Woman gets $3.2M utility bill from Rapid City

[TexasTowelie]

Jackie Nettleton almost needed to win the lottery to pay her Rapid City utility bill this month.

When she opened the bill up on Friday, the amount due read $3,204,716.

That's roughly $3,204,640 more than what she usually pays each month at her 1,000-square-foot rental property on Willow Avenue.

"I had to put on my glasses and reread it, "Nettleton said. "I thought, oh my gosh, how could this be."

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[TxDemChem]

1. Glad they were able to fix it so fast

[neeksgeek]

2. She makes a very good point about auto drafts

I pay most bills online, but I do it on my schedule. No automatic payments here.

My cell phone provider in particular always pushes the automatic payment. They market it as "letting you take control" of your payments.

[TexasTowelie]

3. At one point I had a few bills deducted by auto-draft.

However, after moving and keeping the old account open for a few extra months I realized that it took so much effort to close the automatic payments that wasn't worth the effort.

As far as paying online is concerned, I use a re-loadable prepaid debit card to limit my expsoure in case I lose the card or it is compromised in some manner.