Not many people balance their credit card statements. (Not sure who balances their checkbook today, besides my mom – she says it is therapeutic?!??!) I have always given my credit card statements a quick glance, looking for charges I didn’t make. But recently I met someone who religiously balances his charge statements, in a course of one year, he found approximately $500 in overcharges, not in his favor. (Oh, of course there were some charges that were in his favor – he didn’t bother to correct these.)
So I started watching my credit card charges more carefully. Here are the 3 mistakes I caught in 3 months: