Originally Posted by
Come Fry With Me
If I understand correctly, the poster is not having a technical issue with canceling an automatic payment, but, rather, having a billing dispute with a vendor, and finding that having set up an automatic payment for that vendor has weakened his side in the dispute via AMEX.
Correct, once set up, auto bill payments remove any chance for a negotiation with the vendor as equals. The vendor knows he can get paid regardless. The cardmember is then not exactly bargaining from a position of strength.
Last edited by drwilliams; Jan 25, 2010 at 10:55 am