Do you look VERY CLOSELY at your bills before paying?

Yes, I sure do. I have noticed that prices seem to go up so much. So, I always look and observe what I am paying for. I don't want to give a company too much money for something that I am not responsible for. I will look and be aware of this.

You know, I didn't for a while when I first turned 18 or so and began to take on my own financial responsibility; I have to admit I was paying for a cell phone bill that had on it a ton of extra features that I never used. Once I sat down and took the time one day to look at that bill, I changed my perspective on that specific bill, and on all of my bills in general. I check credit card statements and put them against my purchases, make sure I am only paying for the things that I use on all amenities, like phone or cable. It just makes me feel more comfortable to know exactly what I am paying for and not have extra charges anywhere on bills, especially with the crunch of today'e economy, as well as my wife and my personal budgets.

I do if the amount doesn't seem ordinary on utility bills, and on my credit card statement I always read through. It's a good thing, too, I caught a charge for a $116 phone call from when I was in the UK. I did make a phone call, but there's no way I talked for long enough to accumulate $116 worth of charges. I called Mastercard and the company that charged me and they refunded every penny when I disputed the amount. If I hadn't read it, I would have just assumed that the $100 was from me estimating foreign exchange wrong while on my trip.

I honestly dont pay much attention when my bills come in. The only page i actually look at is the one with the amount due. I guess I really should keep an eye out to make sure that some company isnt profiting off of my not scanning my bills.

I do look very closely to my bills as well. Just curious on how and why I got that amount. As well as to see when is the due date and how much my bill increases compare to my previous bills. I think it was quite important to look closely to your bill just to know why you got that charges just like what you did. If you didn't look at it closely, you wouldn't know the extra charges that you didn't even used and reflected to your bill. Really good thing that you did that and the company have been gracious about it. Anyway, thanks for sharing this experience to us, quite learned a lesson from this.

u shud look very closely bfore u gonna pay ur bills...bcos..if u r not correct how much u shud pay...then it will be a big problem...u loose ur money if u pay more than wat u have to pay....and if u pay less amount than u need to pay...then it will creat another problem to u.....so....be cautious and have a close look at ur bills.....thanq...happy mylotting...

I do not have the habit of scrutinizing each trasaction in the bill. All I see is the final figure that I am supposed to pay. Now that you've highlighted this I have to be more observant next time. I might have been a victim of cheaters all this while without realizing it. I trusted the bills that come by each month as they are all computerized and did not think of big sharks out there waiting for ignorant and trusting person like me. I will be more careful the next time around. thanks for the info.

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.

MY hubby is the one in-charge in all bills. All I do is spend..hehe. But seriously, he is the one paying all the bills through internet. I knew he is good with that so I leave it to him. He pay bills, and I buy what we need. He checked each bill first to see how and why it came out that high or low and if he is satisfied he would pay it right away. He doesn't want to pay any bills late.

Good thing you have read it and know what it is for. Others will be still be looking at it but still pay for it because they don't know what it means. Good for me I don't have telephone bills to look at. I only have electric and water bills to read. Have a nice day!

All the time. There are so many people out there ripping us off and it's not until we look closely we realise how much. Just last year similar to you infact we had an extra charge added on to our phone bill...it was for £79. We couldn't understand how one phone call could have notched up such a cost unless it was an international call. Anyway after getting in touch with our phone line provider they confirmed that it was an international call and the call had in actual fact been made to a passenger on board a cruise ship. It couldn't have been more unlikely to have been us that had carried out this call. We never phone anyone abroad and to a cruise ship was out of the question...we didn't even know anyone on board a cruise at the time. After setting the record straight with our service provider they were unwilling to cancel the charge and as we had no proof to show it wasn't us that made the call we had to pay for it. Ever since this we make it imperitive we check the bill. Infact that goes for anything even bank statements get a rigourous check through now with a calculator just to make extra certain everythings in order.

All the time, especially with my phone bill. Sometimes some items crop up that aren't quite explained in the bill's details. I clarify them with my phone company right away. Sometimes, I'd get a reversal of charges. Other times, the charges stay, but at least I get the satisfaction of knowing what they were for.