Our credit card is expiring. Today was my day to change information on accounts I use. Helaine had already done hers.
As pains in the ass go this isn’t the worst, but it’s certainly a pain! No two sites do it the same. Some seem to go out of their way to keep you from figuring out what to do. Google is the worst offender!
Why am I sending money to Google? I buy extra space for my email and Picasa accounts. Also, Google sells some apps for my Android devices.
Let me save you the trouble should you have a Google payment to make. It’s called Google Wallet! Oh yeah, I remember now. Unfortunately, as far as I can see there are no links to the mysterious wallet from the pages I deal with.
Runner-up winner for the most difficult site is E-ZPass New York. They’re a winner from previous years.
Since it’s E-ZPass you’d think they’d own E-ZPass.com. Nope. On top of that the non-hyphenated EZPass.com goes to the New Jersey entity–where my account isn’t!
In any event it’s done until we’ve get the first email from a bounced payment. You know we’ve missed something.
I wouldn’t stress over this much, if they want money from you they WILL FIND YOU, and that’s a fact!
Google Wallet (from your mac or pc): http://wallet.google.com – log in in the upper right hand corner.
sometimes, all this technology, is just too much to deal with.
I have used ez-pass for years…….cannot live without it…… It always shocks me when I travedl in MA, what a bunch of Massholes, I think, when I fly through their version of the ez-pass lanes while all these cars with MA plates wait to toss their coins……… dopes !
I have always used EZ-Pass direct in NJ, never had a probllem and a very user friendly site…. I know some states do it differently, For comparison….I have 3 cars, all on one account, no cost to sign up and you can have up to 25 “boxes” on one account………….$25 deposit to get started, when used down to $10, they charge your CC another $25…… Or if you chose, you can replenish it yourself…..but why? If NY is any more dofficult or charges fees, I’d changes…..Oh, I get email statements every other month, can print receipts off of them for expense accounts, the fee (I lied) id $1 for each statement, so $6 per year…….AND I get discounts on some tolls……i.e., the GW bridges is $8 I think now??? I cross it for $6 (I think, I know it’s about $2 cheaper)…..so in the end the fee goes away……
Just some useful info !