those stupid people who never checks over their bill, just pays it without question. OP, you're lucky if this is the ONLY thing you've been ripped off for. I had an ex boyfriend one time, and I noticed there were mystery charges of about $20/month on his account (we were going to get married, so I was allowed to open his mail). I asked him what that was for. He said he didn't know... he just let them deduct whatever it was from his account every month. I finally called the number listed... turned out it was an online **** subscription he had signed up for a "free trial" for. This had been going on for 2 years. That dumbass never once thought to wonder WHY there was a $20/month charge to his bank! No, he didn't mean to pay for it either... **** on the internet is free, why would you pay for it?! So in conclusion: YDI for being an idiot who doesn't bother with keeping track of your finances. I bet you wonder why you're always broke too.

116- couldn't agree more

Haha! AOL is a HUGE scam, man. My husband used to work for them in the 90s when they were signing up people for this kind of stuff and they ended up finally getting in trouble with the FCC. You can more than likely get your money back if you pursue this. What they did was to basically not cancel you when you called to cancel by doing a bunch of talking and confusing you (in the considerably less tech-savvy world of the late nineties) You need to pursue this. You'll probably get a refund check for the entire amount. If you google the keywords of your problem with them, you'll find out how many people were in the same or similar position as you. Fight for your refund. :)

1) Who pays money for AOL? I would never have been on AOL even if it were free. 2) You need to watch what is being charged to your account just in case something suspicious shows up. YDI

Is this one of those countries where automatic payments are possible without the prior consent and knowledge of the owner of the bank account?? I never understood how something like that is even possible in modern days - who ever managed to push through an IT solution like that which is clearly harmful for the client of the bank and does not stand for the client's own interests, is obviously a complete 'genious'. And obviously these must have been banks themselves - tons easier and cheaper technical solution with practically no liability on their side, plus the extra revenue naturally :). Aren't you people frustrated with your banks over this?? How it should have been done (and how it IS done in a lot of countries): automatic billing is possible only for a fixed period and only when the account owner grants the permission to that specific company. Eg. Unless I sign an electronic contract with the bank stating that AOL is allowed to automatically bill me for period x, this case won't happen in a million years. So there is no way I could not possibly be aware of it, even if I did not regularly check my bank statements. In fact the only statements I ever do check is my credit card - that is the only one that can have suprises like that.

YDI for not monitoring your bank account!!!!! DUH! You are lucky it was only that and not something much bigger!

that realy sux I had the same problem with msn. I was paying for it since 1999 and didnt realize It until a few months ago. unless u live check to check and dont read ur statments carfully It is real easy to miss $19.95 being charged every month

101 clearly does not understand the significance of ****. 34 is made of 100% win

ydi for not noticing the money being deducted. you should probably go play in traffic.