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About six months ago I was auditing my bank statements and realized I've been paying Adobe ~$40 for the past 5-6 years or so, almost $3,000 for software I very seldom used if at all in recent times. Closed my account, downloaded gimp, and won't be using Adobe in the future.


I'm just curious how you miss something like this for 5+ years?


An alarming number of people don't check their bank/credit card statements.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40709523


Just as an example: I didn't notice a former landlord had immediately placed a STOP PAYMENT on my rental deposit return (with no notice/reason given, $thousands) until ten months after I had moved out!

I have spent the majority of my blue collar adult life earning <$50k/yr.




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